Course detail

Ethics in Business

FAST-NZB021Acad. year: 2022/2023

Development of ethics in philosophy, new ethic conceptions, ethics and morality, social events and ethics, relations between ethics, economics and business, economic pragmatism, utilitarianism, liberalism, introduce to management ethics, manager and ethics, firm strategy and ethics, ethics in firm philosophy, ethics in firm culture, implementation of ethics to business, principles and problems of its implementation, manager's personality, moral development levels of personality, manager's role in ethic development, examples of application of ethical principles to business, knowledge of ethical and unethical doing, relations between philosophical ethics and application in business ethics, ethic firm auditing, arguments for implementation of ethics to business.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

RNDr. Ing. Jaroslav Lindr, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of ethic principles and their connections with business. Understanding of human change of firm culture, manager's personality and firm strategy.

Prerequisites

The subject follows to knowledge gained in the course of secondary education in subject "Foundations of Social Sciences" or "Civics", therefore no other technical or economical information is needed, knowledge of basic of law, psychology, sociology, philosophy, history, interest in ethic topics, recognising and knowledge of society, connection between sociology and psychology, basic amount of psychology and social psychology.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to ethics. Importance of ethics. Ethics and philosophy, development overview.
2. Concepts of ethics. Traditional and modern conception. History of ethics.
3. Historical-developmental changes of ethics. The important ethical paradigms and personalities in history. Ethics in antiquity and the Middle Ages, heritage for nowadays.
4. Ethics in Modern Ages, present ethical discourses. Metamorphosis in the relations between ethics and business. Positivism, existentialism and materialism.
5. Transformation of ethics to business. Economic pragmatism, utilitarianism, liberalism and neoliberalism.
6. Introduction to ethics of management. Corporate culture and identity. Importance of ethics for the economical way of thinking.
7. Relation between ethics, economics and business. Ethics in direction, personal morality and corporate ethics, ethical-professional manager's character.
8. Ethics in management and business, fundamentals and importance. Ethical integration into business. Social firm responsibility.
9. The manager and ethics - perspectives and changes. Development of a manager personality.
10. Ethics in firm managemment activity. Ethics of work relations in firm. Moral culture of a contemporary businessman.
11. Ethical code. Ethical auditing of a firm. A variety of ethical codes. Non-ethical examples in behaviour.
12. Practical aspects of ethics, ethical elements in strategy planning. Modernism and postmodernism in ethics, corporate strategy.
13. Self-assessment exercise in the area of ethics and management. Ethical-social catechism.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Orientation in subject, abilities to aplication of knowledge, information and practises in professional and personal life.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ARZENBACHER, Arno. Úvod do etiky. Praha: Academia, 2001. ISBN 80-200-0953-1.  (CS)
LINDR, Jaroslav. Etika v podnikání. M01 Nástin etiky. Brno: FAST, studijní opory. 2007. 48 s. (CS)
LINDR, Jaroslav. Etika v podnikání. M02 Etická firemní strategie. Brno: FAST, studijní opory. 2007. 48 s. (CS)
LINDR, Jaroslav. Etika v podnikání. M03 Implementace etiky. Brno: FAST, studijní opory. 2007. 48 s. (CS)
LUKNIČ, Arnold Steve. Etika - štvrtý rozmer podnikania. Trenčín: SAP. 1994. ISBN 80-85665-30-1. (SK)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-ARS Master's

    specialization ARA , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    specialization ARP , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Ing. Jaroslav Lindr, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to ethics. Importance of ethics. Ethics and philosophy, development overview. 2. Concepts of ethics. Traditional and modern conception. History of ethics. 3. Historical-developmental changes of ethics. The important ethical paradigms and personalities in history. Ethics in antiquity and the Middle Ages, heritage for nowadays. 4. Ethics in Modern Ages, present ethical discourses. Metamorphosis in the relations between ethics and business. Positivism, existentialism and materialism. 5. Transformation of ethics to business. Economic pragmatism, utilitarianism, liberalism and neoliberalism. 6. Introduction to ethics of management. Corporate culture and identity. Importance of ethics for the economical way of thinking. 7. Relation between ethics, economics and business. Ethics in direction, personal morality and corporate ethics, ethical-professional manager's character. 8. Ethics in management and business, fundamentals and importance. Ethical integration into business. Social firm responsibility. 9. The manager and ethics - perspectives and changes. Development of a manager personality. 10. Ethics in firm managemment activity. Ethics of work relations in firm. Moral culture of a contemporary businessman. 11. Ethical code. Ethical auditing of a firm. A variety of ethical codes. Non-ethical examples in behaviour. 12. Practical aspects of ethics, ethical elements in strategy planning. Modernism and postmodernism in ethics, corporate strategy. 13. Self-assessment exercise in the area of ethics and management. Ethical-social catechism.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Ing. Jaroslav Lindr, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Development of ethics in philosophy, connection of ethics and economy. 2. Concepts of ethics, traditional and modern conceptions. Mankind and ethics. 3. Metamorphosis of the relations between ethics and business. Positivism, existentialism and materialism. Corporate culture and identity, importance of ethics in management. Ethics as the fourth ethic dimension. 4. Importance of ethics, psychology and sociology for the economic way of thinking. Firm's social responsibility. 5. Relations between ethics, economics and business. Assessment of ethic benefit in business environment. 6. Ethics in management and business, fundamentals and importance. Currently ethic problems. Ethics and motivation. 7. The Manager and ethics - perspectives and changes. Moral development levels of personality. Corporate strategy and ethics, ethics as a strategy? Implementation of ethics in firms. Ethics of work relations in firm. 8. Philosophical aspects of ethics, contemporary philosophy of business. 9. Modernism and postmodernism in ethics, corporate strategy. Present businessman's moral culture. 10. Students' presentations of projects from the area of applied ethics in praxis. 11. Students' presentations of projects from the area of applied ethics in praxis. 12. Students' presentations of projects from the area of applied ethics in praxis. 13. Students' presentations of projects from the area of applied ethics in praxis.