Business Ethics, advanced course

Aim

After completion of the course, the student should on an advanced level be able to: • account for and analyse theories within the field of business ethics • account for and analyse issues within business ethics • describe and analyse ethical problems within business ethics • critically evaluate positions and arguments in business ethics.

Content

Business ethics is a field of study that includes both the general question of the interface between economic practice and ethical theory, and more specific questions such as the social responsibility of corporations, professionalism, economic and corporate decision-making structure, employee rights, and environmental and global issues. The course contains four areas of study: Business ethics and normative theories, Business ethics and the business disciplines, Issues in business ethics, and Case studies in business ethics. By developing analytical tools, the students will be able to analyse and evaluate problems and theories within the area of business ethics. The ability to critically assess issues of business from an ethical point of view is exercised by text analysis and case studies.