723G43 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Företagsekonomi
Business Ethics in a Globalized World
Active · next start HT 2026
100%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 7 Oct 2026 · 9 students
100%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 73 students
Exam
TEN1 Written Examination
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Ordinary exams
100% passed · 73 students
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Re-exams
83% passed · 6 students
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- Pass the re-exam: 83% (6 students), compared with 100% (73 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get B or A: 59% (79 students)
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Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
UPG6 Reflection Paper (individual)
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Main rounds
99% passed · 73 students
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Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get B or A: 47% (73 students)
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Other module
GRP1 Seminars and Group Assignments
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Main rounds
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Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get B: 1% (73 students)
About the course
Aim
The overall aim of the course is to develop the student’s understanding of ethical issues in organizations in a global perspective with a particular focus on both knowing ethics and being ethical.After completion of the course, the student should be able to
- account for and discuss critically key ethical theories in a historical and global perspective
- problematize and assess organizations’ ethical tools
- problematize and assess organizations’ engagement with social responsibility
- problematize and assess the consequences of unethical organizational behavior on people, other organizations and society
- reflect upon the individual’s responsibility and possibility to act as an ethical organizational member.
Content
Ethical issues play an important role in various types of organizations in different parts of the world. This course problematizes and sheds light on ethical issues on different levels and in relation to different stakeholders. Key ethical theories and research are presented and discussed. Organizations’ work with ethical issues as well as the effect of their actions are scrutinized. The individual’s possibilities for acting ethically are analyzed. Different ethical issues and dilemmas are approached from a range of theoretical perspectives.
- Examiner
- Janet Johansson
- Main field of study
- Företagsekonomi