Ethics: Management based on ethical values - Business Ethics - the social and moral responsibility of corporate management

The course will introduce students into different approaches of business ethics.Basic anthropological, philosophical and theological questions are discussed.Human values (human diginitiy, solidarity, subsidiarity, sustainability and justice) are worked out. Possibilities how these values could be taken into consideration in management decisions and what should be done in case of difficulties and limitations will be discussed. Based on stakeholder analysis ethical conflict cases and challenges are discussed and ethical principles are applied.

The case is to be submitted on15.03.17, max. 3 DIN A4 pages, max. 5400 characters including spaces

•to provide students with a broad and critical understanding of the relevance and importance of ethical values;

•to stimulate both appreciation and critical consideration of the postmodern human search for wellbeing and meaning of life;

•to allow students to reflect on their own experience, develop a personal ranking list of virtues and skills, according to the own understanding of spirituality;

•to prepare students for future roles, in which they need to take decisions with consequences for working place, employees and environment.