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Business Ethics and Sustainable Management - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau

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module properties module number 201254 - common information
module number201254
departmentDepartment of Economic Sciences and Media
ID of group2522 (Sustainable Production and Logistics Management)
module leaderProf. Dr. Rainer Souren
languageEnglisch
term Sommersemester
previous knowledge and experience

none

learning outcome

Students have become familiar with the essential contents of various basic ethical theories as well as concepts and instruments of moral and sustainable corporate management and can apply these to different business management issues. They are able to classify different business ethical principles (sustainability, CSR, corporate citizenship) in actor- and process-oriented relationships and to name the responsibility of the different actors (enhancement of professional and methodological competence, learning outcomes: Analyse, assess). The course also enables students to discuss practical business problems in a well-founded manner and to weigh up various decision-making situations (case studies) (enhancement of social competence, learning outcomes: Analyse, weigh up in discourse, argue).

content

Part A: Morality and sustainability as basis of social life
1. Thought experiments on moral behaviour
2. Basic concepts and schools of thought
3. Sustainability as a socio-economic guiding principle
4. Institutional framework of a morally and sustainable economic system

Part B: Selected aspects of morally and sustainable management
5. Normative guiding principles and basic strategies
6. Management and controlling instruments
7. Personnel resource management

Part C: Morally and sustainable value creation management
8. Product and innovation management
9. Marketing
10. Design of (global) supply chains

media of instruction and technical requirements for education and examination in case of online participation

Lecture: mainly PowerPoint presentations, supplementary use of Presenter

Exercise: Power-Point, supplementary use of Presenter

Teaching material: PDF files of the presentations in the Moodle system

literature / references
  • Arnold, D. G./Beauchamp, T. L./Bowie, N. E.: Ethical Theory and Business, 10. ed., New Jersey 2020.
  • Bowie, N. E.: Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective, 2. ed., Cambridge 2017.
  • Crane, A./Matten, D.: Business Ethics, 4. ed., Oxford 2016.
  • Hahn, R.: Sustainability Management, Fellbach 2022.
  • Sandel, M. J.: Justice, New York 2010.
evaluation of teaching
Details reference subject
module nameBusiness Ethics and Sustainable Management
examination number250021
credit points5
SWS3 (2 V, 1 Ü, 0 P)
on-campus program (h)33.75
self-study (h)116.25
obligationobligatory module
examexamination performance with multiple performances
details of the certificate

The module Business Ethics and Sustainable Management with the examination number 250021 concludes with the following exam parts:

Part 1: Oral examination lasting 20 minutes with a weighting of 80% (examination number: 2500645)

Part 2: Alternative examination during the semester with a weighting of 20% (examination number: 2500646)

Details for the second part:

Essay on a case study provided at the beginning or in the course of the semester (length: approx. 6-8 pages).

link to Moodle course https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=1103
teacherProf. Dr. Rainer Souren and scientific staff of the group
signup details for alternative examinations

Dieses Modul enthält mindestens eine alternative semesterbegleitende Abschlussleistung. Bitte beachten Sie, dass diese in der Regel schon zu Beginn des Semesters, in dem diese angeboten wird, angemeldet werden muss.
Über die Details und Zeiträume dazu werden Sie vom Lehrenden und/oder dem Prüfungsamt informiert. Fragen Sie gegebenenfalls unbedingt beim Lehrenden nach.

This module contains at least one alternative exam part. Please note that this must usually be registered at the beginning of the semester in which it is offered.
The lecturer and/or the examination office will inform you about the details and time periods. If necessary, be sure to ask the lecturer.

maximum number of participants