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module properties Business Ethics and Sustainable Management in degree program Master Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen 2021
module number	201302
examination number	2500655
department	Department of Economic Sciences and Media
ID of group	2522 (Sustainable Production and Logistics Management)
module leader	Prof. Dr. Rainer Souren
term	summer term only
language	English
credit points	5
on-campus program (h)	34
self-study (h)	116
obligation	elective module
exam	oral examination performance, 25 minutes
details of the certificate	oral exam, 25 minutes
link to Moodle course	https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=2627
teacher	Prof. Dr. Rainer Souren and scientific staff of the group
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maximum number of participants
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 management Part C: Morally and sustainable value creation management 8. Product and innovation management 9. Marketing 10. Design of (global) supply chains The module is also offered in German during the winter semester, “Unternehmensethik und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement” (module number: 201301).
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 and case studies 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. Crane, A./Matten, D./Spence, J.: Corporate Social Responsibility, 2. ed., New York 2014. Hahn, R.: Sustainability Management, Fellbach 2022. Sandel, M. J.: Justice, New York 2010.
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