Curricula

Objective

The object of the course

Ethical questions relate, for example, to the correctness of individual and community actions, truthfulness, benefits, responsibilities, justice, and virtue. In the course you will delve into the ethical issues of organizational operations and financial management and their significance.

Course competences

Learning to learn: The student is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
Ethics: The student is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realization of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
Ethics: The student makes decisions taking individual, communal, and societal perspectives into account.
Sustainable development: The student is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.

The learning objectives of the course

You acquire knowledge about approaches to and concepts of ethics, and ethical situations that you critically assess and resolve using the theories and methods of the field, promoting ethically sustainable activities. In ethical decision-making, corporate social responsibility, and responsibility reporting, you consider individual, communal, and societal perspectives.

Content

Approaches to ethics, professional and business ethics, ethical issues in management and financial management, stakeholder relations, legislation and ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, sustainability reporting

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient 1
You identify various approaches to ethics using the concepts of the field which you define. You describe ethical situations and questions related to financial management using the theories and methods of the field. You recognize ethical issues in financial management and their potential solutions. You describe corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting.

Satisfactory 2
You understand various approaches to ethics and utilize the concepts of the field which you distinguish and classify. You compare ethical situations and questions related to financial management using the theories and methods of the field. You differentiate ethical problems in financial management and their potential solutions. You comprehend corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting for a company.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3
You apply various approaches to ethics using the concepts of the field which you select and define. You illustrate ethical situations and questions related to financial management using the theories and methods of the field. You resolve ethical problems in financial management. You explain corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting.

Very good 4
You analyze various approaches to ethics and concepts which you specify. You structure ethical situations and questions related to financial management using the theories and methods of the field. You analyze ethical issues in financial management and their solutions. You ex-amine corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
You evaluate various approaches to ethics and concepts which you reflect upon. You set ethical situations and questions related to financial management in proportion using the theories and methods of the field. You assess ethical issues in financial management and their solutions. You interpret corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting.