Information Package / Course Catalogue
Business Ethics
Course Code: ISL402
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

As businesses grow, they become more complex and their problems increase as well.Encountering this problems, managers and employees face dilemmas and controversies. The aim is to develop the problem solving abilities of the students espcially when they face dilemmas and controversies of ethical nature in business life.

Course Content

Business ethics, business ethics and ethics, social responsibility, business ethics and social responsibility theory, the institutionalization of business ethics, business ethics and application of social responsibility

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Defines ethical principles and concepts.
2.Explains ethical decision-making processes in business.
3.Analyzes and evaluates ethical dilemmas.
4.Associates corporate ethics practices with examples.
5.Analyzes the relationship between social responsibility and business ethics.
6.Interprets the consequences of unethical behavior.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Mahmut Arslan, İş ve Meslek Ahlâkı, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2001.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Business Ethics Course
Week 2 - Theoretical
What is Business Ethics?,
Week 3 - Theoretical
A fair deal,
Week 4 - Theoretical
Markets, Freedom and Responsibility,
Week 5 - Theoretical
That Conscience Is There?
Week 6 - Theoretical
Administrators and Leadership,
Week 7 - Theoretical
Using Ethical Thinking Mechanism,
Week 8 - Theoretical
Morality and the Consumer,
Week 9 - Theoretical
Employers and Employees,
Week 10 - Theoretical
Universe Friendly Business,
Week 11 - Theoretical
Money World,
Week 12 - Theoretical
Fraud, Regulations and İşAhlâkı,
Week 13 - Theoretical
Credit and Debt
Week 14 - Theoretical
Discussion, problem solving for the final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Midterm Examination125126
Final Examination128129
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
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PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
2
2
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
2
OÇ-2
2
3
3
2
4
2
4
1
2
4
OÇ-3
1
2
3
2
5
1
2
1
2
4
OÇ-4
2
2
3
1
4
1
3
1
2
2
OÇ-5
2
2
2
1
3
1
5
1
1
5
OÇ-6
1
2
2
1
3
2
4
1
1
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026