Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ethics in the Workplace
Course Code: İKYL514
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To contribute to the formation of consciousness in ethics, especially occupational and business ethics, and to carry out activities complementary to academic programs, to come together within the framework of the "social responsibility" principle to ensure that ideas are produced and exemplified in this way in other parts of the society.

Course Content

Concepts of ethics and morality, ethical theories, concepts of rights and justice, ethical decision making, ethics in business life, social responsibility, ethical and unethical behavior

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Mustafa KESEN
Learning Outcomes
1.Students evaluate system of values and rights.
2.Students understand and adopt business values and principles.
3.Students realize the distinction between morality and ethics.
4.Students can separate ethical and unethical behaviors in organizations.
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Recommended or Required Reading
1.Course notes
2.Suna Tevruz (Ed.), İş Hayatında Etik, Beta Yayıncılık, 2007.
3.Manuel Velasquez, Business Ethics, Printice Hall, 2006.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The concept of morality and its historical evolution
Week 2 - Theoretical
The differences between the concepts of morality and ethics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Ethics in other disciplines
Week 4 - Theoretical
Moral/Ethical Approaches-1 (Moral Relativity, Deontological approaches)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Moral/Ethical Approaches-2 (Teleological approaches)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ethical decision making and ethical decision making approaches in other disciplines
Week 7 - Theoretical
The concept of business ethics ve unethical behaviours in professional life
Week 8 - Theoretical
The concept of business ethics ve unethical behaviours in professional life
Week 9 - Theoretical
Ethics and environment, ethics and social responsibility
Week 10 - Theoretical
Organizational ethics, violationof rights and ethics
Week 11 - Theoretical
Trust and Ethics
Week 12 - Theoretical
Power, Politics and Ethics
Week 13 - Theoretical
Case studies
Week 14 - Theoretical
End-of-semester evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory121348
Individual Work140228
Midterm Examination118119
Final Examination129130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
4
4
3
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
3
4
3
OÇ-5
OÇ-6
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026