Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ethics, Ethical Behaviour and Business Ethics
Course Code: LYM531
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

This course intends to focus on developing ethical awareness and highlight important issues in terms of increasing individual conscience at work and facilitating socially responsible behavior both at the corporate level and within the global business world. The role of ethics as a critical part to management success is emphasized.

Course Content

Ethics and business, ethical theories, values, individual and organizational responses to ethical issues, ethical issues about international business, corporate codes of ethics, employee and consumer rights, ethics and contemporary issues

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Being able to understand the importance and impact of ethical decisions for organizations
2.Being able to develop sosical responsibility policicies related with employees, customers, and the general society
3.Being able to evaluate the contribution of ethics to management success ann performance
4.Being able to conduct socially responsible behavior in corporate management
5.Being able to consider the moral foundations that are vital to the core of business
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Fisher, C., and Lovell, A. (2009).
2.Business Ethics and Values: Individual, Corporate, and International Perspectives (3rd ed).
3.Harlow Beauchamp, T. L., Bowie, N. E., and Arnold, D. G. (Eds.). (2004).
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Main Concepts: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
Week 2 - Theoretical
Basic social responsibility approaches and conceptual background
Week 3 - Theoretical
Social responsibility fields and facilities in organizations
Week 4 - Theoretical
The relations of organizations with their stakeholders, the principles of philantrophy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Examination of the ethical problems in organizations and the ethical code system
Week 6 - Theoretical
Examination of the moral development and ethical values
Week 7 - Theoretical
Examination of the case studies related with the applied coorporate social responsibility facilities and ethical code system
Week 8 - Theoretical
Examination of the concepts of ethics, valus and ethical theories
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 10 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 11 - Theoretical
Examination of the ontological and teleological theories of ethics
Week 12 - Theoretical
Examination of utilitarianism and ethical dilemma concepts
Week 13 - Theoretical
Examination of the construction of ethical code system in the organizations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ethical leadership, ethical climate and encouraging the employees' ethical behaviors in the organizations
Week 15 - Theoretical
Examination of the real cases of social responsibility facilities of national and multinational organizations-case studies-student presentations
Week 16 - Final Exam
Finals
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130339
Reading130226
Midterm Examination125126
Final Examination135136
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)127
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
3
3
2
5
4
5
5
4
OÇ-2
4
2
4
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3
1
1
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5
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3
4
5
1
3
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026