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Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI044
Course Name: Business Ethics
Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. MİNE MUKADDES AFACAN FINDIKLI
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. MİNE AFACAN FINDIKLI
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The intensity of competition increases due to factors such as globalization, the development of information and communication technologies, rapid changes and uncertainty in the global environment. For this reason, the key for business management to maintain their existence with high performance is the realization of corporate strategies, organizational goals and objectives effectively and efficiently. In business life, where the spirit of capitalism is heavily dominated in the global market, it can be easily seen that the goals are often high profit rates. However, the understanding of business ethics should take part in all the process of the management levels. The main purpose of the course is to gain a perspective on the implementation of practices and processes within the framework of ethical decision-making and in accordance with business ethics.
Course Content: Related issues and topics about to build up the awareness for ethics concepts in business life, to show the importance of business ethics implementations, to develop skills in participant to give business decisions concede ring the ethical values, to be able to evaluate business decisions using ethics values.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To develop a basic understanding of ethical issues
2) To be able to discuss the nature of ethical decision-making models.
3) To be a good citizen and a good business managers who work for the good of the public and the community.
4) To be able to understand and implement Ethics Codes and Code of Conduct of companies.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course / Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations of Ethics ppt
2) Ethics for Society, Institutions and Workers, Individuals: code of Conducts ppt
3) Ethical Decision Making & Models ppt
4) Institutionalization of Ethics: Steps to Establish Organizational Ethics ppt
5) Corporate Culture and Ethical Climate ppt
6) Corporate Governance and Ethics ppt
7) Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics ppt
8) Ethical Leadership ppt
9) Midterm Test
10) Human Resources Management and Ethics ppt
11) Internal and External Reporting Mechanism ppt
12) Current Issues in Business Ethics ppt
13) Group Presentations ppt
14) Group presentaitons ppt
15) Final exam -

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Gavai, A.K.. Business Ethics, Global Media, 2009.
References: Gavai, A.K.. Business Ethics, Global Media, 2009.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering.
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming.
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems.
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods.
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database.
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility.
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively.
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge.
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. 3
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. 3
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. 3
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. 3
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. 3
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. 3
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively. 3
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. 3
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. 3
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge. 3
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. 3
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. 3
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. 3

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Presentation 1 % 20
Midterms 1 % 35
Final 1 % 45
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 45
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Study Hours Out of Class 12 12
Presentations / Seminar 9 18
Midterms 3 21
Final 4 31
Total Workload 124