365-1067-00L (Un)ethical Decision Making: Alternative and Critical Thinking in Management
Semester | Autumn Semester 2016 |
Lecturers | A. Vaccaro |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Comment | Exclusively for MAS MTEC students (third semester). Limited number of participants: a minimum of 10 persons and a maximum of 40 persons. Please register by 7.9.2016 at the latest via myStudies. |
Courses
Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | |
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365-1067-00 S | (Un)ethical Decision Making: Alternative and Critical Thinking in Management
Three-day course: 15.09.2016, 16.09.2016 and 17.09.2016. Thursday: 09:15-18:00; Friday: 09:15-18:00; Saturday: 08:15-17:00. The course material will be available on Moodle via myStudies (button "Learning Materials"). | 24s hrs | A. Vaccaro |
Catalogue data
Abstract | This course is about decision making processes in complex situations involving financial, relational and ethical problems. First, it provides fundamental tools for addressing problematic situations. Second, it discusses how stakeholders' ethical expectations and social responsibility issues can be effectively implemented and integrated in organizational systems and strategic planning processes. |
Objective | - Become familiar with tools and procedures to prevent, identify and resolve corporate fraud and crime in organizations - Understanding the mutual relationship between financial, relational and ethical drivers in managerial decision making - Become familiar with tools and procedures to prevent and resolve corporate crises and scandals - Understanding the opportunities associated with the corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement and how to integrate CSR in organizational and strategic planning - Create an effective CSR strategic planning process to successfully develop and implement a CSR package - Understand a variety of strategic CSR planning tools - Become familiar with creating deep destructive change in pursuit of dual economic and social value |
Content | - Fraud and corruption in organizations - Crisis management - Personnel problems: Preventing and managing mobbing and sexual harassment - Global criminal networks |
Lecture notes | Most classes are taught through a series of mini-cases and notes that represent real management decisions. Some classes are complemented with readings from prominent media resources, guest speakers and experimental exercises. |
Literature | This course is based on mini-cases that will be distributed during the classes. Link (The Enrollment Key to Moodle will be provided one week before the course) |
Prerequisites / Notice | No Pre-course preparation as requirement. This is an interactive course. |
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
ECTS credits | 2 credits |
Examiners | A. Vaccaro |
Type | ungraded semester performance |
Language of examination | English |
Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Additional information on mode of examination | Credit point only be assigned if the following criteria are met: Full attendance of all course days and full completion of all course assignments. |
Learning materials
No public learning materials available. | |
Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
General | : Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturers |
Places | 40 at the most |
Priority | Registration for the course unit is only possible for the primary target group |
Primary target group | MAS ETH in Management, Technology, and Economics (365000) starting semester 03 |
Waiting list | until 15.09.2016 |
End of registration period | Registration only possible until 07.09.2016 |
Offered in
Programme | Section | Type | |
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MAS in Management, Technology, and Economics | Electives, 1. and 3. Semester | W |