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Corporate Responsibility

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Corporate Responsibility
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020
Module code: BBWL-2020-680
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P420-0151, P420-0152
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 4
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Business Ethics: Term paper with presentation
Environmental/Climate Change: Presentation and practical work


[updated 30.03.2021]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BBWL-430 (P420-0151, P420-0152) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2012 , semester 4, mandatory course
BBWL-430 (P420-0151, P420-0152) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2016 , semester 4, mandatory course
BBWL-2020-680 (P420-0151, P420-0152) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020 , semester 4, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Christian Conrad
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Christian Conrad

[updated 01.10.2016]
Learning outcomes:
Business Ethics
Students will be able to:
1. be able to apply the theoretical background of business ethics to case studies.
2. be able to explain the importance of ethics for companies and the economy based on individual cases.
3. be able to identify and analyze ethical behavior in specific economic situations.
  
 
Environmental/Climate Change
After successfully completing this module students will:
1.        be able to categorize existing environmental problems, identify their causes, and master the principles, strategies, and tools for solving them.
2.        be able to classify significant problems in environmental/climate protection in their overall context and evaluate them critically.
3.        be able to independently analyze and elaborate on selected areas of environmental/climate protection.
4.        be able to identify and structure independent approaches to solving selected environmental and climate protection problems.
 
 
 


[updated 23.02.2024]
Module content:
Business Ethics
1. Principles of business ethics
2. Approaches to ethical evaluation
        Classic ethics
        Modern business ethics
3. The human being in the economy
4. The market and morals
5. Ethics as a regulatory policy
6. Ethics tools in corporate governance
        a) Institutional ethics
        b) Organizational ethics
        c) Leadership ethics        
 
Environmental/Climate Change
1.        Introduction
Environmental problems and their causes
Principles of environmental economics
Principles, strategies and instruments of environmental policy
2.        Climate protection and energy policy
3.        Resource, product and waste policy
4.        Sustainability in the financial sector
 


[updated 30.03.2021]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture and tutorial and/or group work (Business Ethics)
Lecture with slides and moderated group presentations (environmental/climate protection)


[updated 30.03.2021]
Recommended or required reading:
Business Ethics
- Conrad, Christian, A.: Wirtschaftsethik, Wiesbaden, aktuellste Auflage.
-Conrad, Christian: Business Ethics, Springer International 2018.
-Dietzfelbinger, Daniel: Praxisleitfaden Unternehmensethik, Wiesbaden akt.
 Aufl.,.
-Göbel, Elisabeth: Unternehmensethik, Grundlagen und praktische Umsetzung,
 Stuttgart 2013.
-Noll, Bernd: Grundriss der Wirtschaftsethik, Stuttgart akt. Aufl.
 .
Environmental/Climate Change
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit/BMU: Deutsches Ressourceneffizienzprogramm II - Programm zur nachhaltigen Nutzung und zum Schutz der natürlichen Ressourcen, Berlin, November 2016
Feess, Eberhard: Umweltökonomie und Umweltpolitik, München: Vahlen
Rahmstorf, Stefan/Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim: Der Klimawandel, München: C.H. Beck 2012
Rogall, Holger: Grundlagen einer nachhaltigen Wirtschaftslehre, Marburg: Metropolis
Sverdrup, Harald: On the integrated climate impact of resources and energy extraction and use in society, Berlin 2016


[updated 04.03.2024]
 
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