COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABOUR ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇIN 5024 LABOUR ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Human Resources

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÇAKIR

Offered to

Human Resources

Course Objective

Introducing by the social responsibility and business ethics concepts and approaches and to gain a certain attitude and behavior in terms of human resource practices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To introduce the concepts of moral and ethics.
2   Comparing approaches of business morality and ethics.
3   To teach approach of business ethics.
4   To gain an ethical attitude and behaviour.
5   To gain sense of social responsability.
6   Interiorising the concept of individual and corporate social responsibility.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ethics and Morality, Work Ethics, Business Ethics Concepts.
2 Business ethics concept and approaches
3 Relationship between ethics and economics.
4 Ethics in Public Administration
5 Ethics in different cultures.
6 Unethical Behaviours and Practices at Work -Psychological Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination
7 Unethical Behaviours and Practices at Work - Theft and Bribery, Corruption and Tax Evasion
8 Midterm exam
9 Concepts and Approaches to Social Responsibility
10 Social Responsibilities of institutions-Health, Safety.
11 Social Responsibilities of institutions-Sustainability and Environment
12 Social Responsibilities of institutions-Social Problems
13 Responsibilities and sheltered workplaces for disabled
14 Social Responsibility Projects in the Public Sector and the Private Sector

Recomended or Required Reading

Sabahat Bayrak, Iş Ahlakı ve Sosyal Sorumluluk, Beta Yayını, Istanbul, 2000.
Mahmut Arslan, Iş ve Meslek Ahlakı, Dünya ve Türkiye Örnekleri, Siyasal Kitabevi, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures, seminars, exercises.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are measured by the mid-term exam and a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0.232.3010289 ozlem.cakir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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