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Course Syllabus

Master 2022/2023

Ethics in Global Business: Decision Making and Communication

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type: Compulsory course (Master in International Business)
Area of studies: Management
Delivered by: Department of Management
Where: St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management
When: 2 year, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Ekaterina Ivanova, Tom Rawlins, Maxim Storchevoy
Master’s programme: International Business
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 24

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The course provides knowledge and skills business ethics and sustainability which is required by contemporary managers: 1) Basic ethical theories as well as CSR and sustainability concepts and their application to various business dilemmas, 2) Ethical dilemmas in modern global business (discrimination, safety, market power abuse, harmful stereotypes, integrity, freedom of speech, etc.), 3) Mechanisms of managing ethics in the market (competition, state and self-regulation) and in the company (compliance systems and sustainability management). The course will be based of the analysis of business cases.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Be able to argue about ethical issues using fundamental ethical theory and avoiding emotional and conventional stereotypes and prejudices
  • Be able to define, examine and resolve all typical ethical dilemmas of the modern company (relationships with consumers, employees, suppliers and general society)
  • Be able to communicate about difficult ethical dilemmas with internal and external stakeholders
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • The student describes all basic ethical concepts for general ethics and business ethics, explain their strong and weak sides.
  • The student explains the ethical dilemma of quality and safety and develops the effective solution of this dilemma and communicates the solution to the stakeholders.
  • The student explains the ethical dilemma of discrimination and ethical dilemma of freedom of speech in the modern company and s able to develop ethical and effective mechanisms of resolving these issues.
  • The students explains the concept of Integrity and is able to build an ethical and effective plan to react on public scandals in accordance with integrity principle.
  • The student explains the ethical dilemma of discrimination and the role of cultural products in influencing harmful stereotypes in the modern market and is able to develop ethical and effective mechanisms of resolving these issues.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Modern Business Ethics: from Aristotle to ESG
  • Ford Pinto Case
  • Google Memo Case
  • Sharapova Case
  • Elevator Case
  • Nutcracker Case
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Seminar participation
  • non-blocking Online tests for each topic
  • non-blocking Final Exam (30 closed-ended questions and case analysis)
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2022/2023 2nd module
    0.4 * Final Exam (30 closed-ended questions and case analysis) + 0.3 * Online tests for each topic + 0.3 * Seminar participation
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Beer, L. A. (2015). A Strategic and Tactical Approach to Global Business Ethics, Second Edition (Vol. Second edition). New York: Business Expert Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=939533
  • David M. Wasieleski, & James Weber. (2019). Business Ethics: Vol. First edition. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Eugene Heath, Byron Kaldis, & Alexei Marcoux. (2018). The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics. Routledge.
  • Francis, R. D., & Murfey, G. (2016). Global Business Ethics : Responsible Decision Making in an International Context. London: Kogan Page. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1086320

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Becker, C. U. (2019). Business Ethics : Methods and Application. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1982142
  • Cam Caldwell. (2020). Business Ethics: Perspectives, Management and Issues. Nova.
  • Schwartz, M. S. (2017). Business Ethics : An Ethical Decision-Making Approach. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1470324

Authors

  • STORCHEVOY MAKSIM ANATOLEVICH
  • KOCHETKOVA DARYA VADIMOVNA