Ethics and Social Responsibility

Code:

1GE310

Acronym:

ERS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Secção Autónoma de Ciências Sociais
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Business Administration

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LGES	148	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	21	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main purpose of the course is to provide a portrait of ethical dilemmas and practices of social responsibility of companies and other typology of organizations in current times.

The course aims to develop students' knowledge about ethics and social responsibility in contemporary societies and to contribute to a critical reflection on ethics and social responsibility as evolving social, economic and organizational practices, bearing in mind the role of managers within these dynamics.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should be able: (i) to mobilize key concepts related to ethics and corporate social responsibility (CRS) in the identification and analysis of CRS practices of companies and other organizations and (ii) to analyze, in a critical way, concrete cases illustrative of the basic themes under discussion in the framework of the course.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Perspectives on ethics. Concepts of ethics and ethics in management. Problems and ethical dilemmas. The ethical decision-making process in companies and other organizations.

2. Social responsibility in companies and other organizations. Concept and main dimensions of CSR. Work-life balance. Perspectives on equality in organizational contexts.

3. The role of managers in promoting socially responsible management practices. Initiatives, experiences and cases of  Corporate Social Responsibility. 

 

Mandatory literature

O. C. Ferrell; Business ethics. ISBN: 978-1-305-50084-6
Van Tulder, R.; van Wijk, J.; Kolk, A; From chain liability to chain responsibility, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 85
Guerreiro, M. D; Pereira, I. ; Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender Equality and the Reconciliation of Work and Family Life. ISBN: ISBN: 978-972-8399-18-4
Russo, M.; Morandin, G. ; Better work-life balance starts with managers, Harvard Business Review, 2019
Andrew Crane; The^Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility. ISBN: 978-0-19-921159-3 (Swanson, Diane L. (2008), “Top managers as drivers for corporate social responsibility”, in Andrew Crane et al. (editors) The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 227-248.)
Rego, A.,Cunha,M. P.,Costa,N. G., Gonçalves, H. e Cardoso, C. C; Gestão ética e socialmente responsável: teoria e prática. ISBN: ISBN: 9789728871093

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodology combines different approaches concerning the theoretical and more practical components.

In the theoretical component, dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the main concepts and perspectives on the basic themes of the course, interrogative methods are used with the support, whenever relevant, of audiovisual materials and of concrete illustrations of the programmatic contents, capable of fostering a critical analysis and reflection.

In the practical component, active methodology is used, based on the development of individual and / or group exercises and on the dynamization of oriented discussions about practical cases on ethics and social responsibility in companies and other organizations.

Complementarily, and in order to deepen the articulation between theory and practice, seminars will be held in classes, based on invitations to non-academic experts.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Scoring at test: 7/20.

Calculation formula of final grade

According to the following rules:

- Students may choose between the final exam and distributed assessment without final exam.

- Distributed assessment without final exam is made of a test and a practical work.

- Formula Evaluation: 50% test (focused on the 3 Points from the course syllabus)  + 50% practical work (focused on the 3 Points from the course syllabus).

Classification improvement

 The classification improvement only occur by final exam.