Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞL-548 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: İŞL-548 Course Title: BUSINESS ETHICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer HAKAN VAHİT ERKUTLU (erkutlu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ŞEVKİ ÖZGENER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course is to point out the business and work ethics, a topic students should have and pay attention thourogh their life and convey information about the business and work ethics by believing that education may increase a society's ethical level..

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can recall the adequate knowledge about the work and professional ethics. PO-8 Have knowledge and skills intended for theoric and practice on ethics, legislative framework, auditing standards and deception by having information about basic audit principles and techniques and reporting the audits issues.
PO-15 Use modern methods and technologies of business administration including analytical thinking and information technology in the first instance
PO-18 Use research methods and techniques for writing a thesis or doing scientific research.
Examination
LO-2 Can explain the actions against work and professional ethics. PO-8 Have knowledge and skills intended for theoric and practice on ethics, legislative framework, auditing standards and deception by having information about basic audit principles and techniques and reporting the audits issues.
PO-15 Use modern methods and technologies of business administration including analytical thinking and information technology in the first instance
Examination
LO-3 Can design an original work related with business ethics issues. PO-11 Understand and comprehend market research, information systems, consumer behaviors, strategic marketing, global markets, product and service strategies, product life curve, pricing and supply chain in the points of providing continuity of businesses in the process of globalization.
PO-18 Use research methods and techniques for writing a thesis or doing scientific research.
Examination
LO-4 Can explain theories about business ethics. PO-1 Have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
PO-8 Have knowledge and skills intended for theoric and practice on ethics, legislative framework, auditing standards and deception by having information about basic audit principles and techniques and reporting the audits issues.
PO-15 Use modern methods and technologies of business administration including analytical thinking and information technology in the first instance
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, after the basic information about business and work ethics, which activities agaist the work ethics can be faced in todays business environment and relationship between economic development level and the ethical level individuals have are discussed with the students.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Concepts: "Ethics", "Moral Philosophy", "Business Ethics", "Work Ethics", "Professional Ethics", "Business Ethics" et al. concepts Lecturing, question-answer method
2 Concepts: "Ethics", "Moral Philosophy", "Business Ethics", "Work Ethics", "Professional Ethics", "Business Ethics" et al. concepts Lecturing, question-answer method
3 factors affecting Business and Work Ethics; Causes of unethical behaviors Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
4 factors affecting Business and Work Ethics; Causes of unethical behaviors Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
5 Increasing interest in business and work etics in the World and in Turkey . Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
6 Reasons for increasing importance of work ethics. Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
7 Reasons for increasing importance of work ethics Lecturing, question-answer method
8 mid-term exam
9 Work Ethics: Approaches and Theories Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
10 Work Ethics: Approaches and Theories Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
11 Factors affecting conflict of interest and unethical behavior Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
12 Factors affecting conflict of interest and unethical behavior Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
13 Ethical Management Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
14 Ethical Management Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
15 Ethical Management Lecturing, question-answer and discussion method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Özgener, Şevki, (2010), İş Ahlâkının Temelleri: Yönetsel Bir Yaklaşım, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
Required Course instruments and materials
Handouts

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 6 9 54
       b) Search in internet/Library 7 3 21
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 4 24
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 9 4 36
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180