MAN-BCU162
International Business Ethics
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleMAN-BCU162
Credits (ECTS)6
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Nijmegen School of Management; Bachelor Business Administration;
Lecturer(s)
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Lecturer
S.G. Anayati
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Examiner
prof. dr. R. ten Bos
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Contactperson for the course
prof. dr. R. ten Bos
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Coordinator
prof. dr. R. ten Bos
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Lecturer
prof. dr. R. ten Bos
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Academic year2022
Period
3  (30/01/2023 to 09/04/2023)
Starting block
3
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
After completing the course International Business Ethics the student is able to:
  • Critically evaluate mainstream concepts in business ethics from the perspective of continental philosophy;
  • Recognize the mulitplicity of meanings and perspectives that these concepts of business ethics encompass;
  • Understand how the main concepts in business ethics can restrict managerial responses in the practice of business ethics;
  • Read, present, and discuss philosophical ideas that shed a different light on well-known concepts in business ethics.
Content
The purpose of this course is not only to provide students with a solid introduction to the field of business ethics, but also to critically discuss the more philosophical underpinnings of this burgeoning field of research. All the relevant topics - from corporate responsibility to the call for standardization, from leadership to corporate agency, or from sustainability to globalization - will be discussed in the light of the long-standing debate between analytical and continental philosophy. More specifically, we will provide alternative ways of thinking about well-entrenched themes and issues in business ethics. One of the goals of the course is to show how many concepts in business ethics have shifted meanings over time. Rather than a practical focus, we will opt for a more conceptual focus. It is therefore important for students to understand that this course requires a certain interest in concepts or in philosophical reasoning, but we do not require any philosophical knowledge at the outset. The course consists of 12 lectures and 6 workgroups. The lecturers are Prof. Dr. R. ten Bos, Drs. Pleuntje Verstegen, and Drs. Pauline Chew. 
Level

Presumed foreknowledge
None, but we presuppose a willingness to engage with rather difficult themes and texts.
Test information
The exam will consist of four open questions and 20 MC questions.
Specifics

Level
Ba 1

Required materials
Book
2011 (350 pp.)
ISBN:9780521137560
Title: Business Ethics and Continental Philosophy.
Author:Mollie Painter-Morland & René ten Bos (eds.)
Publisher:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Edition:1

Instructional modes
Lecture
Attendance MandatoryYes

Sustainability certificate

Working group
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
MC
Test weight1
Test typeMultiple choice
OpportunitiesBlock 3, Block 4