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Instructors: Diana Stimmler-Caesmann
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Sociology, Politics & Economics
Displayed in timetable as:
Business Ethics
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Note: In your exam regulations, differing credits may have been specified.
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 35
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
Behavioral Business Ethics is an interdisciplinary research stream at the intersection of Psychology, Ethics, and Economics & Finance. Based on an empirical (primarily experimental) approach, this line of research examines how human beings respond to moral-ethical issues in business and finance contexts, and how individual and contextual factors can contribute to the development of unethical practices in organizations.
Examples of questions that are addressed in the course are: Why do people (even good people) engage in unethical behavior, often without being aware of it? How do people justify their own unethical behavior? How do people decide what is right or wrong? Do they rely on reasoning or intuition when making this decision? How do we cope with deviations from our own moral standards? Is ethical behavior associated with the ability to control temptations? And if so, what happens when people are mentally tired and thereby lacking self-control? How does money affect individual behavior?
In this seminar, students will hear introductions into a variety of current topics in Business Ethics and deepen their knowledge by working with scientific papers from international journals. The examination consists of a discussion paper during the semester and a written exam at the end of the semester.
Educational objective:
Students will ...
learn about relevant theories and results from Behavioral Ethics research.
learn about psychological biases and situational factors that can hinder or foster ethical behavior.
expand their methodological skills by learning more about the experimental approach.
learn to apply findings from research to daily life and applied fields.
Further information about the exams:
Midterm (group work) and exam (60 minutes) | Midterm:30 %, Endterm: 70 %
Admitted Aids:
English dictionary
Mandatory literature:
Literature will be based on scientific papers. A list of papers will be available at the beginning of the seminar. If interested, some introductory readings are:
De Cremer, D., Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2012). Behavioral Business Ethics: Shaping an Emerging Field. New York: Taylor & Francis Group.
De Cremer, D. (2009). Psychological Perspectives on Ethical Behavior and Decision Making. Information Age Publishing.
Bazerman, M.H., Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2011). Blind Spots. Why We Fail to Do What´s Right and What to Do about It. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
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