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Course title: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Course code: KDOE305
School/Faculty: School of Economics and International Business
Department: International Business
Credit hours: 03
Prerequite(s): KDOE307
1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Business ethics and social responsibility are considered as two pillars of behavior in business activities of enterprises. Business ethics is a set of principles and standards of conduct developed and implemented by an enterprise to ensure humanity and consistency in business operations of both the collective as well as the individual. Social responsibility is a philosophy of consciousness and behavior that society believes that in business activities, businesses will not go against cultural and social values and norms. The course aims to equip basic theoretical issues and practical practice of principles and standards of business ethics and social responsibility of enterprises as well as individuals in business.
- COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE
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No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar |
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1. |
Chapter 1: Basic theory of business ethics |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5,5 |
1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9 |
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2. |
Chapter 2: Ethics and business |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5,5 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 |
|
3. |
Chapter 2: Ethics and business |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5,5 |
1,4,5,6,7,8 |
|
4. |
Chapter 3: Ethical principles in business |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5,5 |
1,2,4,6,8,9 |
|
5. |
Chapter 3: Ethical principles in business |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5,5 |
1,3,4,5,6,7,9 |
|
6. |
Chapter 4: Ethics in the marketplace |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5,5 |
1,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
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7. |
Chapter 5: Business ethics and the external environment of the business |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5,5 |
1,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
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8. |
Chapter 6: Ethics and internal factors in business |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5,5 |
3,4,5,7,8,9 |
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9. |
Review and midterm test |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5,5 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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10. |
Chapter 7: Theory of social responsibility, concepts, levels and models of social responsibility |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5,5 |
1,4,5,6,7,9 |
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11. |
Chapter 7: Theory of social responsibility, concepts, levels and models of social responsibility |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1,4,5,6,7,9 |
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12. |
Chapter 8: Practicing business ethics and social responsibility in a multicultural environment. |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1,3,8,9 |
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13. |
Chapter 8: Practicing business ethics and social responsibility in a multicultural environment. |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
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14. |
Chapter 9: Sustainable development and green growth |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1,2,3,4,6,8,9 |
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15. |
Chapter 9: Sustainable development and green growth |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1,2,3,4,6,8,9 |
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Total |
30 |
15 |
25 |
80 |
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- COURSE ASSESSMENT
3.1. Type of Assessement
* Formative assessment (10%), in which
- Class attendance: students participate in all classes: 10%, 15-minute test of knowledge taught in class.
* Summative assessment (90%)
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No. |
Assessment |
Rate |
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I |
Mid-Term: Group work/Written test |
30% |
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II |
Final term: Written test |
60% |
3.2. Assessment Criteria
3.2.1. Mid-term: Group work & presentation
* Generic Criteria
- Joining in all group works (a report assessing how and at which level each member contributes to group works, will be required);
- Studying about the content and relevant knowledge of the topic;
* Requirements for group report
- Group report: the content should be relevant to the topic. The report should indicate relevant information and be formatted on A4 paper size, font size 14, presented on Time New Roman font or VnTime. The margin of upper, lower, left and right should be 2.5 cm, 2.5 cm, 3.5 cm, 2 cm respectively with the line spacing is 1.5 lines. The report should have a length of 10-15 pages.
*Assessment criteria (total mark of presentation and group report)
Group report (pts: points):
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Define the problem clearly, logically, and feasible |
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2 pts |
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The content matches the topic title, completely solving the research problem |
: |
5 pts |
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Reliable and transparent use of data sources Format of presentation, language, tables, citation of references |
: : |
1 pts 2 pts |
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Total mark |
: |
10 pts |
3.2.2. Final term: Exam (60%):
- Form: Written test
- Content: Issues have been studied
- Test questions include self-reflection questions and case questions
- Criteria:
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Answer clearly and correct self-reflection questions |
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8 pts |
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Good analysis of case study questions |
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2 pts |
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Total mark |
: |
10 pts |