Key words
Study of goods and industrial technology
Objectives
The course wants students to reflect on ethical questions surrounding business.
Topics
The questions considered can be catologued under three headings. Problems arising on the individual level. Has business a code of individual ethics that is different than the one of common life ? Does insertion in a hierarchical structure affect indiviual responsibility? Secondly, there are questions about business as a factor in society. Is business responsibility limited to the production of goods and the provision of services at a competitive price ? What about the idea of corporate responsibility ? Thirdly, there are questions about the market economy itself. Can all goods be mediated by the market or are there limits to its operation? Can there be justice in remuneration.
Prerequisites
None
Final Objectives
Materials used
teacher's text
- other text- and/or casebook(s) - background information
scientific & technical literature
- school library materials
- others
Study costs
Study guidance
Teaching Methods
- group paper
- group presentation
- discussion exercises
- others
(interview)
Assessment
closed book written examination
- open book written examination - assignments, papers and/or presentations
Course
Lecturer(s)
Willy DE GROOF
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