Upon completion of the course, the students shall:
Knowledge
· Have knowledge about key concepts and perspectives on business ethics and how they relate to each other.
· Have a realistic view of the expectations companies face from society, and how these are reflected in relevant policies, conventions and standards.
· Have an understanding of individual, social and organizational factors that determine the ethicality of behavior in organizations.
· Be familiar with research-based insights that can inform business-ethical assessments and decisions from various literature streams, including normative theory, moral psychology, behavioral economics and other social sciences.
· Have an understanding of the ethical challenges that arise in relations to key stakeholder groups, and in central business professions.
Skills
· Be able to identify, reflect on and judge business-ethical problems informed by relevant perspectives.
· Be able to communicate,justify and challenge ethical judgments.
· Be able to analyze which individual, social and organizational factors determine the ethicality of behavior in organizations and thereby make informed assessments of how to build more ethical organizations and societies.
General competence
· Have acquired a knowledge of and the ability to reflect upon and take into consideration issues relating to the ethics of decisions, choices and behavior in business settings.
· Be familiar with the basic concepts and perspectives needed to take more advanced courses in ethics at the master's level.