Ethics (ETH)

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AC Ciências Sociais > UC Obrigatórias

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Nível

1º Ciclo (L)

Tipo

Estruturante

Regime

Semestral

Carga Horária

Aula Teórica (T): 0.0 h/semana

Aula TeoricoPrática (TP): 2.0 h/semana

Trabalho Autónomo: 54.0 h/semestre

Créditos ECTS: 3.0

Objectivos

- To know, interpret and evaluate the main ethical dilemmas that arise in personal and organizational daily life, outlining paths and courses of action compatible with the law and codes of ethics;

- Understand the various moral justifications for action that result from the application of different ethical theories;

- To simulate practices of ethical management and social responsibility relevant to the contemporary organizational world;

- To establish ethical priorities in contexts of internationalization and globalization, taking into account specificities associated with the cultural and ethical patterns of different countries, territories and organizations;

- To develop solid ethical arguments and reasoning, facing the choice of projects, investments or business activities.

Programa

1.Ethics and its History. The transformations of the postwar world. Law, Ethics, and Morality. Ethical Vocabulary.Cultural and Ethical Relativisms;
2.Ethical Theories: Ethics of Responsibility and Conviction, Theory of Virtues, Theory of Rights, Kantian Deontology, Benthamite Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill, the Rawlsian Theory of Justice;
3.Markets and Morality. Can Markets be moral? Bourgeois virtues or destructive markets? The results of Experimental Economics;
4.Business Ethics: Stakeholder Models. Social Responsibility and governance models. Paradoxes and Ethical Dilemmas. Codes of ethics. Organizational Culture and Ethics. Development of Ethical Programs;
5.Financial Ethics and its Problems: Finance and Morality. The history of usury and its acceptance. Some problematic domains: Whistle blowing, predatory lending, insider trading, speculation and manipulation of results. Models of agency and accountability. The bonuses, and the perks. Tax avoidance.Financial regulation.

Metodologia de avaliação

EVALUATION: written test (60%); collective assignment (30%), class attendance and oral participation (10%).

Note: in order to pass, students will need to have a classification of at least 8 values in both the individual test and the collective assignment. Students unable to regularly attend classes and follow the standard evaluation procedure will be evaluated solely on the basis of the individual test (100%) at a supplementary or special season (?época de recurso?).

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