ECTS - Innovation and Ethics
Innovation and Ethics (IKT441) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation and Ethics | IKT441 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Brain Storming, Role Play, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course will contribute to students’ personal and intellectual development by motivating them about the moral decision making and cultivating a professional attitude and understanding of the implications of business life by introducing them basic concepts related to the moral reasoning and how to deal with dilemmas they will face during professional work. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Ethics and moral reasoning; major traditional theories and concepts in ethics and human behavior; ethical codes; business life applications; responsibilities to society; internal and external factors affecting business life and moral reasoning; entrepreneurship related issues; concepts related to moral reasoning in business life. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course. | Course texts |
| 2 | Why do people act like this? Human recognition.Maslow and Kohlberg theories. | Course texts |
| 3 | Ethical philosophy, rational /irrational behaviour, innovation and irrational behavior intersection | Course texts |
| 4 | Ethical codes /responsibilities, macro environment, economic development and the ethical dimension of innovation | Course texts |
| 5 | Ethic codes /responsibilities and profit maksimization, micro environment, ethical problems arising in the micro environment due to innovation | Course texts |
| 6 | Business life responsibilities, internal factors. Conflicts,mobbing,whistleblowing ,privacy, conflicts as a prerequisite to innovation | Course texts |
| 7 | Business life responsibilities, external factors, ethical issues in marketing ,advertisement,manufacturing and innovative approaches to all these issues | Course texts |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition and ethical issues I | Course texts |
| 10 | Monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition and ethical issues II | Course texts |
| 11 | Business life applications, coursework | Course texts |
| 12 | Eentrepreneurship.requirements, short term versus longterm orientation differences, sustainable innovation | Course texts |
| 13 | Ethics applications for entrepreneurs | Course texts |
| 14 | Ethics applications for business life from the employer and employee points of view. | Course texts |
| 15 | General evaluation, and discussion | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Ders notları |
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| Other Sources | 2. Business Ethics and Ethical Business by Robert Audi .Oxford University Press. 28 August 2008 |
| 3. Business Ethics by Robert F. Almeder .Prometheus Books.2001 | |
| 4. Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases by O.C. Ferrell .South Western Cengage Learning.2010 | |
| 5. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases by Manuel G. Velasquez - Longman Publishing - 2007 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts and methods of economics | |||||
| 2 | Acquiring the skills of macro level economic analysis | X | ||||
| 3 | Acquiring the skills of micro level economic analysis | |||||
| 4 | Understanding the formulation and implementation of economic policies at the local, national, regional, and/or global level | |||||
| 5 | Learning different approaches on economic and related issues | |||||
| 6 | Acquiring the quantitative and/or qualitative techniques in economic analysis | |||||
| 7 | Improving the ability to use the modern software, hardware and/or technological devices | |||||
| 8 | Developing intra-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary team work skills | X | ||||
| 9 | Acquiring an open-minded behavior through encouraging critical analysis, discussions, and/or life-long learning | |||||
| 10 | Adopting work ethic and social responsibility | X | ||||
| 11 | Developing the skills of communication. | X | ||||
| 12 | Improving the ability to effectively implement the knowledge and skills in at least one of the following areas: economic policy, public policy, international economic relations, industrial relations, monetary and financial affairs. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 143 | ||