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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Christoph Lucas Zapf (lucas.zapf@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Shaping the future under the paradigm of sustainability means in a broad sense: Current and coming action is adapted to prevent future risks for humanity. For economic actors, this understanding of sustainability is of key relevance: To modify behavior in order to prevent undesirable outcomes, be they economic, social or ecological, is a prominent part of risk management. Sustainability is our starting point for analyzing ethical challenges for economic actors: Value changes and a lack of social legitimacy are risks for businesses that can be mitigated by counteracting economic externalities with ethical and sustainable action. The social ‘license to operate’ is closely linked to perceptions of a company as ‘ethical’ or ‘sustainable’. We will explore what aspects of risk management are ethically relevant, and what the management of ethical risk entails. In this course, we take a descriptive position. The aim is to understand business ethics as a social practice and describe the normative implications of the various forces and interests connected. The course will give an overview on related theories (risk management, business ethics classics, cultural sensitivity of economics) as well as develop case studies to research the implementation and consequences of the theoretical ideas in practice. |
| Lernziele | - Knowledge and instruments to analyze business ethics as a social practice, understand underlying influences and their embeddedness; - Know about interrelations between Sustainability, Business, Risk Management and Ethics; - Work successfully on cases implementing the theoretical results of the course. |
| Literatur | Some of the texts we will discuss: DellAtti, Stefano; Iannuzzi, Antonia Patrizia (2016): Reputation, Reputational Crisis and Corporate Social Responsibility of Banks: Measurement and Relationships. In: Trotta, A (Hg.): Managing Reputation in The Banking Industry. Springer, p. 33-55. Disparte, Dante (2016): Simple Ethics Rules for Better Risk Management. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/11/simple-ethics-rules-for-better-risk-management (last accessed: 04.01.2017) Freeman, R Edward; Harrison, Jeffrey S; Wicks, Andrew C; et al. (2010): Stakeholder theory and corporate social responsibility . In: Id. Stakeholder theory: The state of the art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 235-264. Krysiak, Frank C. (2009): Risk Management as a Tool for Sustainability. Journal of Business Ethics 85 (S3), p. 483-492. Moffat, Kieren; Lacey, Justine; Zhang, Airong; et al. (2015): The social licence to operate: a critical review. Forestry 89 (5), p. 477-488. Santana, Adele (2011): Three Elements of Stakeholder Legitimacy. Journal of Business Ethics 105 (2), p. 257-265. Spedding, Linda S; Rose, Adam (2007): Background to key aspects of legal risk management. In: Id.: Business risk management handbook: A sustainable approach. Oxford: CIMA, p. 66-78. |
| Bemerkungen | Special course application required for ALL (for details see 'course application' or 'Anmeldung') and prerequisits (details see 'entry requirements'). Anrechnung im MSD 2010: Dieses Seminar ist im Modul Kernbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitsforschung publiziert und kann nach Rücksprache mit P. Burger mittels LC für den Vertiefungsbereich Phil.-Hist. angerechnet werden. This seminar is offered by MSD. Dr. Chr. L. Zapf is member of the Sustainability Research Group, Dep. Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. |
| Weblink | Download course-literature here! |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Regular attendance, required reading and a critical stance! |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Mandatory registration for ALL, link open from 19.01.17/noon until 08.02.17/midnight: https://flexiform2.unibas.ch/formular.cfm?EID=9620 Belegen über MonA bleibt zwingend! Course inscription via MonA remains an obligation. Online registration remains open in case of vacancies until the second week of teaching + 2 days. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
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| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Kernbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Master Sustainable Development) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Leistungsnachweis |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Oral presentation and written essay. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,1 |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Universität Basel |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Nachhaltigkeitsforschung |