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Магистратура 2025/2026

Этическое лидерство и социальная ответственность

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса
Преподаватели: Роулинс Томас Эдвард
Язык: английский
Кредиты: 3
Контактные часы: 24

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The maximisation of utility and value for shareholders, as Milton Friedman’s one and only social responsibility of business, is outdated and must change if we are to face and overcome the ESG (environmental, social, and governance) challenges that the majority of stakeholders face in the 21st Century. To do so, we must re-evaluate the ethics of our business and redefine both the social responsibility of business and our own social responsibility as leaders. This course provides a framework to help students develop and define their own moral philosophy and ethic of responsibility in terms of why business exists and what is the right thing to do when faced with an ethical dilemma? How does leadership authority effect an organisation’s integrity? How do ESG Practices differ from the current reality of business? How can we improve the situation as future business leaders? The course provides ethical frameworks in the lectures which are applied to real-world cases in the seminars.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • To develop, systematise and openly defend your own position on the social responsibility of business and your social responsibility in management;
  • To evaluate sustainability according to the Triple Bottom Line;
  • To appreciate the complementarity of consequentialism and deontology in normative ethics;
  • To apply values and principles in the process of making ethical decisions;
  • To conceptualise and operationalise the virtue of acting with integrity as an organisation and as an individual.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • To be able to clearly articulate and defend your own position in an ethical debate;
  • To be able to question your managerial authority when it prevents the organisation from doing the right thing;
  • To be able to recognise and act when a lack of integrity is corrupting your organisation;
  • To be able to present a case for social responsibility in business and in management.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • 1. The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
  • 2. Socially irresponsible management? — the case of Jack Welch at GE 1981-2000
  • 3. Value-based management: Decision-making based on the maximisation of value. Shareholder v Stakeholder
  • 4. CSR and sustainability: The Triple Bottom Line
  • 5. Ethical Decision-making and the pressure of Expected Utility
  • 6. The Complementarity of Utilitarianism and Deontology in Ethical Decision-Making
  • 7. Core values and the Sponsors’ Dilemma
  • 8. The impact of managerial authority on individual and organisational integrity
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • blocking Written Assignments (two 50-word answers)
  • blocking Video Justifications (two 1-minute videos)
  • non-blocking Lecture Attendance Requirements
  • non-blocking Seminar Participation (12 seminars)
  • non-blocking Final Exam (20 multiple-choice questions)
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2025/2026 2nd module
    0.2 * Final Exam (20 multiple-choice questions) + 0.4 * Seminar Participation (12 seminars) + 0.3 * Video Justifications (two 1-minute videos) + 0.1 * Written Assignments (two 50-word answers)
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Eugene Heath, Byron Kaldis, & Alexei Marcoux. (2018). The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics. Routledge.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein, Edoardo Zamuner, Ermelinda Valentina Di Lascio, & D. K. Levy. (2014). Lecture on Ethics. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Raworth, K. (2017). Doughnut Economics : Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1850087
  • Weber, M., & Tribe, K. (2019). Economy and Society : A New Translation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2012211

Authors

  • Roulins Tomas Edvard