COURSE OUTLINE
I. Course Code: BA7CSR
II. Course Title: GOOD GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (Business Ethics)
III. Course Description: This course is designed to give students the overview of the different ethical and
social responsibility issues that are facing business entities. It will provide the students the avenue to
recognize and manage ethical and social responsibility issues, and to help them create their own
standards of integrity and professionalism. It will increase the awareness on the ethical facet of
businesses, and give the students a clear picture of the importance of upholding social responsibility
and business ethics in their future careers.
IV. Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the term, the students are expected to:
1. Determine different ethical issues faced by professionals in a business setting
2. Define and elaborate the principles, goals of business ethics, good governance and social
responsibility
3. Identify major issues and developments towards a greater appreciation and understanding of good
governance and social responsibility
4. Determine their value as citizen, future entrepreneurs, employee, and business executive, with
regards to upholding the value of business ethics and social responsibility
5. Be able to come up with feasible recommendations and solutions to curb the presence of ethical
issues within an institution/ workplace.
V. Course Outline:
LEARNING ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
WEEK TOPICS
METHODOLOGY OUTPUT/DELIVERABLE
1 A. The Nature of Business and Business - Online forums - Argument
06/01- Organizations - Online Debate creation through
06/07 - Online online forums
a. Forms of Business Organizations discussions - Case Study #1
b. Comparison and Contrast among - Case Study Ethics vs Profit
Business Organizations - Exchange of (Please see
c. c. The Role of each form of Business Opinions course guide for
Organizations in the Economy deadline)
B. Ethics and Business
d. What is Ethics?
e. What is Business Ethics?
f. Moral Reasoning in Business
g. The Morality of Profit- Motive
h. The Concept of Moral Responsibility
2 C. The Social Function of Business - Online forums - Online Debate
06/08- - Online Debate - Online Forum/
06/14 a. The Importance of Ethics in Business - Online Chats
b. The Relationship of Ethics and discussions - Faculty Marked
Business Assignment # 1
c. Why should businesses be ethically (Please see
responsible? course guide for
D. The Fundamental Principles of Ethics deadline)
a. The Nature of Human Act - Argument
b. The Voluntariness of the Human Acts creation through
c. The Moral Principles involved in online forums
actions having two effects
d. The Determinants of Morality
e. The Principles involves in the
circumstances of the action
3 E. Core Principles of Fairness, Accountability - Online forums - Online Debate
06/15- and Transparency - Online Debate - Argument
06/21 a. Notions of Accountability, Fairness - Online creation through
and Transparency discussions online forums
b. The relationship of Accountability/ - Case #2
Stewardship/ Responsibility with “The Confused
Ethical Businesses Accountant”
c. The Notion of Organizational
Diversity and the Role of Women in
Business Organizations
4 F. Ethical Issues and Problems in Business - Online forums - Online Debate
06/22- and Corporate World - Online Debate - Argument
06/28 a. Sexual Harassment - Online creation through
b. The Problem of Just Wage discussions online forums
c. Gift Giving and Bribery - Video - Faculty Marked
d. Workplace Romance Presentation Assignment # 2
e. The problem of Fair Pricing
5 G. Ethical Issues and Problems in Business - Online forums - Online Debate
06/29- and Corporate World (CONT.) - Online Debate - Argument
07/05 a. Trade Secrets and Corporate - Online creation through
Disclosure discussions online forums
b. Product Misinterpretation - Video
c. The Morality of Labor Strikes Presentation
d. Whistleblowing
e. Unfair Competition
f. Money Laundering
g. Conflict of Interest
h. Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance
6 H. Code of Ethics, Business Conduct, and - Online forums - Online Debate
07/06- Corporate Social Responsibility - Online Debate - Argument
07/12 a. Code of Ethics - Online creation through
b. What is Corporate Culture? discussions online forums
c. The Concept of Corporate - Video - Case # 3
Responsibility Presentation “Where is After-
d. Assessment on the Practice of Sales Service”
Corporate Social Responsibility
e. Social Responsibility Towards
Consumers
f. Social Responsibility Towards the
Community and the Environment
g. The Difference between Corporate
Social Responsibility and Business
Ethics
h. Current Activities related to
Corporate Social Responsibility
7 I. Developing Good Work Ethic - Online forums - Online Debate
07/13- a. The Definition of Work - Online Debate - Argument
07/19 b. The Human Perspective of Work - Online creation through
c. How to Enjoy work and create discussions online forums
spiritual values in work place - Video - Faculty Marked
d. Basic Duties of Employers Presentation Assignment #3
e. Basic Duties of Workers
8 J. Values and Virtues - Online forums - Online Debate
07/20- a. Definition of Values - Online Debate - Argument
07/26 b. Classification of Values - Online creation through
c. Virtues discussions online forums
d. Classification of Virtues - Video - Case Study #4
e. Seven Capital Vices Presentation “Saints and
f. The Importance of Studying Values Sinners”
and Virtues in Ethics
g. The Relationship between Virtues
and values
9 K. Business Beyond Profit Motivation - Online forums - Online Debate
07/27- a. Toward a New Theory of the Firm: - Online Debate - Argument
08/02 Humanizing the firm and the - Online creation through
Management Profession discussions online forums
b. Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) - Video
and Sustainability Presentation
c. Principles for Responsible
Management Education(PRME)
10 Consultation for Final Exam - Online Forum Case Digest
08/03- Case Digest and Discussion
08/09
VI. Grading System:
Faculty Marked Assignments- 15%
Online Debate- 25%
Case Study- 20%
Online Forum- 15%
Final Exam- 25%
VII. Online Class House Rules/Guidelines:
A. Forums and Class discussions will be facilitated using Facebook Group. A topic will be
posted and students are expected to share their insights, opinions, and contributions using
the comment box.
B. Chats will be done weekly (Every Friday, 07:45 P.M. – 08:45 P.M). This will be the
avenue for class interaction (Online Recitations/ Questions/ Additional Class Instructions)
C. In case that a student will not be able to attend out scheduled chat, kindly inform the
Instructor on the reason so he/ she may be excused from the recitation
D. Faculty Marked Assignments- It is mainly composed of Essays/ Reflections/ Position Paper
on a particular subject matter. Topics and Deadlines will be given in advance so that students
can maximize their time in doing the FMA. Google forms will be utilized for this requirement.
E. Case Studies will be done via Google Forms. Deadline will be set in answering the case
studies.
F. For the final exam, each student will be tasked to choose one case from
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A case digest will be required from the student and will be asked to answer questions.
(Please refer to the Course Guide for the complete instructions)
G. Online debate will be used by this class to gauge the critical thinking of the student. A topic
will be posted and student will use the comment box to raise their arguments. Use of obscure,
impolite and unnecessary words or any form of media in the online class is strictly prohibited.
H. Resources in the form of PPT, PDF, and cite links will be provided. However, students may
also use and search in other resources as they deem needed and necessary. Proper citation
of resources is a must to avoid plagiarism.
VIII. References:
[Link]
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Second Edition; Roa, Florentino C.
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IX. Instructor’s Contact Information:
businessethics.mbc03@[Link]
