（价值管理）价值与社会
TITLE:,VALUES,ANDSOCIETY 商業、價值與社會
Numberofunits:3units(3,2,1)
Prerequisite:
Level:II
Aims:
moralissues.
sinessandsociety.
atethemtoissuesdiscussedinclass.
Objectives:
society.
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.
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SubjectDescription:
Thecoursebeginswithabroadexplorationofethicsandmoraltheory,andwillthenprocee
dtoexplorethemoraldimensionsandsocialresponsibilitiesofbusinessactivityinmod
sconfrontingindividualsinvolvedinbusinessdecisionswillconnecttheworldofbusin
essandcommercewithethicaldeliberationandtheory.
Reference:
,,NormanE.,eds.,Ethical Theory and
Business,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1983(FourthEdition1993).
,JohnR.,Ethics and the Conduct of
Business,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1993.
,Michael,Ethical Issues in Business,FortWorth:Harcourt,1995.
,PeterW,Current Issues in Business
Ethics,London/NewYork:Routledge,1997.
,RichardT,Competing with Integrity in International
Business,NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.
,,JohnJ.,Contemporary Issues in Business
Ethics,Belmont:Wadsworth,.,1990.
,ThomasandGiniAl.,Case Studies in Business
Ethics,4thEd.,UpperSaddleRiver:PrenticeHall,1996.
,Thomas,The Ethics of International
Business,NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,1989.
,ThomasandWerhane,Patricia,eds.,Ethical Issues in Business A
Philosophical
Approach,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1983(FourthEdition)1993.
,,John,Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and
Cases,Boston:HoughtonMifflin,1994.
,LaRueTone,Moral Leadership in Business,BurRidge:Irwin,1994.
,Jennifer,An Introduction to Business
Ethics,Oxford:Blackwell,1996.
,AlfredA.,Business and Society. Ethics, Government and the World
Economy,Homerwood:Irwin,1993.
,LisaandFord,MaureenM.,Taking Sides. Clashing Views on
Controversial Issues in Business Ethics and
Society,SluiceDock:DushkinPubl.,1992.
,LynnSharp,Cases in Leadership, Ethics, and Organizational Integrity:
A Strategic Perspective,Chicago:Irwin,1997.
,,JohnF.,Management Ethics: Integrity at
Work,ThousandOaks:SagePub.,1997.
,.,Beyond Integrity. A Judeo-Christian Approach
to Business Ethics,GrandRapids:vanZonderPublishingHouse,1996.
,WilliamandBarry,Vincent,Moral Issues in
Business,Belmont:Wadsworth,1995.
,Peter,How are We to Live? Ethics in an Age of
Self-interest,Amherst,.:PrometheusBooks,1993.
,ManuelG.,Business Ethics. Concepts and
Cases,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1992.
Assessment:Coursework50%
Examination50%
Courseworkmaybecomprisedoftest(s),andcase-studyprojectsandassignmentsfordisc
.
SubjectContent:
,EthicsandMoralReasoning:Overview
(1)Moralstandards,rulesandnorms
(2)Moraljudgment
(3)Needforethicalreflection
B. Businessethics:AnOxymoron?
(1)Howtodobusinessethics?
(2)Stakeholderapproach
(1)‘Useful’consequences
(2)Categoricalimperativeandthe‘GoldenRule’
(3)Moralcharacterandvirtue
(1)Integrityandresponsibility
(2)Resistingunethicalbehavior:corruption
(3)Scopeandlevelsofcorporateresponsibility
(4) Codesofethics
Casestudytopics:
(1)China’sstrugglewithcorruptionandbribery:Whyisitanethicalissue?
(2)The“Lockheed-Scandal”:Doendsjustifythemeans?
(3)The“BhopalDisaster”:Whoshouldtakeresponsibility?
,Marketing,andtheMedia
(1)RespondingtoUnethicalOrganizationalBehaviour:Whistle-Blowing
(2)Decency,tasteandtruthfulnessinbusinessandjournalism
CaseStudyTopics:
(1)Mitsubishi’scover-up:AnotherFord-Pinto-Case?
(2)RobertChung,theHKGovernmentandHongKongUniversity:Acaseofwhistle-blowing?
(3)“TheBeech-NutCase":Aminormishap?
(4)Sexandviolenceinthemedia:Whatistheethicalproblem?
,environment,andmultinationalcorporations
(1)Businessandenvironmentalresponsibility
(2)Scopeofmoralconcernfortheenvironment
(3)Moralvaluesandinternationalbusiness
(4)Third-worldpovertyanddevelopmentinaglobalbusinessworld
(5)Humanrightsinaglobalbusinessworld
CaseStudyTopics:
(1)Child-labor:ShouldMcDonald’semploychildreninChinesetoyfactories?
Exploitingtherainforest:Whyshouldwecare?
(2)Thewreckofthe“ExxonValdez”:Whycareaboutoilspills?
(3)Providingdrugsfor(AIDS-)patientsinpoorcountries:Whoshouldpay?
(4)Geneticallymodifiedfood:Shouldwestopit?
TeachingMethods:
Lecturetypeinstructionwillalternatewith(group)
tswillformanintegralpartofthecourseandencouragestudents’activeparticipation
nofassignmentsand(group)discussions,studentswillbegivenadetailedreadinglisto
-media
presentationsmaybeusedtoprovidebackgroundinformationandreal-lifescenariosfro
mbusinessandsociety.
Note:Casestudytopicsaboveareillustrativeonlyandmaybeamendedasappropriateatthebeginn
ingofthesemester.
