价值与社会

7/288TITLE:R.P.2080BUSINESS,VALUES,ANDSOCIETY商業、價值與社會Numberofunits:3units(3,2,1)Prerequisite:AnyfirstlevelR.P.subjectLevel:IIAims:1.Toencouragestudentstoextendthefocusoftheiruniversityeducationtosignificantmoralissues.2.Toenablestudentstoadoptthemoralpointofviewindifficultdecisionscenariosinbusinessandsociety.3.Toencouragestudentstoexamineandtoformulatetheirownvalueperceptionsandtorelatethemtoissuesdiscussedinclass.Objectives:1.Tofamiliarizestudentswithmajortopicalareasofethicalimportanceinbusinessandsociety.2.Tointroducestudentstomajormoralprinciplesandrelevantmoraltheories.3.Tointroducestudentstotheoryandpracticeofmoralreasoning.4.Toenablestudentstoapplymoraltheorytoactualbusinessandsocialproblems.SubjectDescription:Thecoursebeginswithabroadexplorationofethicsandmoraltheory,andwillthenproceedtoexplorethemoraldimensionsandsocialresponsibilitiesofbusinessactivityinmodernsociety.Theexaminationanddetaileddiscussionofvariousmoralissuesanddilemmasconfrontingindividualsinvolvedinbusinessdecisionswillconnecttheworldofbusinessandcommercewithethicaldeliberationandtheory.Reference:1.Beauchamp,TomL.andBowie,NormanE.,eds.,EthicalTheoryandBusiness,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1983(FourthEdition1993).2.Boatright,JohnR.,EthicsandtheConductofBusiness,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1993.3.Boylan,Michael,EthicalIssuesinBusiness,FortWorth:Harcourt,1995.4.Davies,PeterW,CurrentIssuesinBusinessEthics,London/NewYork:Routledge,1997.5.DeGeorge,RichardT,CompetingwithIntegrityinInternationalBusiness,NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.6.Desjardins,JosephR.andMcCall,JohnJ.,ContemporaryIssuesinBusinessEthics,Belmont:Wadsworth,Pub.Co.,1990.7.Donaldson,ThomasandGiniAl.,CaseStudiesinBusinessEthics,4thEd.,UpperSaddleRiver:PrenticeHall,1996.8.Donaldson,Thomas,TheEthicsofInternationalBusiness,NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,1989.9.Donaldson,ThomasandWerhane,Patricia,eds.,EthicalIssuesinBusinessAPhilosophicalApproach,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1983(FourthEdition)1993.10.Ferrel,O.C.andFraedrich,John,BusinessEthics:EthicalDecisionMakingandCases,Boston:HoughtonMifflin,1994.11.Hosmer,LaRueTone,MoralLeadershipinBusiness,BurRidge:Irwin,1994.12.Jackson,Jennifer,AnIntroductiontoBusinessEthics,Oxford:Blackwell,1996.13.Marcus,AlfredA.,BusinessandSociety.Ethics,GovernmentandtheWorldEconomy,Homerwood:Irwin,1993.14.Newton,LisaandFord,MaureenM.,TakingSides.ClashingViewsonControversialIssuesinBusinessEthicsandSociety,SluiceDock:DushkinPubl.,1992.7/28915.Paine,LynnSharp,CasesinLeadership,Ethics,andOrganizationalIntegrity:AStrategicPerspective,Chicago:Irwin,1997.16.Petrick,JosephA.andQuin,JohnF.,ManagementEthics:IntegrityatWork,ThousandOaks:SagePub.,1997.17.Rae,ScottB.andWongKenmanL.,BeyondIntegrity.AJudeo-ChristianApproachtoBusinessEthics,GrandRapids:vanZonderPublishingHouse,1996.18.Shaw,WilliamandBarry,Vincent,MoralIssuesinBusiness,Belmont:Wadsworth,1995.19.Singer,Peter,HowareWetoLive?EthicsinanAgeofSelf-interest,Amherst,N.Y.:PrometheusBooks,1993.20.Velasquez,ManuelG.,BusinessEthics.ConceptsandCases,EnglewoodCliffs:PrenticeHall,1992.Assessment:Coursework50%Examination50%Courseworkmaybecomprisedoftest(s),andcase-studyprojectsandassignmentsfordiscussion.Studentswillbeinformedinwritingofspecificsatthebeginningofthesemester.SubjectContent:I.TheoreticalFoundationValues,EthicsandMoralReasoning:OverviewA.Themoralpointofview(1)Moralstandards,rulesandnorms(2)Moraljudgment(3)NeedforethicalreflectionB.Businessethics:AnOxymoron?(1)Howtodobusinessethics?(2)StakeholderapproachC.Basicethicaltheories(1)‘Useful’consequences(2)Categoricalimperativeandthe‘GoldenRule’(3)MoralcharacterandvirtueD.PrinciplesandstepsofmoralreasoningII.PracticalApplicationandCaseStudiesA.Personalintegrityandsocialresponsibility(1)Integrityandresponsibility(2)Resistingunethicalbehavior:corruption(3)Scopeandlevelsofcorporateresponsibility(4)CodesofethicsCasestudytopics:(1)China’sstrugglewithcorruptionandbribery:Whyisitanethicalissue?(2)The“Lockheed-Scandal”:Doendsjustifythemeans?(3)The“BhopalDisaster”:Whoshouldtakeresponsibility?B.ConsumerProtection,Marketing,andtheMedia(1)RespondingtoUnethicalOrganizationalBehaviour:Whistle-Blowing(2)Decency,tasteandtruthfulnessinbusinessandjournalismCaseStudyTopics:(1)Mitsubishi’scover-up:AnotherFord-Pinto-Case?(2)RobertChung,theHKGovernmentandHongKongUniversity:Acaseofwhistle-blowing?(3)“TheBeech-NutCase:Aminormishap?7/290(4)Sexandviolenceinthemedia:Whatistheethicalproblem?C.Society,environment,andmultinationalcorporations(1)Businessandenvironmentalresponsibility(2)Scopeofmoralconcernfortheenvironment(3)Moralvaluesandinternationalbusiness(4)Third-worldpovertyanddevelopmentinaglobalbusinessworld(5)HumanrightsinaglobalbusinessworldCaseStudyTopics:(1)Child-labor:ShouldMcDonald’semploychildreninChinesetoyfactories?Exploitingtherainforest:Whyshouldwecare?(2)Thewreckofthe“ExxonValdez”:Whycareaboutoilspills?(3)Providingdrugsfor(AIDS-)patientsinpoorcountries:Whoshouldpay?(4)Geneticallymodifiedfood:Shouldwestopit?TeachingMethods:Lecturetypeinstructionwillalternatewith(group)