DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS ETHICS
2008-2009 FALL SEMESTER
RPOJECT-BASED COURSE SYLLABUS
Instructor
Office
E-mail
: Prof.Dr. İge PIRNAR
: 202
: ige.pirnar@deu.edu.tr
Assistant Instructor : Assist.Prof.Dr. Burcu Selin YILMAZ
Office
: 222
E-mail
: selin.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr
Course Assistant
Office
e-mail
: O. Devrim GUNEL
: 220
: devrim.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr
Course Description
This course is designed to explore business organizations and their reliance with business ethics and regulations.
Emphasis will be placed on various ethical theories and characteristics of moral principles especially societal and
regional ethical issues which may if properly handled help improve the image of firms in the eyes of the public.
This course is based on interdisciplinary approach to the ethical problems in the public and private sectors and
includes topics as; business ethics, ethical theories and principles, the importance of ethics for business and
implications of ethical theories and principles and practices of business ethics in firms.
Textbook
Velasquez, M.G. (2006). Business Ethics: Concepts & Cases. 6th Edition, Prentice Hall: New Jersey.
De George, R.T. (1999). Business Ethics. 5th Edition, Prentice Hall: New Jersey.
Instructor will also give some readings on the subjects.
Instruction
The major method of instruction will be the individual projects conducted by the students on any of the given
topics below. The students’ progress in their projects will be evaluated by the instructor and some case studies
and ethical dilemma scenarios will be given to the students in order to sensitize the students towards the
concept of business ethics.
Project Topics
 Safety, Risk, and Environmental Protection
 Ethical Issues in Marketing and Advertising
 Protecting Intellectual Property, Corporate Disclosure, and Insider Trading
 Workers’ Rights (Employment, Wages, Unions)
 Workers’ Rights Duties, and Responsibilities within a Firm
 Discrimination
 Ethics in Finance and Investing
 Multinationals and Ethical Issues
 International Business (Corrupt Contexts, Cultural Diversity)
 World’s Resources (Global Issues, Global Common Goods, Allocation of the World’s Resources)
 Ethical Issues in Public Sector
Grading
Project and Presentation
Total
100 %
100%