MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
NEI «ALMATY MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY»
DEPARTMENT: “GENERAL EDUCATION DISCIPLINES”
Approved
at the meeting of Academic and
Methodic Council
Chairman
___________ N. Duysengulova
«____ »________ 2014.
Academic program: Baccalaureate
Specialty - 5B051100 «Marketing»
Form of study: daytime
SYLLABUS
on the discipline: “BUSINESS ETHICS”
Year of study: 1
Semester: 1
Number of credits: 3
Lecturer: Master of IR, Master of Translation and Interpretation, senior lecturer Batsueva D.I.
Almaty, 2014
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Completed by: Master of IR,
Master of Translation and Interpretation, senior lecturer _______________ Batsueva D.I.
The syllabus has been developed on the basis of the Working curriculum of the discipline for
students of the Specialty 5B051100 «Marketing».
The syllabus was reviewed at the meeting of the Department of “General Education Disciplines”
Protocol № 1 from “ 28 ” August, 2014
Head of the Department
Doctor of Chemistry, professor ________________________________
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Introduction
The course of business ethics has got as its subject matter ethical problems and ethical
decisions in business, for which the students must be provide with a framework that they can use
to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues in business decision making. In addition to
individual decision making, business ethics and social responsibility are important parts of a
firm’s business strategy. Issues such as conflicts between personal values and organizational
goals; the role of sustainability in business strategy; and the importance of stakeholder
relationships, corporate governance, and the development of ethics programs and an ethical
culture in an organization will be discussed.
Methodology of teaching this discipline provides for:
- Lecturing;
- Practical classes conduction;
- Laboratory classes (if there are in the curriculum);
- IWST;
- IWS.
The purpose of this course is to strengthen the ability to anticipate, critically analyze,
appropriately respond to, and provide leadership regarding, ethical issues you will confront as
employees and eventually as managers of people, projects, and enterprises. This course will
proceed from the recognition that human activity now exerts macrophase influence on all aspects
of planetary function, and that we share a concomitant responsibility to discover and express
decision-making wisdom commensurate with this power. The course will explore those
characteristics of human nature that hinder realization of maximum individual and collective
potential as well as those characteristics and practices that can, with cultivation, allow us to more
fully realize our inherent integration, imagination, creative capacity, and fully-satisfying
participation in the Earth adventure. Instruction will be based on lecture and case analysis,
supplemented by topical and philosophical articles and essays.
The objectives of teaching this discipline are:
- to understand how ethics can be incorporated into key business decisions
- to learn to identify common ethical issues in business;
- to identify, analyze, and understand how businesspeople make ethical decisions and
handle ethical issues;
- to learn about specific measures companies can take to build effective ethics programs;
- to understand major global ethics issues taking place in international business;
- to become familiar with how firms evaluate social responsibility activities;
- to learn the importance of fostering sustainability efforts and integrating a “green”
mission into corporate strategy.
Pre-requisites: World History, Philosophy, Management, Law, Social Science.
Post-Requisites: Marketing, PR.
Upon completion of this discipline students must:
master the following competencies according to the competence model of the bachelor
General competencies:
- to demonstrate understanding of the definition of ethics and the importance
and role ethical behavior serves in the business world today;
- to demonstrate understanding of how business ethics relates to larger moral
and philosophical frameworks;
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to identify various ethical issues that occur in the workplace;
to evaluate an ethical situation by applying the steps involved in ethical
decision-making;
to evaluate the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, and explore its
to relevance to ethical business activity;
to identify the moral obligations of businesses to the environment and
specifically;
to global competitors and global stakeholders.
Subject-specialized:
-
to describe what ethics means in the workplace;
to define corporate responsibility;
to define corporate compliance;
to describe social responsibility.
to define ethics in business and why it is important;
to describe the impact of ethics in the business;
to compare differences in ethics in the international communities;
to describe consumer rights.
CALENDER AND THEMATIC PLAN
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Theme
Distribution of classes by weeks
Practical
Lectures
IWS
IWST
classes
1
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2
2
2
2
Introduction into Business Ethics
Institutionalization of Business
Ethics
Business Ethics and Social
3
Responsibility
The Role of Ethics in Business
4
Recognizing Ethical Issues in
5
Business
Making Decisions about Ethical
6
Problems
The Nature of Social
7
Responsibility
Midterm control 1
Relations with Owners and
8
Shareholders. Community Relations.
Employee Relations/ Consumer
9
Relations
Environmental Issues
10
Business Ethics in a Global
11
Economy
Sustainable Marketing Strategies
12
Energy Consumption and
13
Sustainability Reporting
Green Marketing
14
The Role of Character in Business
15
Ethics
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Midterm control 2
Exam
Content of practical, form of control and grading
Theme
№
1
Questions for practical classes
Introduction into Business
Ethics
Defining morality, ethics, and
ethical theory. The role of Ethics
in Business. Exploration of
conceptualizations of business
ethics from an organizational
perspective. Business ethics and
the law. Globalization as a key
context for business ethics.
2
3
4
Institutionalization of Business
Ethics
The examination of the historical
foundations and evolution of
business ethics. Development of
Business Ethics: Before 1960:
Ethics in Business. The 1960s:
The Rise of Social Issues in
Business. The 1970s: Business
Ethics as an Emerging Field The
1980s: Consolidation. The 1990s:
Institutionalization of Business
Ethics The Twenty-First Century:
A New Focus on Business Ethics.
Business Ethics and Social
Responsibility
The evidence that ethical value
systems support business
performance. Developing an
Organizational and Global Ethical
Culture.
The Role of Ethics in Business
The insight into the extent of
ethical misconduct in the
workplace and the pressures for
unethical behaviour. The Benefits
of Business Ethics. Ethics
Contribution to Employee
Commitment. Ethics Contributes
to Investor Loyalty. Ethics
Ф-ПР-02.3.2-05-2014-03 Syllabus
Literature
Compulsory
Literature, 1,
p. 3-15,
Additional
Literature, 2, 4,
7.
Compulsory
Literature, 1,
p. 15-17; 2,
p. 20-25;
Form of
Max.
control
score
Presentations,
100
Glossaries
&
Self
Quizzes,
Introductions &
Debate Forum
1:
“Does
Being
Ethical Result
in
Better
Business
Performance?”
100
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
Additional
Literature, 2, 3,
4.
Compulsory
Debates, PPT
Literature,
1, Presentations,
p. 18-24,
Glossaries &
Additional
Self Quiz
Literature, 2, 5,
6.
100
Compulsory
Literature, 1,
p. 24-32; 7, p.
17-19,
Additional
Literature, 2, 3.
100
PPT
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
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5
6
7
8
9
Contributes to Customer
Satisfaction Ethics Contributes to
Profits.
Recognizing Ethical Issues in
Business
Conflict of interest. Fairness and
Honesty. Communications.
Business Relationships.
Plagiarism. Abusing and/or
underpay the work forces.
Whistleblowing.
Making Decisions about Ethical
Problems
A variety of ethical issues that
may arise in business. The role of
open discussion of ethical issues.
Five-step framework of ethical
decision-making, according to
Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics. Improving of ethical
behaviour in business.
Professional codes of ethics.
The Nature of Social
Responsibility
The Pyramid of Social
Responsibility. Voluntary
Responsibilities. Ethical
Responsibilities. Legal
Responsibilities. Economic
Responsibilities. Social
Responsibility Issues.
Relations with Owners and
Shareholders. Community
Relations.
Compulsory
Literature,
2,
p. 3-21;
1, p. 172-185;
Additional
Literature,
2,
11.
“Debate:
100
Code
of
Conduct”,
Essay
Assignment
Compulsory
PPT
Literature,
2, Presentations,
p. 21-33; 3, p. and Glossaries
15-21;
Additional
Literature, 3, 4.
100
Compulsory
essay,
Literature,
2, discussion
p. 33-41;
Additional
Literature, 2, 4.
100
Compulsory
Business
Literature,
2, Ethical
p. 18-20;
Challenges
Additional
Literature, 2, 5.
100
The task of business to maximize
the owners’ investment in the firm.
The unethical behaviour of senior
management. Maintaining proper
accounting procedures. Providing
all relevant information to
investors.
Compulsory
Business
Employee Relations/ Consumer
Literature,
3, Ethical
Relations
p. 3-12.
Challenges
Responsibilities to employees.
Additional
Provision of a safe workplace.
Literature, 2, 6.
Adequate salary for the work.
Information about what is
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10
11
12
13
happening in their company. Type
of misconduct of co-workers.
Attention to employees’
grievances. Fair treatment.
Consumerism. John F. Kennedy’s
1962 Consumer Bill of Rights.
Environmental Issues
Animal Rights. Business practices
that harm endangered wildlife and
their habitats. Pollution. The type
of management, which improves
conservation efforts, economic
viability, and health and safety
records. Water pollution results
from dumping toxic chemicals and
raw sewage into rivers and oceans,
oil spills and the burial of
industrial waste in the ground. Air
pollution as the result of smoke
and other pollutants. Greenhouse
effect. Land pollution. The case of
Nova Scotia. The problem of
disposal of waste in an
environmentally responsible
manner. Response to
Environmental Issues.
Business Ethics in a Global
Economy
International Business Ethics. Cross
cultural ethical issues. The
components of emerging global
consensus. “New world order”.
Sustainable Marketing
Strategies
The Topic of Sustainable
Consumption. The Constitution of
Markets by Different Action
Fields. An integrated analysis of
sustainable market(s). Market
Dynamics – How to Leave the
Eco-niche. Sustainability
Challenge. From niche markets to
mass markets – How to deal with
different developing factors?
Energy Consumption and
Sustainability Reporting
Population and energy
consumption. Possible
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Compulsory
Case Studies, 100
Literature,
3, discussion
p. 13-22.
Additional
Literature, 3, 5,
6.
Compulsory
Literature, 3,
p. 345-378; 10.
Additional
Literature, 2,
11.
Compulsory
Literature, 5, 347.
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
100
Debates, PPT 100
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
Additional
Literature, 2, 6.
Compulsory
Literature,
6,
p. 11-35.
Additional
Literature, 5, 6.
PPT
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
100
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14
15
Explanations for the EnergyEfficiency Gap. Liquidity
Constraints in Capital Markets.
Innovation Market Failures.
Behavioral Failures. Behavioural
Failures. Issues in Measuring
Energy Efficiency Policy
Effectiveness and Cost.
Green Marketing
An Overview of Green Marketing.
The definition of green marketing
management. Energy needs. The
development of land-based sites
for turbines and offshore wind
farms. Energy Star label for
environmentally friendly products.
The Contribution of the United
Nations to the recognition of the
multiple interdependencies among
nature, economy, and society.
Environmental Benefits.
Developing Economies. Consumer
Benefits. Strategic Benefits.
Product Benefits. Production
Process Benefits. Supply-chain
Benefits. Groups That Need to
Understand Green Marketing.
The Role of Character in
Business Ethics
A virtue-based approach to
business ethics. Virtue rather than
Principles. Character rather than
Virtue. Character, Autonomy,
Commitment, and Self-interest.
Character and the Good Life. Can
we teach character?
Compulsory
PPT
Literature,
3, Presentations,
p. 36-45.
discussion
Additional
Literature, 5, 6.
100
Compulsory
Essay,
Literature,
4, discussion
p. 1-15.
Additional
Literature, 5, 6.
100
IWST SCHEDULE*
Theme
№
1
Assignments for IWS
Introduction into Business
Ethics
Define business ethics and
examine its importance.
Why is business ethics
important?
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Literature
Form of control
Compulsory
Literature, 1,
p. 3-15,
Presentations,
Glossaries
&
Self
Quizzes,
Introductions &
Debate Forum
1:
Additional
Literature,
2,4,7.
Deadline
(week)
1
Points
100
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“Does
Being
Ethical Result
in
Better
Business
Performance?”
A Crisis in Business Ethics?
Define specific Issues of
Business Ethics.
2
Name the Reasons for
Studying Business Ethics.
Globalization: a key context
for business ethics?
Institutionalization of
Business Ethics
Cover the Development of
Business Ethics:
Before 1960: Ethics in
Business;
The 1960s: The Rise of
Social Issues in Business;
The 1970s: Business Ethics
as an Emerging Field;
The 1980s: Consolidation;
The 1990s:
Institutionalization of
Business Ethics;
3
4
The Twenty-First Century: A
New Focus on Business
Ethics.
Business Ethics and Social
Responsibility
Detect some of the ethical
issues that may arise in
business. Tell about
developing an Organizational
and Global Ethical Culture.
The Role of Ethics in
Business
Define the Benefits of
Business Ethics.
Say how Ethics Contributes
to Employee Commitment.
Say how Ethics Contributes
to Investor Loyalty.
Say how Ethics Contributes
to Customer Satisfaction.
5
Say how Ethics Contributes
to Profits.
Recognizing Ethical Issues
in Business
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Compulsory
Literature, 1,
p. 15-17; 2,
p. 20-25;
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
2
100
Compulsory
Literature, 1,
p. 18-24,
Additional
Literature,
2,5,6.
Debates, PPT
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
3
1000
Compulsory
Literature, 1,
p. 24-32; 7,
p. 17-19,
Additional
Literature, 2,
3.
PPT
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
4
100
5
100
Additional
Literature, 2,
3, 4.
Compulsory
“Debate:
Literature, 2, Code
p. 3-21;
Conduct”,
of
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6
7
What is the conflict of
interest?
Prove the necessity of
Fairness and Honesty.
What are right
communications?
What are right Business
Relationships.
What is Plagiarism?
Tell about abusing and/or
underpay the work forces.
What is whistleblowing?
1,
p. 172- Essay
185;
Assignment
Additional
Literature, 2,
11.
Making Decisions about
Ethical Problems
Compulsory
Literature, 2,
p. 21-33; 3, p.
15-21;
Additional
Literature, 3,
4.
Compulsory
Literature, 2,
p. 33-41;
Additional
Literature, 2,
4.
Define social responsibility
and explain its relevance to
business. Evaluate the ethics
of a business’s decision.
The Nature of Social
Responsibility
What is the Pyramid of
Social Responsibility?
What are Voluntary
Responsibilities?
What are Ethical
Responsibilities?
What are Legal
Responsibilities?
8
9
What are Economic
Responsibilities? What are
Social Responsibility Issues?
Relations with Owners and
Shareholders. Community
Relations.
What is the task of business
to maximize the owners’
investment in the firm?
What types of unethical
behaviour of senior
management do you know?
How to maintain proper
accounting procedures?
Why is it important to
provide all relevant
information to the investors?
Employee Relations/
Consumer Relations
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PPT
Presentations,
and Glossaries
6
100
Essay,
discussion
7
100
Compulsory
Business
Literature, 2, Ethical
p. 18-20;
Challenges
Additional
Literature, 2,
5.
8
100
Compulsory
Business
Literature, 3, Ethical
9
100
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10
Specify how businesses can
promote ethical behaviour by
employees.
What are the responsibilities
to employees?
What is a safe workplace?
Why is it necessary to inform
the staff about what is
happening in their company?
What is consumerism?
Tell about John F.
Kennedy’s 1962 Consumer
Bill of Rights.
Environmental Issues
Tell about Animal Rights.
Business practices do you
know that harm endangered
wildlife and their habitats?
Define types of pollution.
What type of management do
you know, which improves
conservation efforts,
economic viability, and
health and safety records?
Tell about water pollution
results from dumping toxic
chemicals and raw sewage
into rivers and oceans, oil
spills and the burial of
industrial waste in the
ground.
11
Define greenhouse effect.
Define types of land
pollution. Describe the case
of Nova Scotia. Cover the
problem of disposal of waste
in an environmentally
responsible manner. Who is
responsible for
environmental issues?
Business Ethics in a Global
Economy
What are cross cultural ethical
issues?
Do we need a global ethics
for global economy?
Is global ethics possible and
how it might be constructed?
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p. 3-12.
Challenges
Additional
Literature, 2,
6.
Compulsory
Case Studies,
Literature, 3, discussion
p. 13-22.
Additional
Literature, 3,
5, 6.
10
100
Compulsory
Literature, 3,
p. 345-378;
10.
11
100
Additional
Literature, 2,
11.
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
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12
13
14
What prospects are for actual
practice by global
corporations?
Sustainable Marketing
Strategies
What is sustainability?
What are the driving forces
for successfully introducing
green products and services
on to the market?
What can be learned about
those different framing
factors and their interaction
for sustainable policymaking?
Energy Consumption and
Sustainability Reporting
Why do we need to be
concerned about global
energy problems?
Reveal the problem of
population and energy
consumption.
What are possible
explanations for the EnergyEfficiency Gap?
Explain liquidity constraints
in Capital Markets.
Green Marketing
Think about a local grocery
store operating in your
community. To what extent
does it consume, produce,
distribute, promote, package,
and reclaim products in a
manner that is sensitive or
responsive to ecological
concerns?
An entrepreneur claims not
to focus on sustainability
because attention to such
matters results in poorer
financial performance. How
might one address such a
statement?
Provide some examples of
how consumers might act in
a sustainable manner that
meets the needs of the
Ф-ПР-02.3.2-05-2014-03 Syllabus
Compulsory
Literature, 5,
3-47.
Debates, PPT
Presentations,
Glossaries
&
Self Quiz
12
100
PPT
Presentations,
Glossaries &
Self Quiz
13
100
Compulsory
PPT
Literature, 3, Presentations,
p. 36-45.
discussion
Additional
Literature, 5,
6.
14
100
Additional
Literature, 2,
6.
Compulsory
Literature, 6,
p. 11-35.
Additional
Literature, 5,
6.
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present without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their needs. How does this
perspective influence how
people shop, consume, and
dispose of the things they
buy?
The Role of Character in
Business Ethics
What managers should
know?
What is a virtue-based
approach to business ethics?
Define character, autonomy,
commitment, and selfinterest
Can we teach character?
Compulsory
essay,
Literature, 4, discussion
p. 1-15.
Additional
Literature, 5,
6.
15
100
* Note: Control and grading of IWS assignments is done during IWST classes in accordance
with the approved schedule.
List of main and additional literature
Main literature
1. Ferrell, Fraedrich, and Ferrell, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, 9e.,
Chapter 1 (Mason, Ohio: South-Western Cengage Learning), ISBN-13: 978-1-11182516-5;
2. Ferrell, Fraedrich, and Ferrell, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, 9e.,
Chapter 2 (Mason, Ohio: South-Western Cengage Learning),
highered.mheducation.com/.../ferrell_sampleC.;
3. Dahlstrom, Green Marketing Management, (Mason Ohio: South-Western Cengage
Learning) ISBN-13: 978-0-324-78914-0.
4. Edwin M.Hartman, The Role of Character in Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly,
Volume 8, Issue 3, July 1998, pages 547-559;
5. Sylvia Lorek, Rainer Lucas, Towards Sustainable Market Strategies,
Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, No. 130 · June 2003, ISSN 0949-5266;
6. Kenneth Gillingham, Richard G. Newell, and Karen Palmer, Energy Efficiency
Economics and Policy, Washington DC, 20036, April, 2009.
Additional literature
1. Business Ethics, U.S. Department Of Commerce, International Trade Administration, A
Publication Of The Good Governance Program, A Manual For Managing A Responsible
Business Enterprise In Emerging Market Economies, U.S. D Epartment Of Commerce
International Trade Administration, Washington D. C., 2004;
2. The Importance of Ethical Culture: Increasing Trust and Driving Down Risks, Ethics
Resource Center, Arlington, 2010, VA 22202 USA.
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3. John Hooker, Why Business Ethics? Carnegie Mellon University. April,
2003. web.tepper.cmu.edu/ethics/whybizethics.pdf
4. Introducing Business Ethics, https://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/.../978019928...
5. Train K. 2005. Discount Rates in Consumers' Energy-Related Decisions: A Review of
the Literature. Energy 10: 243–53;
6. Shogren J, Taylor L. 2008. On Behavioral-Environmental Economics. Review of
Environmental Economics and Policy 2: 26–44;
7. Reiss P, White M. 2008. What Changes Energy Consumption? Prices and Public
Pressures. RAND Journal of Economics 39: 636–63
Course Policy
Scores on the discipline are assessed on a 100-point scale.
The method of calculation of the final grade.
The level of academic achievement of the student in the discipline “Business Ethics” is
determined by the final rating grade resulting from the exam admission rating (average total
score of current and midterm controls) and grade for final control.
Method of calculating the final grade.
The level of academic achievements of students in each discipline is determined by the final
grade formed from the admission exam rating (average grade of the sum of scores on the current
and midterm control) and grade of the final control (examination).
Admission exam rating (as a total score of midterm 1 and midterm 2) is at least 60 points.
Rating admission (RA) to exam is determined as follows: grades (rating 1 + rating 2): 2 ( average
arithmetic mean).
Rating 1 (also rating 2) is determined from the sum of all grades of the control divided by the
number of ratings A + rating of midterm control divided by 2 (average arithmetic mean).
Below is an example of grading for a conditional discipline.
During the first 7 weeks of the semester there are 7 assignments in the discipline for which the
student got the following grades on the maximum possible 100 for each assignment: 70, 86, 65,
59, 91, 76, 56. The average grade on the current control (CC) is determined by average
arithmetic mean: (70 + 86 + 65 + 59 + 91 + 76 + 56): 7 (amount of grades) = 72 (71.85). (CC1)
On midterm control 1, the student received 65 (MC1) of 100 maximum.
Rating determined by R1 = 1 (CC1 + MC1): 2, i.e., (72 + 65) 2 = 69 (68.5).
In the subsequent 8 weeks of the same term in the discipline there are 6 assignments for which
the same student got 52, 35, 96, 63, 45, 87.
The average grade on the current control is: (52 + 35 + 96 + 63 + 45 + 87): 6 (amount of grades)
= 63 (CC2). On the midterm control 2 the student got 83 (MC2) of 100 maximum.
Rating 2 will be R2 = (CC2 + MC2) 2, i.e., (63 + 83) 2 = 73.
Rating admission will be: RA = (69 + 73) 2 = 71 points.
For example, a student / graduate student in the exam (final control - FC) got - 65 points. In this
case, the final grade (FG) will be: 71 (RA) * 0.6 + 65 (FC) * 0.4 = 68, which corresponds to a
letter grade C, traditional grade of "satisfactory", digital equivalent of 2.08 (used to calculate the
GPA). If a student in the exam got below 50 points, the final grade is not displayed and the
student has an academic debt in the discipline.
Missing lectures for invalid reasons reduces assessment on handed assignments at 5 points, the
missing practical leads to a downgrade on handed assignments at 5 points.
In case of valid reasons assignments on the missed classes the retake of the studied material can
be provided.
Evaluation the level of achievements is done in accordance with the letter system accepted in
credit technology of education from А to F, corresponding to percentage content from 0 to
100%.
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Grade in
points (P)
Digital
equivalent (D)
Grade in letters’ system
(L)
95-100
90-94
4
3,76
А
А-
85-89
3,33
В+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
3,0
2,67
2,33
2,0
1,67
1,33
В
ВС+
С
СD+
50-54
0-49
1,0
0
D
F
Grade (according to traditional
system) (Т)
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
8.2.7 Course policy includes a student code of conduct in the classroom and the requirements
for the implementation of academic process. These rules and requirements should be stated in
the syllabus. Implementation of the accepted rules promotes high efficiency of the academic
process and is obligatory for students. Each teacher will have the choice of rules and
requirements, but they must not contradict the policy of academic conduct and ethics of ALMU
students.
Recommended list of rules and requirements generally includes the following requirements:
Mastering the discipline “Business Ethics” provides for mandatory attendance at lectures,
practical and laboratory classes and independent work.
Independent work includes theoretical study of questions related to those lectures that were not
included in the theoretical course or were considered briefly, in-depth study on the
recommended literature.
Independent work of the student under the guidance of teacher includes a more in-depth study
and consolidation of those lectures. For IWST the student gets prepared on themes and answers
questions.
In the case of absence for a good reason (duly certified) the student can be given additional
time to pass missed material.
The first and second midterm rating is carried as a review and evaluated on a 100-point scale.
(Please indicate the form of control)
The examination will be held in the form of the whiting work (Question Cards)
Terms of mastering the course:
- Compulsory attendance;
- Activity during practice (seminar) sessions;
- Preparation for the course, homework and IWS etc;
- Meeting the deadlines;
- To be tolerant, open and friendly;
- Constructively provide feedback in all classes;
- Be punctual and diligent;
It is unacceptable:
- to miss classes without a valid reason;
- to be late or leaving classes (a student is not allowed to attend classes if he is late. For
breaching the discipline a student leaves the audience and gets 0 points);
- to use cell phones during classes;
- to be late with homework;
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- to cheat in exams. For cheating a student is removed from the audience and gets 10 points;
If, for any valid reason you are absent during control work you have a chance to take it at the
time appointed by the teacher (MT and FT shall be authorized by the Dean), otherwise you get
a "10" points.
Policy for academic conduct and ethics is based on the Code of corporate culture, the Code of
Ethics of the student, the Rules of Procedure of ALMU.
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