| Code: TSY210 |
Course Title: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS |
Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 |
ECTS: 3 |
|
| Year/Semester of Study |
2 / Spring Semester |
| Level of Course |
Short Cycle Degree Programme |
| Type of Course |
Optional |
| Department |
TOURISM AND TRAVEL SERVICES |
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites |
None |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to Face |
| Teaching Period |
14 Weeks |
| Name of Lecturer |
FURKAN SOYSALDI (furkansoysaldi@nevsehir.edu.tr) |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
|
| Language of Instruction |
Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) |
None |
| Objectives of the Course |
| - to provide a foundation in ethical thought by presenting ethical theories and approaches. - providing perspectives on ethical issues in a variety of formats and including an analysis of interests of all of the individuals who hold a stake in the outcome of any dilemma or decision (stakeholder analysis), course tries to encourage students to open their minds to the variaty of opinions on any given issue and to critically evaluate each perspectives . - to use ethics as a basis for decision making by giving examples of application of traditional theories to modern business decision making - to demonstrate that not only ethics is to be used to analyze business issues as one form of decision making, similar to profit maximization or legal compliance but also ethics can serve as the foundation for each of the other methods. - to explain the role of ethics in the business disciplines such as human resource management, marketing, finance, accounting, etc. - to demonstrate ethical dimensions of organizational culture anh how to create ethical corporate cultures - to present selected emerging issues in ethics in the tourism industry; the rights of guests and responsibilities of management, sexual harassment in the hospitality industry, ethical concerns in food and beverage management, professional ethics in tourist guiding, etc.
|
| Learning Outcomes |
PO |
MME |
| The students who succeeded in this course: |
|
|
| LO-1 |
Can define business ethics |
PO-20 Cling to national and ethical values and give importance to these values.
|
Examination
|
| LO-2 |
Can define the importance of ethics in business |
PO-20 Cling to national and ethical values and give importance to these values.
|
Examination
|
| LO-3 |
Can define some general information about different approaches to ethics |
PO-21 Follow professional innovations and improve themselves constantly.
|
Examination
|
| LO-4 |
Can define ethical decition making process |
PO-20 Cling to national and ethical values and give importance to these values.
|
Examination
|
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
| Course Contents |
| Definitions of Business Ethics and Related Concepts; Social Responsibilities of Business; Introducing Ethical Theories and Approaches; Ethical Issues in Business and Management; Application of Traditional Theories to Modern Business Decision Making; Prescriptive and Psychological Approaches in Decision Making; Ethical Decision Making Process; Ethical Dilemmas of Managers; Managing for Ethical Conduct; Ethics as Organizational Culture; Creating an Ethical Organizational Culture; Managing for Ethical Conduct in Hospitality Industry; Case Studies and Selected Issues of Ethics in Tourism Management.
|
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Definitions of Business Ethics and Related Concepts |
Lecturing. |
| 2 |
Social Responsibilities of Business |
Question-answer. |
| 3 |
Introducing Ethical Theories and Approaches |
Lecturing. |
| 4 |
Introducing Ethical Theories and Approaches |
Lecturing. |
| 5 |
Ethical Issues in Business and Management |
Discussion. |
| 6 |
Prescriptive and Psychological Approaches in Ethical Decision Making |
Lecturing. |
| 7 |
Ethical Decision Making Process |
Question-answer. |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
|
| 9 |
Application of Traditional Ethical Theories to Modern Business Decision Making |
Lecturing. |
| 10 |
Yöneticilerin Etiksel İkilemleri |
Discussion. |
| 11 |
Managing for Ethical Conduct |
Question-answer. |
| 12 |
Ethics as Organizational Culture; Creating an Ethical Organizational Culture |
Lecturing. |
| 13 |
Managing for Ethical Conduct in Hospitality Industry |
Lecturing. |
| 14 |
Case Studies and Selected Issues of Ethics in Tourism Management |
Discussion. |
| 15 |
Review |
Lecturing |
| 16 |
final exam |
|
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Linda K. TREVINO and Katherine A. NELSON, MANAGING BUSINESS ETHICS: Straight Talk About How to Do It Right, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York,1995. |
| 2 |
Elizabeth P TIERNEY, İş Ahlakı, Rota Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997. |
| 3 |
Francis P. McHUGH, İş Ahlakı, TÜSİAD, Yayın No, TÜSİAD - T / 92, 8 - 154, İstanbul, 1992. |
| 4 |
İnayet PEHLİVAN, Yönetsel, Mesleki ve Örgütsel ETİK, Pegem, Ankara, 1998. |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
|
