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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Dirk Ulrich Gilbert; Stefanie Remmer
Event type:
Lecture + practical course
Displayed in timetable as:
Intro. CSR
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 156
Comments/contents:
The course provides a comprehensive overview of the essential theoretical foundations of business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and also establishes examples of practical application. At the beginning of the lecture, the necessity of dealing with the topic of economic ethics and CSR is first discussed. Challenges for economic ethics and CSR arising from current developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine or through digitalization will be addressed. Subsequently, important theoretical foundations of economic ethics and CSR are presented in detail. Specifically, the fundamental relationship between economics and ethics is discussed, essential terms are defined, and a distinction is made between individual, economic and corporate ethics. Based on this, special problems of economic ethics and CSR in the international context are explained. In the next step, various approaches to economic ethics and CSR are presented and critically discussed. The aim is to understand the special features of the approaches and to work out their differences. Economic ethics and CSR remain inconsequential if their insights are not applied in practice. Accordingly, the lecture subsequently focuses on the discussion of selected approaches to the concrete implementation of economic ethics and CSR in international companies.
In detail, the following contents will be discussed in the lecture:
1. The necessity of economic ethics and CSR
2. Theoretical basics of economic ethics and CSR
2.1 Relationship between economics and ethics
2.2 History of economic ethics and CSR
2.3 Explanation of essential terms
2.4 Distinction between individual, corporate and economic ethics
2.5 The intercultural dilemma as a basic problem of international business ethics
3 Selected approaches to economic ethics and CSR
3.1 Philosophical approaches
3.2 Stakeholder approach
3.3 Integrative business ethics
3.4 Political CSR
3.5 Shared value approach according to Porter & Kramer
3.6 Integrative Social Contract Theory
4 Selected approaches to the implementation of business ethics in practice
4.1 Implementation in companies
4.2 National and international initiatives
Learning objectives:
This course aims at providing students with a nuanced overview of the current state of research in business ethics and corporate social responsibility. In addition, students learn to critically reflect the ethical conduct of corporations, to deal with ethical dimensions of international business as well as to apply theoretical concepts to practical challenges.
Didactic concept:
All information about the didactic concept is included in the course description. The course description can be downloaded below.
Literature:
Relevant literature will be provided during the lecture and tutorials.
Additional examination information:
The exam takes the form of a take-home exam (open book). The questions can be answered in German or English. A retake date will be offered (see below). The exam is administered via the University of Hamburg OpenOLAT platform. Detailed instructions on the technical implementation will be provided to students early in the semester.
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