Teaching Plan Information

Presentation

This course examines the systemic implications and consequence of our globalized business world.

In recent years ethical issues have become increasingly manifest and pervading in the business world. In the future, managers will have to deal with ethical dilemmas in the course of their career. The course introduces participants to international business issues and provides them with tools to effectively address business dilemmas.

In particular, the trade-off between business value, and human, social and environmental value in the context of global business is analyzed.

Teaching is systematically illustrated with real examples.

The relevance of a multi-stakeholder approach, group work, dialogue and communication is emphasized and practiced.

The course methodology is student centered. Participants will be required to think critically, express their opinion in a refined way and be ready to engage in a generative dialogue.

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to enroll in this course

Contents

This is the syllabus overview, which may be subject to slight changes during the course.

1. An Introduction to Theory U - Rethinking how we communicate and co-create

2. The influence of the organizational context on individual decisions

3. Values, Ethics and Rationality: A theoretical framework

4. Economic approaches: Milton Friedman, Amartya Sen and new perspectives

6. Global Supply Chains: Transparency & Circular Economy

7. Corporate Social Responsibility: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

7. International Business, National Politics and Environmental Impact: Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria

8. Global Labor Markets: Fast Fashion

9. Technology and Innovation: Food Systems

10. Climate Emergency, Climate Justice, and Limits to Growth

11. Envisioning new possibilities

Teaching Methods

This course is built on case studies, individual tasks, group activities and generative dialogue. Students are required to study readings, videos, and lecture content on a weekly basis.

Every course week there will be plenary sessions and seminar sessions.

Students are expected to be active participants in both types of sessions.

Evaluation

Attendance Policy

Attendance to the seminar sessions is mandatory.

In order to pass the course, students must attend a minimum of 6 seminar sessions. Both unjustified and justified absences are recorded as an absence. However, unjustified absences carry a grade penalization, whereas justified absences do not carry a grade penalization.

An absence is considered justified if it is due to medical reasons and the student can show proof of it.

Evaluation items

1. Team Course Project: 15% of the final grade
2. Weekly multiple-choice tests: 25% of the final grade
3. Weekly seminar activities: 60% of the final grade
4. Weekly individual seminar preparation work: Submitted/Not Submitted

There is no final exam.

Please note that for every type of task, only submissions through Aula Global before the deadline, will be accepted. Submissions by other means or after the deadline will not be taken into account and will be graded with zero.

1. Team Course Project: 15% of the final grade

Students will be assigned to a team to work together on a project throughout the course. The outcome will be a written report and an oral presentation, all team members must part take in both.

2. Weekly multiple-choice tests: 25% of the final grade

The tests will be done online through Aula Global during the seminar sessions. They will cover mandatory readings and videos and the material presented during theory lectures. Students who miss a test due a justified absence will be able to perform an alternative task.

3. Weekly seminar activities: 60% of the final grade

During seminar sessions there will be group activities and class discussion.

4. Weekly individual seminar preparation work: Submitted/Not Submitted

Previous to each seminar session, students must submit and individual piece of work. Please note that for a given seminar session:

• Students who do not submit their individual piece work and attend the seminar session, will have a maximum grade of 4 points for the seminar group activity.
• Students who submit their individual work but miss the seminar session, will be graded based on their individual work instead of on the seminar group activity. If the absence is not justified, the maximum grade they will receive for their individual work is 4 points. If the absence is justified, there will be no grade penalization

Requirements to pass the course:

Attending a minimum of 6 seminar sessions. Note that an absence is still an absence if it is due to justified reasons.

A minimum grade of 5 in the team course project, the average of the multiple-choice tests, and the average of the seminar activities.

A minimum of 5 points for the course average.

Participating in the course project oral presentation.

Resit exam:

Students who have attended a minimum of 6 seminar sessions, participated in the course project oral presentation and have not reached the minimum grades required, are eligible to take an exam during the resit period. Their final grade will be based solely on this exam.

Bibliography and information resources

A series of readings, papers, videos and other material will be provided during the course.

Teaching Plan Information

Presentation

This course examines the systemic implications and consequence of our globalized business world.

In recent years ethical issues have become increasingly manifest and pervading in the business world. In the future, managers will have to deal with ethical dilemmas in the course of their career. The course introduces participants to international business issues and provides them with tools to effectively address business dilemmas.

In particular, the trade-off between business value, and human, social and environmental value in the context of global business is analyzed.

Teaching is systematically illustrated with real examples.

The relevance of a multi-stakeholder approach, group work, dialogue and communication is emphasized and practiced.

The course methodology is student centered. Participants will be required to think critically, express their opinion in a refined way and be ready to engage in a generative dialogue.

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to enroll in this course

Contents

This is the syllabus overview, which may be subject to slight changes during the course.

1. An Introduction to Theory U - Rethinking how we communicate and co-create

2. The influence of the organizational context on individual decisions

3. Values, Ethics and Rationality: A theoretical framework

4. Economic approaches: Milton Friedman, Amartya Sen and new perspectives

6. Global Supply Chains: Transparency & Circular Economy

7. Corporate Social Responsibility: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

7. International Business, National Politics and Environmental Impact: Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria

8. Global Labor Markets: Fast Fashion

9. Technology and Innovation: Food Systems

10. Climate Emergency, Climate Justice, and Limits to Growth

11. Envisioning new possibilities

Teaching Methods

This course is built on case studies, individual tasks, group activities and generative dialogue. Students are required to study readings, videos, and lecture content on a weekly basis.

Every course week there will be plenary sessions and seminar sessions.

Students are expected to be active participants in both types of sessions.

Evaluation

Attendance Policy

Attendance to the seminar sessions is mandatory.

In order to pass the course, students must attend a minimum of 6 seminar sessions. Both unjustified and justified absences are recorded as an absence. However, unjustified absences carry a grade penalization, whereas justified absences do not carry a grade penalization.

An absence is considered justified if it is due to medical reasons and the student can show proof of it.

Evaluation items

1. Team Course Project: 15% of the final grade
2. Weekly multiple-choice tests: 25% of the final grade
3. Weekly seminar activities: 60% of the final grade
4. Weekly individual seminar preparation work: Submitted/Not Submitted

There is no final exam.

Please note that for every type of task, only submissions through Aula Global before the deadline, will be accepted. Submissions by other means or after the deadline will not be taken into account and will be graded with zero.

1. Team Course Project: 15% of the final grade

Students will be assigned to a team to work together on a project throughout the course. The outcome will be a written report and an oral presentation, all team members must part take in both.

2. Weekly multiple-choice tests: 25% of the final grade

The tests will be done online through Aula Global during the seminar sessions. They will cover mandatory readings and videos and the material presented during theory lectures. Students who miss a test due a justified absence will be able to perform an alternative task.

3. Weekly seminar activities: 60% of the final grade

During seminar sessions there will be group activities and class discussion.

4. Weekly individual seminar preparation work: Submitted/Not Submitted

Previous to each seminar session, students must submit and individual piece of work. Please note that for a given seminar session:

• Students who do not submit their individual piece work and attend the seminar session, will have a maximum grade of 4 points for the seminar group activity.
• Students who submit their individual work but miss the seminar session, will be graded based on their individual work instead of on the seminar group activity. If the absence is not justified, the maximum grade they will receive for their individual work is 4 points. If the absence is justified, there will be no grade penalization

Requirements to pass the course:

Attending a minimum of 6 seminar sessions. Note that an absence is still an absence if it is due to justified reasons.

A minimum grade of 5 in the team course project, the average of the multiple-choice tests, and the average of the seminar activities.

A minimum of 5 points for the course average.

Participating in the course project oral presentation.

Resit exam:

Students who have attended a minimum of 6 seminar sessions, participated in the course project oral presentation and have not reached the minimum grades required, are eligible to take an exam during the resit period. Their final grade will be based solely on this exam.

Bibliography and information resources

A series of readings, papers, videos and other material will be provided during the course.