91146 - SEM. LA DEONTOLOGIA PROFESSIONALE

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Employment and Business Relations Consultant (cod. 9230)

Learning outcomes

The seminar aims to provide theoretical, but above all practical, elements of professional ethics, a fundamental aspect of the future professional work of the students attending the degree course.

Course contents

All professions imply due respect of codes of conduct, called deontological codes, inspired by identical fundamental principles, and then declined into specific contents, depending on the features of the individual activities.

Within the seminar, discussion will cover the general framework of the deontological issues, the fundamental principles on which all professional codes are based, the steps of the disciplinary procedure and its sanctionary system, in order to analyze then, sometimes with the aid of experts in the field, including specific topics of considerable delicacy, such as professional confidentiality, duty of confidentiality and practicing of the profession.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Classroom slides and rules texts, case studies and in-depth materials will be distributed via Virtuale

Teaching methods

The seminar will feature practical content: after a general framing of the individual topics, in-depth studies are also planned through where possible the analysis of judicial decisionsand, and real cases. Active participation by attending students is welcome.

The course will consist of 5 meetings of two hours each, which will deal with the notion of deontology and its relationships with professional responsibility, disciplinary procedures, the fundamental principles of the code of ethics, relations with colleagues and clients, conditions of legitimate practice of the profession, duty of confidentiality.

Classes are held in-person, according to University guidelines.

Class attendance is strongly recommended. Working students are invited to agree an alternative method of attendance with the teacher.

Assessment methods

At the end of seminar, I'll assign to students a short paper, to write in the classroom.

The final evaluation will consist of a pass/fail judgment.

Students in need of compensatory tools for reasons of disability or Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) shall inform the teacher of their needs, in order to be directed to the relevant and to arrange the adoption of the most appropriate measures. Please visit www.studentidisabili.unibo.it

Teaching tools

Teaching aids shall be available on Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Annalisa Atti

SDGs

Quality education Decent work and economic growth

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.