- Docente: Edoardo Mollona
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Computer Science (cod. 5898)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Digital Innovation Policies and Governance (cod. 5889)
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from Feb 19, 2024 to May 14, 2024
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to present the fundamental theories that deal with (i) the role of companies in society and the meaning to be assigned to profits and to share value, (ii) with the relationships with stakeholders and (iii) with the business ethics. Specifically, the objective of the course is to achieve a level of knowledge that allows students to interpret the transformations taking place in the relationship between business and society as the consequence of the evolution of information technology. The course is articulated in two sections. A first section introduces the theoretical background while, in a second section, the economic and socio-political role played by companies such as Google, Facebook e Amazon will be analysed.
Course contents
- Introduction to business ethics
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Stakeholder theory
- Normative ethical theory
- Descriptive ethical theory
- Tools and techniques of business ethics management
- Typical ethical dilemmas in the economic activity of companies
- Ethical dilemmas in the relationship between firms and politics
Readings/Bibliography
Texts:
Crane, A., Matten, D., Glozer, S. and L. Spence. 5th Edizione. 2019. Business Ethics. Oxford University Press.
Arnold, D. G., Beauchamp, T. L. and N. E. Bowie. (2020). Ethical Theory and Business (10th Edition). Cambridge University Press.
Suggested further reading:
- Coen, D., Grant, W., and G. Wilson. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of Business and Government. Oxford University Press.
- Dardot, P. and C. Laval. 2009. La Nouvelle Riason du Monde. La Découverte.
- Habermas, J. (1996). Between Facts and Norms. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Mitnick, B. M. 1993. Corporate Political Agency. Sage.
- Picketty, T. 2020. Capital e Idéologie. Editions du Seuil.
- Rasche, A., Morsing, M. and J. Moon. 2017. Corporate Social Responsibility. Cambridge University Press.
- Rawls, J. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
- Scherer, A.G., and G. Palazzo (2007). Toward a political conception of corporate responsibility: Business and society seen from a Habermasian perspective. Academy of Management Review, 32(4): 1096-1120.
- Zuboff, S. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalims. PublicAffairs.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written exams
Office hours
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