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B0072 - ETICA, STRATEGIA E POLITICA NELL’ECONOMIA DIGITALE

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Edoardo Mollona
                    
                        Credits:
                        8
                    
                        SSD:
                        SECS-P/07
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        In-person learning (entirely or partially)
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Digital Innovation Policies and Governance (cod. 5889)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                                    
                                        Computer Science (cod. 5898)
                                    
                            Teaching resources on Virtuale
                        
                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Feb 16, 2026 to May 12, 2026

Course contents

What business ethics is?

Moral dilemma in business decision-making

Stakeholder theory

The concept of Corporate Sociale Responsibility

Traditional normative ethical theories

Alternative normative ethical theories

Descriptive ethical theories

Ethical management: Tools and processes

Specific ethical dilemmas: The relationship with shareholders

Specific ethical dilemmas: The relationship with employees

Specific ethical dilemmas: The relationship with consumers

Specific ethical dilemmas: The relationship with Suppliers and competitors

Specific ethical dilemmas: The relationship with civil society

Readings/Bibliography

Texts:

Crane, A., Matten, D., Glozer, S. e L. Spence. 5° 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.

Other materials:

Coen, D., Grant, W., e G. Wilson. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of Business and Government. Oxford University Press.
Dardot, P. e C. Laval. 2016. La Nuova Ragione del Mondo. DeriveApprodi.
Habermas, J. (1996). Between Facts and Norms. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Mitnick, B. M. 1993. Corporate Political Agency. Sage.
Picketty, T. 2020. Capitale e Ideologia. La Nave di Teseo.
Rasche, A., Morsing, M. e J. Moon. 2017. Corporate Social Responsibility. Cambridge University Press.
Rawls, J. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
Scherer, A.G., e 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. Il Capitalismo della Sorveglianza. LUISS University Press.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Written test and individual essay.

Office hours

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