COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME BUSINESS ETHICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 1018 MARITIME BUSINESS ETHICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR AYŞE GÜLDEM CERIT

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Exploring ethical aspects of maritime business discipline and creating awareness of traditional maritime ethics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand professional values and ethical priorities of maritime business administration.
2   To be able to know and apply ethical standards to maritime business.
3   To be able to analyze ethical challenges facing management in decision making process.
4   To be able to learn ethical behavior in maritime business activities.
5   To be able to articulate basis for ethics in maritime business.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ethics and Business
2 Morality, Utility
3 Moral Duty, Rights
4 Justice
5 Moral Responsibility, Virtue, Moral Reasoning
6 Justice and Economic Systems, Corporations
7 Midterm
8 Safety, Risk, Environmental Protection
9 Marketing, Protecting Intellectual Property, Information Technology
10 Workers' Rights, Discrimination
11 Accounting, Finance
12 International Business System, Corruption, Cultural Diversity
13 Famine, Natural Resources, International Obligations
14 Presentation of Term papers

Recomended or Required Reading

Richard T. De George, Business Ethics, Seventh Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 RPT REPORT
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 0,5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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