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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| GEP0379 | Sustainability and Business Ethics | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | GE-Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
| Course Coordinator : | Assist. Prof. ŞEBNEM KILIÇ |
| Course Objectives: | UN Sustainable Development Goal 8 encourages member states to develop decent business models and policies to realize this goal. Decent work requires businesses to take steps to ensure economic growth, a decent working environment and inclusive industrialization by reducing insecurity for employees. To achieve these goals, labor law regulations regarding business ethics in working life are an important tool. Its core aim is to help the students, who falls outside the Faculty of Law, to become familiar with working life regulations as well as current discussion areas that constitute an important component of business ethics. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; - Stıdents will identify the legal regulations to ensure that young workers, people with disabilities and women workforce have access to decent jobs by 2030 and will analyze the legal consequences of these regulations. - They will evaluate the principle of equal pay for equal work and its implications in Turkey. - They will discuss the policies to combat child labor and evaluate the compliance of the legislation with international standards. - By learning about the issues facing the working world today, they will be more equipped to discuss the agenda. - They will receive fundamental knowledge and gain a foundation for their next social protection-based courses. |
| The course is planned as 13 weeks, and no courses are included in the midterm week. The course will proceed by covering theoretical topics, and practical studies and judicial decisions will be included as required on a weekly basis. The content of the course is based on theoretical lectures and the exchange of ideas in a discussion environment. It is designed synchronously for this purpose. On the other hand, this course is intended for students enrolled other than the Faculty of Law. For this reason and to ensure wide participation, it has been planned online. A final exam will be held at the end of 14 weeks. Apart from midterm-final exams, active participation in the course will be graded. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Dependent and independent work relations and definition of "the employee" | |
| 2) | Basic concepts of working life: Workplace - Employer - Business/Enterprise | |
| 3) | Work-life balance in working life | |
| 4) | Children in working life (Child Labor) and disabled people in working life | |
| 5) | Women's employment | |
| 6) | Mobbing, non-discrimination and equality in the workplace | |
| 7) | Principles regarding termination of employment contract - I | |
| 8) | Midterm exam | |
| 9) | Principles regarding termination of employment contract - II | |
| 10) | Employment (job) security system and its essentials | |
| 11) | New challenges: Cyberloafing-Abseenteism-Preseenteism | |
| 12) | Regulation of working conditions, working and rest periods | |
| 13) | Basic principles in industrial relations and freedom of association | |
| 14) | Basic principles and public character of the Social Security Law |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Research papers and court decisions uploaded to the system, if necessary |
| References: | Ömer Ekmekçi/Esra Yiğit, Bireysel İş Hukuku, İstanbul 2024 Yusuf Alper, Sosyal Sigortalar Hukuku, Bursa 2023 |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 13 | % 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 3 | 39 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 113 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
| 2) | To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. | |
| 3) | To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. | |
| 4) | To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. | |
| 5) | To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. | |
| 6) | To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. | |
| 7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | |
| 8) | To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. | |
| 9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
| 10) | To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. |