DIGITAL GAME DESIGN
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
IB4611	Business Ethics	Spring	3	0	3	6

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. AHU ERGEN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. BİLGE UYAN ATAY
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	In this course, students will learn; (a) how to ethical theories leverage corporate structures and nonprofits experience to undertake ethics activities that have real public benefit, (b) the relationship between ethics and corporate self-interest, and (c) how ventures can assess whether they are doing good ethical practices. Through this twelve-week course, students from either business or other departments will develop a greater understanding of actions of private sector and their relationship with their stakeholders. They will learn appropriate business policies and practices regarding potentially controversial subjects including stakeholder theory, agency theory, corporate governance, insider training, bribery, discrimination, corporate and social responsibility. Finally they will learn from many examples of cases across the world. includes an ability to formulate, analyze, and defend decisions in ethical terms. 5. To analyze the ethical issues that appear in other Darden courses. 6. To allow students to critically examine their own ethics and test them in conversation with peers.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
At the end of this course you will able to:

1- Explore the relationship between ethics and business and society by discussing relevant theories in order to help assessment of ethical senarios.

2- Explain the relationship/differences between ethics, morals and values and discuss the examples of each regarding the cultural differences.

3- Read daily basis ethics cases and give reasoning by determining the ethics theories.

4- Appraise the actions and strategic decisions of business in respect of ethical point of view.

5- Learn all the stakeholders of the business, analyze them according to their priority level. Compare their prioritization, analyze which stakeholder is the most important and which one is really the right choice for our society and for our ecosystem.

6- Read the corporate governance report of big multinational companies and one local company compare them and discuss in which respect they are different from each other.

7- Understand the important of 'diversification' in governance structure across different companies.

8- Understand morality and type of the moral manager. In which respect the managers are moral- amoral and immoral. Evaluate their actions in the case studies.

9- What are our limited resources? How the companies and the society are consuming the sources of the world, discuss good and bad examples.

10- Discuss the role of ethics in consumer production and marketing.

Course Content

1st Week: Ethics and Business
2nd Week: Ethical Principles in Business
3rd Week: Ethical Principles in Business (continued)
4th Week: The Business System: Government, Markets, and International Trade
5th Week: Ethics in the Marketplace
6th Week: Ethics and the Environment
7th Week: Midterm
8th Week: Ethics and the Environment (continued)
9th Week: The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing
10th Week: The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing
11th Week: The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing (continued)
12th Week: The Ethics of Job Discrimination
13th Week: The Individual in the Organization
14th Week: The Individual in the Organization (continued)

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to Business Ethics Discussion of Morality, Cultural Factors What the relationship between ethics and business, understanding ethical relativism Course Schedule Explanation of the projects&cases	In course we will discuss morality and the limits and definition of doing right and wrong, for next course i want you to watch movie and i want to hear your opinion about Whistleblower
2)	Ethical issue in business: IT, genetic engineering, international issues, globalization	Moral reasoning: Moral Development - - Kohlberg's Three levels of moral developments - Gilligan's Theory of 'Female' Moral development -Stages of moral reasoning -Four steps leading to ethical behaviour -Moral responsibility and blame Discussion in class: Ethics has no place in business In your judgements, did the managers of Merck have a moral obligation to spend the money needed to develop the drug for river blindness? can you state the general moral standards or standards on which you base your judgment? Are you willing to apply 'consistency requireme
3)	Ethical Principal in Business - Utilitarianism - Rights and Duties	In class discussion: Should Companies Dump Their Wastes In Poor Countries?
4)	Ethical Principal in Business continue - Justice and Fairness - The Ethics of Care -Integrating Utility, Rights, Justice, and Caring - Virtue Ethics - Unconcious Moral Decision	In Class Discussion: Traidos Bank and Roches's Drug Trials in China
5)	The Business System: Government - Globalization Economic Systems: Government, Markets an International Trade	- Free Markets and Rights: John Locke - Free Markets and Utility Adam Smith In class we will discuss Locke's opinion about government which has no right to take anyone's private property and We will answer the question about Adam Smith claim about governement should not interfere with free market
6)	Economic Systems: Government Markets and International Trade (continued	Free Trade and Utility: David Ricardo - Marx and Justice: Criticizing Markets and Free Trade In class we will discuss what benefits did David Ricardo attribute to free trade? and What injustices did Karl Marx say were inherent in free market capitalism
7)	Ethics in the Marketplace - Perfect Competition - Monopoly Competition	In class activities we will discuss: Drug Company Monopolies and Profits
8)	Midterm exam
9)	Ethics in the Marketplace (continued)	- Oligopolistics Competition -Oligopolicies and Public Policy What are the most popular markets are going to increase their value in today's environmen
10)	Ethics and the Environment -The Dimension of Pollution and Resource Depletion -Water Pollution -Land Pollution	In class we will discuss about the man threats to the environment and how serious are they?
11)	Ethics and the Environment (continued)	-The Ethics of Pollution Control -The Ethics of Conserving Depletable Resources
12)	The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing -Markets and Consumer Protection -The Contract View of Business Firm's Duties to Consumers	We will discuss the following questions: -How far must manufacturers go to make their products safe? -Is the relationship between a business and its customers merely a contract, or is there more to it than that?
13)	The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing (continued)	-The Social Costs View of the Manufacturer's Duties -Advertising Ethics -Consumer Privacy Selling Personalized Genetics
14)	The Ethics of Job Discrimination	In class discussion: Peter Oiler and Winn-Dixie Stores

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

Main Course Book:

Business Ethics Concepts and Cases Manuel G. Velasquez, Pearson New International Edition, Seventh Edition

I want you to buy the book via following link:

https://www.caglayan.com/urundetay/749295/Business-Ethics#sthash.MFRWGvdS.dpbs

Additional Resources:

Melé, D. Business Ethics in Action. Seeking Human Excellence in Organizations, Palgrave- MacMillan, New York, 2009.
• Melé, D. Management Ethics: Placing Ethics at the Core of Good Management, Palgrave MacMillan, New York, 2012.

General Bibliography

• Bowie, N. E.: 1999, 'A Kantian Approach to Business Ethics ', in R. E. Frederick (eds.) A Companion to Business Ethics (Blackwell, Oxford), 3-16.
• Brenkert, G. and T. L. Beauchamp (eds.): 2010, The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics (Oxford University Press, New York).
• Crane, A. and D. Matten: 2010, Business Ethics 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, Oxford).
• Crane, A., A. Williams, D. Matten, J. Moon and D. S. Siegel: 2008, 'The Oxford Handbook of
Corporate Social Responsibility', in (eds.) (Oxford University Press, Oxford-New York),

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 5
Homework Assignments	1	% 5
Project	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	40
Study Hours Out of Class	15	54
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Comprehend the conceptual importance of the game in the field of communication, ability to implement the player centered application to provide design.
2)	Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information and ideas from various perspectives.
3)	Analyze the key elements that make up specific game genres, forms of interactions, mode of narratives and understand how they are employed effectively to create a successful game.
4)	Understand game design theories and methods as well as implement them during game development; to make enjoyable, attractive, instructional and immersive according to the target audience.
5)	Understand the technology and computational principles involved in developing games and master the use of game engines.
6)	Understand the process of creation and use of 2D and 3D assets and animation for video games.
7)	Understand and master the theories and methodologies of understanding and measuring player experience and utilize them during game development process.
8)	Comprehend and master how ideas, concepts and topics are conveyed via games followed by the utilization of these aspects during the development process.
9)	Manage the game design and development process employing complete documentation; following the full game production pipeline via documentation.
10)	Understand and employ the structure and work modes of game development teams; comprehend the responsibilities of team members and collaborations between them while utilizing this knowledge in practice.
11)	Understand the process of game publishing within industry standards besides development and utilize this knowledge practice.
12)	Pitching a video game to developers, publishers, and players; mastering the art of effectively communicating and marketing the features and commercial potential of new ideas, concepts or games.