PERFORMING ARTS
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 Fall	3	0	3	6

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AHMET AYDEMİR
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. BİLGE UYAN ATAY
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The purpose of this course is to enable students to consider the role of ethics in business administration in a complex, dynamic, global environment. Specific course objectives include: 1. To recognize ethical issues in business situations. 2. To apply several important frameworks for moral reasoning to complex business issues. 3. To appreciate the role of ethics as central in business decision making. 4. To develop a general management perspective that 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;
I. Defines business ethics and identifies morality in business.
II. Imparts the reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business decisions.
III. Identifies the moral issues involved in the management of specific problem areas in business.
IV. Understands the social, technological, and natural environments within which moral issues in business arise.
V. Describes the unethical practices in the marketplace.
VI. Identifies the unethical behavior of the individuals in the workplace.

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

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Required Text: Business Ethics (2006, 6th edition), by Manuel G. Velasquez, Prentice Hall.
References:	Optional Text: Managing Business Ethics (2011), by Linda K. Trevino and Katherina A. Nelson, Wiley. İş Hayatında Etik (2007), by Suna Tevrüz, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 80
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 80

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)	They acquire theoretical, historical and aesthetic knowledge specific to their field by using methods and techniques related to performing arts (acting, dance, music, etc.).	2
2)	They have knowledge about art culture and aesthetics and they provide the unity of theory and practice in their field.	2
3)	They are aware of national and international values in performing arts.	2
4)	Abstract and concrete concepts of performing arts; can transform it into creative thinking, innovative and original works.	1
5)	They have the sensitivity to run a business successfully in their field.	3
6)	Develops the ability to perceive, think, design and implement multidimensional from local to universal.	3
7)	They have knowledge about the disciplines that the performing arts field is related to and can evaluate the interaction of the sub-disciplines within their field.	2
8)	They develop the ability to perceive, design, and apply multidimensionality by having knowledge about artistic criticism methods.	3
9)	They can share original works related to their field with the society and evaluate their results and question their own work by using critical methods.	1
10)	They follow English language resources related to their field and can communicate with foreign colleagues in their field.	1
11)	By becoming aware of national and international values in the field of performing arts, they can transform abstract and concrete concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original works.	3
12)	They can produce original works within the framework of an interdisciplinary understanding of art.	2
13)	Within the framework of the Performing Arts Program and the units within it, they become individuals who are equipped to take part in the universal platform in their field.	3
14)	Within the Performing Arts Program, according to the field of study; have competent technical knowledge in the field of acting and musical theater.	2
15)	They use information and communication technologies together with computer software that is at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Use License as required by the field.	3