ACTUARIAL SCIENCE (TURKISH, NON-THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ISL5194 Business Ethics Fall 3 0 3 8
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: Tr
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TUĞCAN DEMİR
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor TUĞRUL ÖZKARACALAR
Assoc. Prof. MİNE MUKADDES AFCAN FINDIKLI
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi KAYA AKYILDIZ
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 Outputs

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) what is business ethics book
2) Ethical issues, Solutions oıf ethical issues book
3) TERMS USED IN AREAS OF BUSINESS ETHICS book
4) ETHICS OF HUMAN RESOURCES book
5) ETHICS POLICY & Bioethics , Medical Ethics book
6) CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY book
7) mid term book
8) MARKETING AND ADVERTISING ETHICS book
9) ETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION book
10) SIGNIFICANCE AND ACQUISITION OF ETHICAL VALUES book
11) ENGINEERING ETHICS book
12) ISLAMIC ETHICS book
13) ETHICAL LEADERSHIP book
14) CASE ANALYSIS book
15) final book

Sources

Course Notes: İş ve Meslek Ahlakı, Mahmut Arslan, Siyasal Kitabevi, Mart 2005, ISBN 975-6325-27-5 Dünya’da ve Türkiye’de İş Etiği ve Etik Yönetimi, TÜSİAD, Haziran 2009, Yayın No: TÜSİAD/T-2009-06-492 Ethics at Work, Harward Business Review, ISBN 0-87584-286-0 Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 4th Edition, John R Boatright, ISBN 0-13-099159-7, The Ten Day MBA, 3rd Edition, Steven Silbiger, ISBN 978-0-06-079907-6
References: 1.Business Ethics (2006, 6th edition), by Manuel G. Velasquez, Prentice Hall. 2. Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How To Do It Right Linda K. Trevino, Katherine A. Nelson 3. Etik zeka, İş performansının arttırılması ve Liderlik başarısı, Dough Lennick ve Fred Kiel, Soyak yayınları, 2008. 4. İş ve Meslek ahlakı, Mahmut Arslan, Siyasal kitabevi, 2005.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project 1 % 20
Seminar % 0
Midterms 1 % 30
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
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 42
Laboratory
Application 14 47
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 13 78
Presentations / Seminar 1 2
Project
Homework Assignments
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms 1 3
Paper Submission
Jury
Final 1 3
Total Workload 175

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) Acquire the quantitative skills to become an actuary.
2) Will know about risks and ways to manage risk.
3) Will know about financial planning and its role in actuarial management.
4) Will be able to design new products and carry profitability tests and scenario analyses.
5) Besides gaining competence in theoretical subjects, the graduate will also be aware of practical issues and applications through lecturers and instructors who have market experience.
6) Will be able to follow all innovations and carry on research on the particular area.
7) Will share information with colleagues and will use it for project development..
8) Will be able to apply and make the necessary adaptation to all new rules and regulations.