Class Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability

The numerous financial scandals, the transition to the digital economy, the (crisis) of globalization, the covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, imply the introduction of ethical considerations in the practice of human resources managers. In this context, this curricular unit provides conceptual tools to support the ethical decisions of HRM managers.

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1 .Ethics, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability in national and multinational corporations. 2. Normative ethical theories: deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, ethics of care. 3. Legal, economic and ethical corporate social responsibility. 3.1. Instrumental vs intrinsic, and minimalist vs maximalist corporate social responsibility. 4. Social, economic and environmental sustainability. 5. The contribution of organizations to the global sustainable development. Multinationals and human rights. 6. The certification of corporations. 7. The social balance of a corporation.  8. The main systems of normalization and codification of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. 9. Concrete cases: bribery and corruption, work place ethical issues ( hiring, promotions, discipline, wages, safety), artificial intelligence, workers's rights (emprego, discriminação, affirmative action to promote diversity (genre, racial, ethnic, religious)), dark and light personallities..

1. Dialogical methodology. Given the class size, lectures will be as interactive as possible and include demonstrations, video clips and brief assignments in which students should expect to participate. 2. Case-studies to promote the application of ERSS' norms. 3. Management' witness of several organizations about the implementation and management of ERSS. 4. Participation in organizations' corporate social responsible events.

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