FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS – UNDERGRADUATE

PROGRAM

SYLLABUS
BUSINESS ETHICS AND PROFESSION
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3
February-June, 2019
Instructor:
Hardo Basuki and Dian Andari.
Accounting Department – FEB UGM,
Email: hardobasuki@yahoo.com & dianandari@ugm.ac.id

Course Description
This course introduces descriptive and normative ethical principles and their application to
individual behavior and business environment. This course is designed to discuss various
factors that affect managerial decision making involving ethical issues. Understanding ethical
principles or norms provides insights to socially acceptable behavior and conduct.
After completing this course, it is expected that students will find a wisdom way of life in the
world globalized system so that it could underlay student’s attitude of tolerance, respectful,
lovely, and humble, and hence, he/she will not be easily taking misconduct (inappropriate)
acts and has strong intuition to conduct ethical (appropriate) acts. Specifically, this course is
designed to improve students’ (1) ethical and moral knowledge related to business ethics and
profession, (2) ability to identify ethical and moral issues in business, (3) ability to identify
ethical and moral standards, (4) ethical consciousness in decision making, and (5) meaningful
actions to develop surrounding society and profession.

Textbook and readings

Required text:
 Velasquez, M.G. (2011). Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases. Seventh edition. Prentice
Hall (V).
 Fritzsche, D.J. (2005). Business Ethics: A Global and Managerial Perspective. Second
edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill (F).
 Brooks, L.J and Dunn, P (2012). Business and Professional Ethics for Directors,
Executives & Accountants, South-Western (B).

Other relevant materials in the form of cases and relevant topical articles may be provided or
searched throughout the semester.

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Student’s Responsibilities
 Class meeting will be used by the lecturer to confirm student’s understanding of the
underlying concepts of business ethics. Students are required to activelly participate in the
class discussion. Students should read the chapter and other materials assigned and are
required to do and submit the individual homework and/or group assignment before each
class meeting.
 Students are expected to attend all scheduled class meetings. Absence from class meetings
shall not exceed 25%. Students who exceed the 25% limit without a medical or emergency
excuse acceptable to and approved by the Deputy Director for Academic Affairs shall not
be allowed to take the final exam and shall receive a grade of E from this course.
 Operating laptop, mobile phone, and other communication devices are strictly prohibited
during class meetings. Any student found operating these devices should leave the class
and will be considered as an absence for the class meeting.

Academic Integrity
Academic integrity forms a fundamental bond of trust between colleagues, peers, lecturers,
and students, and it underlies all genuine learning. There is no tolerance for plagiarism or
academic dishonesty in any form, including, but not limited to, viewing the exams of others,
sharing answers with others, using books or notes while taking the exam, copying answers or
papers, or passing off someone else’s work as one’s own. A breach of ethics or act of
dishonesty can result in failure of an entire course.

Learning Method
This class requires students to think and to prepare their own framework so that they could
learn more by experiencing when they face an ethical dilemma. Therefore, I intend to ask
students to critically think about the problems and come up with ideas to solve them.
However, we do not need to reach a total agreement for every single case or problem we face.
To me, your moral reasoning in supporting your answer is the most important thing so that
you would have a basic ability for learning to learn regarding this subject. Consequently, this
learning method requires a thorough preparation before class.

I will not lecture you from time to time. My role is to facilitate discussions. I will use a case
study in every meeting to introduce, illustrate, and discuss the key issues in business ethics
problems. In every class, each student will be an active discussant. I will also ask the students,
in a group, to be presenters. The assigned group should present and submit the summarized
chapter and detailed case analysis during the class, while the other students are required to
submit a brief chapter summary and case analysis individually. Except for presenters, your
summary and case analysis should not be any longer than two typed pages of HVS quarto.

Grading Method
Your performance will be evaluated based upon the following items.
Class participation (presentation and discussion) 30%
Chapter Summary 10%
Midterm Exam 30%
Final Exam 30%

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Schedule of Classes
Ss Topics Ch. Case Group
1 Syllabus, class management, and business V1
ethics
2 Ethical Principles in business V2 Trados Bank and Roche’s 1
Drug
3 The Business System and Corporate Ethical V3 Accolade versus Sega 2
4 Ethics in the Marketplace V4 Archer Daniels Midland ... 3
5 Ethics and the Environment V5 The Ok Tedi Copper ... 4
6 Ethics of Consumer, Production, Marketing V6 Becton Dickinson ... 5
7 The Ethics of Job Discrimination V7 Wal-Mart’s Women 6
Midterm Exam
8 Ethics and the Employee V8 Death at Massey ... 7
9 Ethics and Governance Scandals B2 WorldCom: The Final 8
Catalyst
10 Practical Ethical Decision Making B4 Smokers are Good for the 9
Economy
11 Corporate Ethical Governance B5 Tyco- Looting Executive 10
&Accountability Style
12 Managing Ethics Risks & Opportunities B7 Texaco’s Jelly Beans. 11
13 Corporate Social Responsibility B1 Bhopal-Union Carbide. 12
Final Exam

Relevant questions for case analysis:

What are the relevant facts? What are the ethical issues?
Who are the primary stakeholders? What are the possible alternatives?
What are the ethics of the alternatives? What are the practical constraints?
What actions should be taken?
What ethical theory (utilitarian, rights, justice, caring, etc.) makes the most sense in justifying
your action?

List of Students‘ Group

Group Name Group Name

IRFAANSYAH PRATAMA S ALYA PUTRI R.
1 KEVIN FAJAR 7 AULADI ILMAN NAFIAN
MANGGALA H ADIKUSUMA AVICENA AKBAR
2 REVY F FAHREZI 8 ELENA PRILISAUER
RIZKI AHMAD HASAN JOANNA MICHELLE S
3 ENRICO ENAWAN PUTRA 9 KHARISMA RAJA ONAN
KIMBERLY M. RUSLIM MUHAMMAD SYAFRI
4 RAHADIAN ADINUGROHO 10 LION JAEGER
ARYE RIZQY D NAUFAL HANIF Z
5 M NAUFAL HIBATULLAH 11 PAUL SIMBARTA G
RICARDO NURWIDODO ANNISA YASMINE M
6 AIS JANUADI 12 ALESSA MAUS