Social Responsibility Projects

Course Code:

PA 108

Course Period:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

P:

3

Application:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

7

Course Language:

İngilizce

Courses given by:

Barış Gençer Baykan

Course Objectives:

Identifying and distinguishing important ethical concepts, principles, and theories. Discerning the values and ethical concerns involved in particular policy statements or social, political and business related practices. Developing a pilot social responsibility project.

Course Content:

This course is designed to help students develop their abilities to read, write and express themselves well about their ethical positions, and think critically and analytically about ethical issues. This course covers the development of the concept and the meaning of the term social responsibility and its applications in different socio-cultural contexts. It is also designed so that each student will have the opportunity to develop their own social responsability projects in cooperation with public institutions or civil society organizations.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case Study

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing, C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program’s Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Understand the historical and philosophical bases of ethical decision-making and social responsibility	7,6	1,2,3	A
Use independent thinking, critical analysis, and reasoned inquiry when assesing personal, professional and societal issues	7,3,8	1,2,3	A
Demonstrate the ability to make public and professional decisions dy applying knowledge and skills and obtained from the study of ethics and ethics and theories of social responsibility	7,3,5	1,2,3	A
Articulate how their ethical framework and understanding of social responsibility shape their actions	3,7,8,6	1,2,3	A

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Course Introduction – Orientation
2	Why Study Ethics?
3	Ethics and Reasoning
4	Great Traditions in Ethics
5	Public Ethics
6	Environmental Ethics
7	Business Ethics
8	MIDTERM EXAM
9	Social Responsibility and Sustainability
10	Gender and Social Responsibility
11	Volunteering and Social Responsibility
12	Corporate Social Responsibility
13	Social Responsibility in Public Sector
14	Presentations
15	Review
16	FINAL EXAM

Recommended Sources

Textbook	Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues, Steven M. Cahn and Peter Markie, Oxford University Press, 5th edition, Oxford University Press,2011
Additional Resources	Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and Cases in a Global Context. Edited by Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten, Laura Spence. Routledge, 2008.

Material Sharing

Documents
Assignments
Exams

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Midterm	1	40
Final	1	50
Attendance	1	10
Total		100
Contribution of final exam to overall grade		50
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade		50
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To know the state theories and universal principles of public administration			X
2	To know that the legal structure of Turkish public administration			X
3	Competence of analyzing the current administrative and political issues in the light of Turkey's socio-political history					X
4	Acquiring communication and leadership skills for the public, NGO and private sectors.					X
5	To have the qualifications to develop and implement public policies at the local and national level				X
6	Effective use of technology in the public and private sectors				X
7	An ability to analyze global and regional developments			X

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	8	96
Mid-terms	1	3	3
Quiz	15	2	30
Final examination	1	3	3
Total Work Load
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			180
ECTS Credit of the Course			7,2

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