Currículo

Ethics Seminars ES-SUP

Contextos

Objectivos

Reflect on the main ethical, environmental and social problems of the organizations’ responsibility; Develop behaviors for ethical decision making and social responsibility.

Programa

Seminar 1 – Ethics, Markets and Society This is a session that will discuss why ethical problems are important in contemporary society and why they have assumed an unquestionable centrality since the end of World War II and the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. The issues of comparison between societies separated in time and space and the place of relativizations will be analyzed in order to understand them. Relevant concepts will be introduced for the study of Ethics and a distinction will be made between legal obligations and ethical requirements. Seminar 2 – Theories and Models The main currents of study and analysis of ethical problems and their relevance in contemporary societies and organizations will be mentioned. Clear importance will be given to “golden rule” models, virtue frameworks, deontological theories, utilitarian formulations, justice and equity frameworks, but also to dialogical and “care” currents. Seminar 3 – Ethics in organizational contexts Seminar based on the growing importance given to “Business Ethics” and how it has become an essential element in the training of any manager or organizational decision-maker, both in terms of their action and in terms of their relationship with different “stakeholders”. This Seminar bridges the gap with the importance of socially and environmentally responsible and sustainable business management, as well as topics related to Gender, Diversity and Inclusion 4 Seminar 4 – Ethics in Finance and Accounting. Seminar focused on the ethical implications of many current practices in the financial sector. Priority will be given to the analysis of specific cases such as “creative accounting”, “insider trading”, the conduct of mergers and acquisitions processes, executive remunerations, predatory loans and other phenomena whose analysis and knowledge has become an imperative after the 2008 crisis. Seminar 5 – Ethics in an academic context. Ethical requirements will be addressed within the framework of scientific research, in different domains, and information will be given to codes, regulations and instruments of conduct and good practices that standardize and define the correct behaviors of researchers and other professionals in this field. . Attention will be paid to issues of authorship and co-authorship, privacy and access to data, information sharing, plagiarism and fraudulent use of data. The issue of artificial intelligence will also be discussed, as well as falsification with the aim of reporting incorrect practices (hoaxing) and its relevance today.

Método de Avaliação

Pedagogical tools include interdisciplinary and expository teaching, with film viewing and joint discussions, promotion of critical thinking and creative reflection and, if possible, collaborative group learning. Assessment based on exercises and delivery of case study resolution.

Carga Horária

Bibliografia

Principal

• Managing Business Ethics – Straight Talk About How to Do it Right, Wiley, 5.ª edição.: Treviño, Linda K.; Nelson, A. Katherine 2011
• Gestão Ética e Socialmente Responsável, Editora RH, 2a edição.: Rego, Arménio; Cunha, Miguel Pina e; Costa, Nuno Guimarães da; Gonçalves, Helena; Cabral - Cardoso, Carlos 2007
• Ética, Edições 70, Lisboa.: Neves, Maria do Céu Patrão 2017
• A Ética nas Empresas, Edições Afrontamento.: Mercier, Samuel 2003

Secundária

Disciplinas de Execução

2025/2026 - 2 Semestre