np4041 Ethics and Social Responsibility

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Vratislav Moudr, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Vratislav Moudr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Vratislav Moudr, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim is to acquaint students with basic concepts, knowledges and approaches in ethics, environmental ethics and also with concept of social responsibility.
Learning outcomes
On the end of the course student will be able to: understand to genesis and function of morality; know basic concepts, approaches and problems of ethics and environmental ethics; adopt responsibility for himself, his acts and products; comprehend ethics as theoretic discipline which reflects morality and be able to differentiate ways of this reflection (descripive ethics, methaethics, normative ethics, aplicated ethics. Student will be able to: describe elemental problems of business, consumer and environmental ethics; distinguish different approaches in environmental ethics; adopt tool for making decisions in situations of difficult moral dilemmas.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ethics as part of philosophy and its contemporary cooperation with empirical sciences (neurosciences, evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology..). Basic thesis of empirical ethics. 2. Elemental concepts and their connections. 3. Origin of morality from natural roots, cultural determination of morality, social function of morality. 4. Descriptive ethics, methaethics, normative ethics, aplicated ethics. 5. Theories of normative ethics as ways how to give reasons for moral conviction. 6. Aplicated ethics - sport ethics. 7. Aplicated ethics - business ethics, consumer ethics. 8. Aplicated ethics - ethics of human resources, social responsibility of business organizations, fair trade. 9. Environmental ethics - biocentrism, ecocentrism, deep ecology. 10. Environmental ethics - antropocentrism, zoocentrism, theocentrism. 11. Reasons for refusal of ethics (sociobiology) and environmental ethics (neoliberal economist - Simon, Klaus).
Literature
  • BINKA, Bohuslav. Environmentální etika (Environmental ethics). In Etika, ekonomika, příroda. První vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2012, p. 84-123. ISBN 978-80-247-4293-9. info
  • ŠMAJS, Josef. Evoluční ontologie kultury a problém podnikání (Ontology of culture and business problem). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 250 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6180-4. info
  • KUNZ, Vilém. Společenská odpovědnost firem. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012, 201 s. ISBN 9788024739830. URL info
  • KACETL, Jaroslav. Obchodní a podnikatelská etika. Vyd. 1. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2011, 98 s. ISBN 9788074350955. info
  • BRÁZDA, Radim. Ethicum. první. Zlín: VeRBuM, 2010, 188 pp. ISBN 978-80-904273-9-6. info
  • KLAPALOVÁ, Alena. Řízení vztahu se zákazníky a společenská odpovědnost podniku (Customer relationship management and corporate social responsibility). In Ekonomika a management organizací – výzkum, výuka a praxe. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, p. 171-178. ISBN 978-80-210-5273-4. URL info
  • ŠMAJS, Josef, Bohuslav BINKA, Marie PUTNOVÁ and Pavel SEKNIČKA. Podnikatelská a environmentální etika (Business and environmental ethics). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 184 pp. Pořadové číslo 4642/ESF-6/08-17/99. ISBN 978-80-210-4561-4. info
  • BRÁZDA, Radim. Srovnávací etika (The Comparative Ethics). první. Praha: KLP, 2002, 244 pp. Kassandra. ISBN 80-85917-86-6. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars
Assessment methods
written or oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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