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Ethical Leadership and Management Symposium (5 cr)

Code: SY00BN44-3002

General information


Enrollment

05.04.2021 - 11.04.2021

Timing

01.05.2021 - 31.08.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual proportion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Korkeakouluyksikkö D /YAMK

Campus

Laurea Tikkurila

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 65

Degree programmes

  • Complementary competence, master’s studies in English (CYJ2), Generic studies

Teachers

  • Teija-Kaisa Aholaakko
  • Jorma Jokela

Teacher in charge

Teija-Kaisa Aholaakko

Scheduling groups

  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 10. Open UAS: 10.)

Groups

  • CYJ20SJ
    Complementary competence (master’s studies in English), S20, Generic studies

Small groups

  • Pienryhmä 1

Learning outcomes

The student is able:
• to reflect and develop her/his identity and performance as an ethical leader
• to manage cross-cultural partnerships and working societies
• to lead ethically sustainable transitions in multiprofessional contexts
• to enhance ethical aspects in research and development
• to promote and guide ethical dialogue in working society

Teaching methods

1) Individual pre-symposium assignment: Study objectives and a research table in Learning Diary.
2) Participation in Ethical Leadership and Management Symposium lectures and workshops.
3) Individual assignment: A reflective learning diary including a case study and the research table.

Learning materials and recommended literature

ALLEA - All European Academies. 2017. The European Code of Conduct for Research Intregrity. Revised Edition Berlin: All European Academies. https://www.allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ALLEA-European-Code-of-Conduct-for-Research-Integrity-2017.pdf

Carroll, A.B. 1999. Corporate Social Responsibility. Evolution of a Definitional Construct. Business and Society, 38(3) 268-295.

Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention), Council of Europe, 1997. http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/164.htm Accessed 31st March 2017. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, Council of Europe (April 1997).
Council of Europe 2009. Bioethical Issues. Educational Fact Sheets. http://book.coe.int

Donaldson, T. & Werhane, P. H. 2002. Introduction to Ethical Reasoning. In: Donaldson, T., Werhane, P.H. & Cording, M. (eds.) Ethical Issues in Business. 7th edition, Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall. 1-11.

Donetto S., Pierri P., Tsianakas V. & Robert G. 2015 Experience-based Co-design and Healthcare Improvement: Realizing Participatory Design in the Public Sector, The Design Journal, 18(2), 227-24.

Heimo O.I., Harviainen J.T., Kimppa K.K. & Mäkilä T. 2018. Virtual to Virtuous Money: A Virtue Ethics Perspective on Video Game Business Logic. J Bus Ethics, 153(1), 95–103.

International Organization for Standardization, 2018. ISO 26000 - Social responsibility.
https://www.iso.org/iso-26000-social-responsibility.html

Juujärvi, S. 2018 Practical problem solving in enhancing ethical competences of health and social care professionals. In: Sanna Juvonen & Päivi Marjanen & Tarja Meristö (eds.) Learning by Developing 2.0: Case studies in theory and practice. Laurea Publications 101. Laurea University of Applied Sciences, 178–196. https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/159833

Pinto, AD. & Upshur, R.E.G. 2013. An Introduction to Global Health Ethics. London: Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group.

Rhodes, C. 2012. Agonism and Possibilities of Ethics in HRT. J Bus Ethics, 111, 49-59.

Saxén H. 2017. A Cultural Giant. An interpretation of bioethics in lights of its intellectual and cultural history. http://tampub.uta.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/101926/978-952-03-0523-9.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Simola S.K., Barling J. & Turner N. 2010. Transformational leadership and leader moral orientation: Contrasting an ethic of justice and ethic of care. The Leadership Quarterly, 21, 179-188.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weber/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2012. https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/iea/partnerships/about-the-partnership-center/index.html Accessed 6th February 2018.

World Health Organisation. 2011. Standards and Operational Guidance for Ethics Review of Health-Related Research with Human Participants. Accessed 31st March 2017. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44783/1/9789241502948_eng.pdf?ua=1&ua=1

World Medical Organization. Declaration of Helsinki.1996. British Medical Journal 313(7070):1448-1449. http://www.bmj.com/content/313/7070/1448.2

More relevant articles according to students interest.
Some more suggestions as relevant articles coming later from the speakers.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

None

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

No

Important dates

Deadline of the Pre-Assignment 1: research table 31st May 2021.

Deadline for the individual learning diary: 2021 August 31st 23:59.

Forms of internationality

International lecturers:
Lecturer xx from University College Leuven Limburg, Belgium??
Lecturer xx from Universitetet Nord, Bodö, Norway??
Lecturer xx from Coimbra University Portugal?
PhD Heikki Saxén ??

Students workload

Ethical Leadership and Management -Symposium (5 ECTS = 135 hrs):
Pre-assignment 1 (2 ECTS= 54 hrs) Study objectives and pre-symposium research table of research articles selected for ELM-symposium introduced in the Learning diary.

Assignment 2 (0.3 ECTS = 8 hrs) Participation in ELM-symposium 11th June 2021

Assignment 3 (2.7 ECTS= 73 hrs) Learning diary (Max 3000 words) including individual objectives, reflection of objectives and active participation in ELM- symposium lectures and workshops; as well as the introduction of the case study. The pre-symposium research table is included as an appendix.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Overall assessment criteria for the learning diary
1. Logic, thoroughness, creativity and motivation of the arguments and ideas presented in the reflection
2. Carefulness of using the pre-assignment articles
3. Comprehensiveness of the theoretical foundation
4. Implementation of an ethical decision-making / reasoning model in the case study.
5. Clarity of the report (the structure of the learning diary may be freely determined by the student)

Evaluation criteria, fail (0)

The student did not particepated in the studies or failed to fulfil the EQF 7-level assessment criteria.

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student is able
To gather, process, produce and evaluate information about ethical leadership and management widely.
To use concepts of the area of expertise systematically.
To solve problems in ethical leadership and management research, development and/or innovation activities.
To recognize and analyze foci of ethical leadership and management development making use of the knowledge base.
To communicate about ethical leadership and management clearly both orally and in writing.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

The student is able
To gather, process, produce and evaluate information about ethical leadership and management critically and widely making use of both national and international scientific sources.
To use concepts of the area of expertise fairly.
To solve problems in ethical leadership and management research, development and/or innovation activities by applying and combining information from different fields.
To create target-oriented, justified development plans for ethical leadership and management considering the community.
To communicate about ethical leadership and management in a competent, clear and consistent manner both orally and in writing.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to create a consistent framework/knowledge base for ethical leadership and management making use of both national and international scientific sources in a critical analytic fashion.
To solve demanding problems in research, development and/or innovation activities in ethical leadership and managements where new knowledge and competence is created
as well as to apply and combine information from different fields.
To develop the activities of the ethical leadership and management competence area in a target-oriented and communal fashion.
To communicate about ethical leadership and management convincingly both orally and in writing to audiences within and exterior to the field.