Course: Globalization Ethics (5604-511)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Michael Schramm (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

lecture with exercise

In-Class Hours Per Week:

3

Contents:

The global economy is not only an economic process. It confronts us with a series of ethical problems (poverty, child labor, low social standards, violations of human rights, virtualities of financial markets, ecological problems etc.). The course argues for the hypothesis, that we need a "pluralistic capitalism", which meets both challenges (business; ethics) in diversified forms.

Literature:

Schramm, Michael (2011): Ethik der Finanzmärkte. Der virtuelle Kapitalismus und die menschliche Natur, in: Nguyen, Tristan (Hg.): Mensch und Markt. Die ethische Dimension wirtschaftlichen Handelns (Festschrift für Volker Arnold), Wiesbaden: Gabler, S. 283 - 313.

Schramm, Michael / Seid, Judit (2009): Not only 'a Simple Math Equation': Business Organisations as Agents for Poverty Reduction, in: Mack, Elke / Schramm, Michael / Klasen, Stephan / Pogge, Thomas (2009 / Ed.): Absolute Poverty and Global Justice. Empirical Data - Moral Theories - Initiatives (Law, Ethics and Economics), London: Ashgate, pp. 219 - 231.

Schramm, Michael (2005): Global Governance. Wirtschafts- und unternehmensethische Überlegungen zur Entwicklungsökonomie (Hohenheimer Working Papers zur Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik No. 5), Stuttgart-Hohenheim: Institut für Kulturwissenschaften.

Location:

Hohenheim

Module:

• 5604-510 Globalization Ethics (compulsory)

eLearning:

Course in ILIAS