Ethics for Nonprofit-Organisations
- Faculty
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
- Version
Version 1 of 29.11.2023.
- Module identifier
22M1106
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summerterm
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
Students learn to identify, classify, and reflect on ethically difficult action situations on the basis of ethical conceptions. They learn to recognize ethical challenges in various contexts of non-profit organizations, and discuss potential solutions.
The module teaches basic principles that can be used to guide students’ action concepts in other modules. Students also have the opportunity to explore content from other modules in terms of their ethical dimension.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- Ethical decision models / moral philosophy
- Principles of social ethics
- Ethical challenges in the management of nonprofit organisations
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Hours of workload Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 28 Lecture Presence - 14 Seminar Presence - 3 Learning in groups / Coaching of groups Presence - Lecturer independent learning Hours of workload Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 14 Work in small groups - 35 Creation of examinations - 28 Study of literature - 28 Preparation/follow-up for course work -
- Graded examination
- Homework / Assignment or
- Written examination or
- Portfolio exam
- Remark on the assessment methods
The portfolio exam is worth 100 points and consists of a presentation (50 points) and a written work sample (50 points).
- Exam duration and scope
Portfolio exam: a 15-minute presentation and a 3-page written work sample
Written assignment: approx. 2500 words
Written exam: see applicable study regulations
The requirements are specified in the relevant class.
- Recommended prior knowledge
none
- Knowledge Broadening
Students who have successfully completed this module are familiar with the basic principles of ethics, and are able to reflect on actions of nonprofit organisations on the basis of these principles. They can incorporate the value-based self-image of nonprofit organisations into professional decision-making processes.
- Knowledge deepening
Students have critically examined specific ethical challenges in the management of nonprofit organisations.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students who have successfully completed this module are familiar with different types of argumentation in normative ethics, and are able to position themselves critically in relation to them.
- Application and Transfer
Students who have successfully completed this module are able to identify ethical issues and use their specialist knowledge, based on ethical principles, to justify courses of action.
- Academic Innovation
Students who have successfully completed this module are able to recognize the ethical implications of social change and technological transformation for the management of nonprofit organisations.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students who have successfully completed this module are able to adequately discuss the ethical dimension of professional decisions with their colleagues.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
Students who have successfully completed this module are able to formulate basic options for their professional actions as well as represent them in public discourse.
- Literature
Ach, J.S. / Bayertz, K. / Siep, L. (Hg): Grundkurs Ethik. 2 Bde, Paderborn (mentis) 2016 u. 2011
Anzenbacher, A.: Einführung in die Ethik, Düsseldorf (Patmos) 2011
Bell, D.A. / Coicaud, J.-M. (Ed.), Ethics in Action. The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2007
Birnbacher, D.: Analytische Einführung in die Ethik, Berlin (De Gruyter) 2013
Düwell, M. / Hübenthal, C. / Werner, M.H. (Hg.), Handbuch Ethik, Stuttgart – Weimar (Metzler) 2011
Gensler, H., Ethics. A Contemporary Introduction, Ney York - London (Routledge) 2018
Haspel, M.: Sozialethik in der globalen Gesellschaft, Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2011
Heimbach-Steins, M. (Hg): Christliche Sozialethik. Ein Lehrbuch. 2 Bde., Regensburg (Pustet) 2004 u. 2005
Ricken, F.: Allgemeine Ethik, Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2012
- Linkage to other modules
The module teaches basic principles that can be used to guide students’ action concepts in other modules. Students also have the opportunity to explore content from other modules in terms of their ethical dimension.
- Applicability in study programs
- Management in Nonprofit-Organisations
- Management in Nonprofit-Organisations M.A. (01.09.2024)
- Person responsible for the module
- Kuhnke, Ulrich
- Teachers
- Kuhnke, Ulrich