CE IEMES - Fontys ACI

Studiegids Commerciële Economie 2013/2014Optional Advanced Courses >Je mag slechts 2x per studiejaar meedoen aan elk optionele Advanced Course tentamen, waarvoor je jehebt ingeschreven. De eerste keer is in de periode dat je de module volgt, de tweede keer is de periodevolgend op de periode waarin je de module hebt gevolgd.Name AdvancedCourseExamination codeCompetence(s)Performance indicatorProfessionalproduct(s)Main subjects / shortdescription moduleEthics2259YADV41C5 Planning en uitvoeringC9 Leiderschap en managementAs IEMES professionals, you will be working on the content of media andentertainment products. In an age of increasing permissiveness, theseproducts may be increasingly extreme in nature. As societies arebecoming more cosmopolitan, the views and values amongst audiencesare broadening. Values are becoming less homogenized and are oftenthe source of social and political tension. For this reason, one of the corecompetences that has been defined for IEMES professionals is an abilityto assess, balance and judge ethical issues. In commercial terms, this maybe important for assessing a potential threat of litigation. In social terms,an ethical awareness is a quality that is quite rightly expected of a sociallyresponsible professional.This course aims to develop your critical awareness of ethical issues. Bythe end of this course, you should be able to justify your opinions on anethical issue from a number of normative perspectives. Studying ethicsdoes not make one more ethical. It may increase self-reflection, paranoiaand an awareness of the inherent contradictions in human values. Valuesare often incommensurable. This means that the ‘worth of one value’cannot be measured against the worth of another. There is often nocommon scale to measure the benefits of one value against the other.This is what is meant by the term “incommensurability”.Mandatory literatureTheoretical content per class1. Epistemology and the fact / value distinction2. Ontology and Meta-ethics3. Rationality4. Teleological theory5. Deontological theory6. Consequentialist theoryPDF Reader “Ethics with a Pinch of Ontology and Epistemology”, Souza,O.Q.H. de, 2013 (Royalty Free).74