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Dean:	Dr. Jón Þór Sturluson
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MSc in Innovation Management - 90 ECTS
Semesters:	3
Years:	1
ETCS:	90
About major	Meistaranám í stjórnun nýsköpunar leggur áherslu á nýsköpun og frumkvöðlastarfssemi. Nemendur öðlast hæfni til að að stýra nýsköpunarstarfimismunandi skipulagsheilda við þróun á nýjum ferlum, vörum og þjónustu, ásamt því að nemendur geti leitt frumkvöðlastarf á breiðum grunni, þar á meðal til að stofna ný fyrirtæki. Námið eflir þekkingu og næmni nemenda fyrir nýjum tækifærum, þjálfar skapandi og lausnamiðaða nálgun og miðar að því að nemendur geti gert slíkar lausnir að veruleika.
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Degree title	MSc in Innovation Management

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Vorönn/Spring 2024

Consumer Behavior

V-712-COBE

ECTS 3,75

Innovation Management

V-713-INNM

ECTS 7,5

Business Ethics

V-714-BETH

ECTS 3,75

Year

1. year

Semester

Spring 2024

Level of course

N/A

Type of course

Elective

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

No schedule found.

Lecturer

Christof Altmann

Stefan Hielscher

Content

Business ethics is the study of decisions and practices in business and organizations from the moral point of view. Corporate Social Responsibility involves that organizations are responsible for the social, economic and environmental influenced they have.

The aim of this course is to introduce you to theoretical and practical framework of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in order to improve your skills to make fair and sound decisions in complex organizations of today. The focus is on ethical issues in organizations, both on the ethics of individuals as well as corporate social responsibility.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Students can explain the main concepts and theories of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Students can use the main tools and techniques of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Students can identify ethical issues in organizations and make sound decisions about them
Students have expressed in a structured manner their personal values in organizations
Students can analyze a company situation and set up a strategy for corporate social responsibility

Course assessment

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

The nature of both Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Ethics involves a high level of decision making, often in a complex context and with confusing information. In this course students will be trained to reflect on ethical issues by individual assignments, lectures, group conversations, analyzing cases and presenting their view. The teaching methods rely on the students’ active participation and good preparation.

Language of instruction

English

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Context

V-715-ENIC

ECTS 3,75

Business Process Management

V-716-BPMA

ECTS 7,5

Fixed Income Analysis

V-716-FINC

ECTS 3,75

Implementation of information systems