FdE ETHICS
PROJECT
The School of Economics at the University of Valencia in collaboration with the IECO-UV Chair of Business Ethics launched in the academic year 2016-2017 the FdE Ethics project: Training future professionals with ethics. It is an educational innovative program with the objective of training future professionals in the field of economics and business so that they maintain the highest level of honesty, integrity and service to society which ultimately is the hallmark of a genuine professional.
- A pioneering initiative in Spain due to its interdisciplinary and integrative.
- Ethics considered as a transversal competence in all subjects and degrees taught in the School of Economics at the University of Valencia.
- To promote the qualification in ethics of both, the professors and the administrative services staff, at the School of Economics.
- A strategic plan has been developed to involve the academic community and companies and society as well.
SESSIONS
The plan includes training sessions for professors, as well as training activities and activities aimed to dynamize students of the School of Economics with the clear objective of consolidating the project among the members of the academic community. At the beginning, sessions were directed to professors and School staff in order to give a more ethical perspective to teaching in the subjects taught at the School of Economics.
Moreover, training and dynamization sessions have been encouraged for those students that have requested them, driven by a common interest: learning the benefits of professionals and organizations behaving ethically. Some of these sessions have been recorded for its distribution and are available in video format (in Spanish).
Videos to bring ethics teaching to the classrooms. These are resources designed to serve as a support for the teaching of ethics applied to graduate and postgraduate degrees, masters and Business ethics seminars.
Concepts related to the existent interrelation between ethics and organization are explained in a easy and practical way: the ethical dimension of actions and their responsibilities, decision making, directive leadership, reputation, RSE, ethics health within organizations, etc. Furthermore, several videos are included with case studies made by students about real business and enterprises.
Resources for educators (Spanish)
Proyecto Ética Facultad de Economía (Universidad de Valencia)
Introducción a la Ética Empresarial
Manuel Guillén
La persona y su acción ética y toma de decisiones
Santiago Martínez
Reputación personal y excelencia ética
Rita Jácome
Relación entre Ética y RSE
Manuel Guillén
El papel de la Ética en las motivaciones humanas
Manuel Guillén
Grados de salud ética en las organizaciones
Manuel Guillén
Ética empresarial y Liderazgo Directivo I
Santiago Martínez
Ética Empresarial y Liderazgo Directivo II
Santiago Martínez
Confianza y lealtad en las relaciones interpersonales e intraprofesionales
Ginés Marco
Equilibrio personal y profesional: Claves para una sostenibilidad global
Ángela Callejón
Sentido trabajo universitario: Reflexiones desde la Ética
Manuel Guillén
Do we need ethics in business?
Danilo Petranovich: Is education in humanities important for thriving organizations and societies?
Mesa 3 Papel de las organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil en los procesos de detección y prevención de
Practical cases
Trabajo Spa Gowex
Caso de contaminación Volkswagen
Ethics and CSR in Volkswagen
Trabajo ENG GOWEX
Ethics & CSR in Ilunion Hotels. IECO Motivation Matrix
Ética y RSE en ILUNION
Ethics in Organizations
This video corresponds to the introductory session to a course on Business Ethics for young students. In 8 minutes, Prof. Manuel Guillén explains what is ethics about, what is business ethics and why do we need ethics in business.
The content of this video is part of these other 7 videos (in Spanish) of his book on Fundamentals of Management titled: “Ética en las organizaciones: Construyendo confianza” (“Ethics in organizations: Building trust”).
Because of its distinct practical character and its introductory content to the subject, these videos constitute a valuable resource for any professional of the organizational world who consider important understanding the dynamisms within generation and destruction of trust in the organization. Here you can find practical rationality criteria to better your organizations.
STUDENT'S
ASSOCIATION
As a result of the implementation of this project, students at the School of Economics have founded the Student’s Association for an Ethical School of Economics with the purpose of:
- To raise awareness among students of the importance of ethics.
- To give the students the opportunity to be trained in ethical values from the beginning of their studies.
- To develop critical judgement
- To become ethically responsible professionals in the future
- To contribute for incorporating ethics as a fundamental value in all undergraduate and postgraduate subjects at the School of Economics.
To do so, the IECO-UV Chair of Business Ethics gives support to the organization of activities that actively promote the values that have guided the foundation of the Association.
