Intercultural and Ethical Decision-making, 5 cr - TOU020AS2AE
Course unit language
English
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Intercultural and Ethical Decision-making TOU020AS2AE-3001 25.03.2024-17.05.2024 5 op(HOST23A, ...)+-
Campus
Haaga Campus
Teaching language
English
Timing
25.03.2024 - 17.05.2024
Enrollment
20.03.2023 - 21.03.2023
Groups
HOST23A
HOST24A
VIRTUAL
Teachers
Jussi Mertanen
Seats
15 - 60
Degree Programme
HOST Strategic Hospitality Management
R&D proportion
0.00 cr
Virtual proportion
5.00 cr
Evaluation scale
H-5
Learning objectives
On successful completion, students will be able to
- explain the most important terms in the areas of interculturality, diversity, and ethics.
- distinguish different explanatory patterns of culture.
- understand culture at different levels.
- plan processes of intercultural learning and working.
- understand the interdependencies of culture and ethics.
- independently work on a case study on intercultural competence.
Contents
- Basics of Intercultural Competence
- Cultural Concepts
- Culture and Ethics
- Implications of Current Ethical Problems in the Area of Interculturality, Ethics, and Diversity
- Intercultural Learning and Working
- Case Studies for Cultural and Ethical Conflicts
Intro
In this course, students acquire the necessary knowledge to understand intercultural
competencies and current developments in the fields of diversity and ethics. Students will
understand how to systematically plan and implement learning processes for the development of
competences important in these areas. First, important terms are clarified and differentiated from
each other, and cultural aspects are explained from different perspectives. In addition, students
learn that cultural issues are relevant at different levels, for example, within a state, company, or
other group. In this context, students also recognize the connection between ethics and culture
with different interdependencies. On the basis of this knowledge, students are then familiarized
with the different possibilities and potentials of intercultural and ethical learning and working.
Practical cases are used to illustrate the importance of the relationships learned for today's work
context in many companies. The students then work on a case study in which the acquired
knowledge is systematically applied.