Teacher(s)

Catellani Andrea;

Language

French

Content

Ethics, ethics, deontology, etc. : definitions and basic concepts.

Ethical schools: presentation of some contributions (deontological approach, consequentialism, ethics of virtues, ethics of care, etc.).

Corporate social responsibility and communication.

Make an ethical decision (the "dilemma"): methodology.

Special cases of ethical problems: public relations; digital communication; advertising and the advertising ethics jury.

Teaching methods

Lectures; exercises; individual reading and study; group work, supervised by the teacher.

Evaluation methods

Group work (written report): 8 points. Individual written examination in session: 12 points. Both parts are mandatory.
Second session: individual written examination in session (12 points). Part of the group work: the rating is kept if equal to or greater than 4 out of 8; if the rating of the group work is insufficient or if there is no participation in the group work, the student will have to present an individual written work to be defined with the teacher (8 points).

Bibliography

• Catellani A., Cobut, E., Donjean, C., Vers d'avantage d'éthique en communication, Liège, Edipro, 2017
• supports mis à disposition pendant le cours sur Moodle UCL

Supports non obligatoires:
A. Catellani & C. Sauvajol-Rialland, 2015, Les relations publiques, Paris, Dunod, chapitre 6.
C. Renouard, 2015, Éthique et entreprise, Ivry-sur-Seine, Éditions de l'atelier.
S. Mercier, 2014, L'éthique dans les entreprises, Paris, La Découverte.
C. Ansperger, P. van Parjis, 2003, Éthique économique et sociale, Paris, La Découverte.
C. E. johnson, 2012, Organizational Ethics, Londres, Sage.
R. Tench, L. Yeomans (eds.), 2017, Exploring Public Relations, chapitre 12.

Teaching materials

• Catellani A., Cobut, E., Donjean, C., Vers d’avantage d’éthique en communication, Liège, Edipro, 2017
• supports mis à disposition pendant le cours sur Moodle UCL

Faculty or entity

COMU