COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

A Revised Course Syllabus

in
SOC. SCI. 102 – ETHICS
Second Semester, SY 2019-2020

Vision: “Siquijor State College as a center of excellence in Higher and Technical-Vocational Education in the Province of
Siquijor.”

Mission: “To provide effective and excellent higher and technical-vocational education in the different areas through instruction,
research, extension and production and serves as catalysts and partner for local, regional and national growth and
development.”

CBM GOALS:
1. Produce graduates equipped with knowledge, skills, attitudes, habits, and values for self or corporate employment
required in business and industries;
2. Inculcate work ethics, develop an understanding and appreciation of corporate social responsibility; and,
3. Enhance capability in conducting research, community extension and production activities.

OBJECTIVES OF BS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

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 The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Program aims to produce graduates who:

1. Are morally upright, globally competitive, imbued with ideas, aspirations, values and traditions of Philippine life
sufficiently equipped with entrepreneurial and managerial knowledge and skills for self or corporate employment;
2. Have gained understanding and appreciation of corporate social responsibility;
3. Are exposed to actual internal and external business environment;
4. Have work ethics, smooth and sound interpersonal relations with peers, clients, and general public;
5. Can design, implement, monitor and evaluate cost effective business plans through on and off-the-job training
programs; and,
6. Can conduct research, community extension and production activities of the college.

Target Population : BSBA-Marketing Management 1

Course Credit : 3 units
Course Contact Hours : 3 hours/week; 54 hours/semester
Pre-requisites : None

Course Description
Ethics deals with principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the
environment and other shared resources. (CMO 20 s 2013)
Morality pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community. The course
discusses the context and principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of individual, society, and in interaction with the
environment and other shared resources. The course also teaches students to make moral decisions by using dominant moral
frameworks and by applying a seven-step moral reasoning model to analyze and solve moral dilemmas.
The course is organized according to the three (3) main elements of the moral experience: (a) agent, including context - cultural,
communal, and environmental; (b) the act; and (c) reason or framework (for the act).
This course includes the mandatory topic on taxation.

General Objectives:

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 At the end of the course, the students must be able to:

A. Cognitive
1. Differentiate between moral and non-moral problems;
2. Describe what a moral experience is as it happens in different levels of human existence;
3. Explain the influence of Filipino culture on the way students look at moral experiences and solve moral dilemmas;
4. Describe the elements of moral development and moral experience; and,
5. Understand and internalize the principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in
interaction with the environment and other shared resources;

B. Affective
1. Make sound ethical judgments based on principles, facts, and the stakeholders affected; and,
2. Develop sensitivity to the common good.

C. Psychomotor
1. Use ethical frameworks or principles to analyze moral experiences.

COURSE PLAN:

Desired
Teaching and Expected
Learning Course Content/ Textbooks/ Assessment Tasks Resources Time Integrated
Learning Quality
Outcomes Subject Matter References (ATs) Needed Table Values
Activities (TLAs) Results
(DLO)
The student I. Introduction to the Student Student Activity: Homework that requires Course 3 Knowledge Students
can: Subject Handbook Class discussion: students to pay close Syllabus Hours would be
A. Orientation to What rules do you attention to school and Make oriented to
1. Recall rules the Course find constricting? community rules decisions the school
Student
they have to Why rules? experienced in daily life. based on policies and
follow. 1. Classroom Evaluate these rules. Handbook moral norms explain the
Policies Mini-Lecture: Why and importance of
2. Explain why rules are important Class recitation after imperatives. rules in a
they have to 2. Course to social beings mini-lecture on society.

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 follow rules. Requirements importance of rules, for
teacher to find out if
3. Grading System students recall and
understand the nature of
4. Overview of the rules and why they are
subject matter important.

5. Why do human
being need to have
a knowledge of a
rule?

6. Why do we need
to follow them?

The student B. Orientation to Key Palean,E., Article reading Class recitation Course 1 Knowledge Students
can: Concept Nazario, M., Outline Hour would explain
Descartin, I. K., Reflect key ethical
1. Understand 1. What is ethics? Mendoza, B. Watch YouTube: Individual discussions critically on concepts.
Reference
some ethical A., and Valero, Ethics primer shared
key concepts 2. Is there a J.B. (2019). Research and Materials concerns.
distinction between Ethics: evaluation: Do a
ethics and morality? Exploring Moral research on the Code of Laptop
Where you able to Philosophy. Ethics of your
see the difference Mandaluyong: profession. Critically Projector
between ethics and Books Atbp. examine its ethical
morality? Publishing system or code and
PPT
Corp. show how each of the
do’s and don’ts of thus
Padilla, R. code apply to the
(2019). Ethics: various aspects of
A textbook for morality.
the New
General
Education
Curriculum.
Mandaluyong:
Books Atbp.
Publishing

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 Corp.

The student C. Moral and non List of rules in Class discussion: Quiz #1 to test first and Reference 2 Interpret the Students
can: Moral Standards Basketball/ When do you say it second topics. Materials Hours human should
Volleyball is a moral experience differentiate
[Link] 1. When do we say experience? Question/s: Cite two to from various moral from
Laptop
moral from that a rule is a moral three differences perspectives. non-moral
non-moral rule? Lecture: Difference between moral and non- standards.
standards between moral and moral standards, one of Projector
2. When do we say non-moral which should be the
that an experience is standards most important. PPT
a moral experience?

3. Differentiate
moral from non-
moral standards?

The student D. Moral Dilemma Rachels, Student Activity: Group discussion: Reference 6 Appreciate Students
can: James. Students identify Materials Hours the would:
1. When do you say “What is For individual dilemmas in cases complexity of
1. Recognize that it is a moral Morality?” dilemmas: Case submitted by Laptop human 1. Recognize
and recall a experience? Chap. 1 in The discussion on classmates. condition. and recall a
moral Elements of students' moral Projector moral
experience. 2. Are moral Moral dilemmas. Alternative, teacher experience;
experiences similar Philosophy, 1- could give two of these PPT
2. Detect a to moral dilemmas? 15. dilemmas (all personal 2. Distinguish
moral dilemma. and age- appropriate) in a moral
3. The three levels News clips. a written exercise where dilemma; and
3. Identify the of moral dilemmas: (current news students identify and
three levels of individual; events) write the dilemmas. And 3. Identify the
moral organizational (i.e. then discuss results with levels of
dilemmas workplace, Cases written writers of the dilemma. moral
business) by students. dilemmas

The student E. Freedom as A Clockwork Viewing of video Class discussion to bring Reference 3 Make Students
can: foundation of moral Orange. clip demonstrating out reactions and Materials Hours decisions would explain
acts. Directed by unlimited freedom insights on the video based on that only
1. Explain why Stanley or the absence of clip, zeroing in on why Laptop moral norms human being
only human 1. Why is man the Kubrick. freedom freedom is crucial to the and can be

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 beings can be sole moral agent? Burbank, CA: ethical experience. Projector imperatives. ethical.
ethical. Warner Bros., Lecture:
2. Why is freedom 1971. Freedom as Reflection paper on Speakers
the foundation of foundation of ethics reactions and insights on
man’s moral acts? the movie.

The students II. The Moral Agent Cultural Class discussion: Class discussion to elicit Reference 6 Appreciate The students
can: artifacts How do you think students' understanding Materials Hours the would:
A. Culture in Moral brought by your community of the cultural complexity of
1. Articulate Behavior students to influences your embeddedness of their Laptop human 1. Articulate
what culture class behavior? behavior. condition. what culture
means. 1. What is culture? Projector means.
Cases/stories Lecture: What is Quiz: Take
2. Attribute 2. How does culture about cultural culture? How does Question/s: Explain the PPT responsibility 2. Attribute
facets of shape our moral differences it define moral position in ethics called for knowing facets of
personal behavior? behavior? cultural relativism. Cultural and being personal
behavior to Rachels, Discuss its strengths Artifacts Filipino. behavior to
culture. 3. Cultural James. “The Read: and weaknesses. brought by culture.
Relativism: Challenge of Rachels, James. the Reflect
[Link] Definition; Cultural "The Challenge of At the end of this students critically on [Link]
differences in Advantages of Relativism.” Cultural section, students submit shared differences in
moral recognizing the Chap. 2 in The Relativism." an essay wherein they concerns. moral
behavior of differences; Why Elements of narrate a personal behavior of
different should culture not Moral Lecture: Why can’t experience, analyze how Advocate for different
cultures. be the ultimate Philosophy, 16- all cultural practices problems were rooted in human rights cultures.
determinant of 31. 4th ed. New be always correct? Filipino qualities, and,
4. Evaluate the values? York: McGraw- from hindsight, 4. Evaluate
strengths and Hill College, Viewing of video recommend how they the strengths
weaknesses of 4. Is there a Filipino 2004. clip on the Filipino would have done things and
cultural Understanding of way differently. weaknesses
relativism. right and wrong? of cultural
Student Activity: relativism.
[Link] 5. Why are there Class discussion:
crucial qualities universal values? Description of 5. Analyze
of the Filipino highlights of Filipino crucial
moral identity in 6. Why are universal culture qualities of
their own moral values necessary for the Filipino
experience. human survival? Lecture: moral identity
Strengths and in their own

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 6. Evaluate weaknesses of the moral
elements that Filipino moral experience.
need to be character
changed. 6. Evaluate
elements that
7. Identify need to be
universal changed.
values.
7. Identify
8. Explain why universal
universal values.
values are
necessary for 8. Explain
human survival. why universal
values are
necessary for
human
survival.

The student B. Developing Virtue Animation or Study Activity: At At the end of the class, Reference 6 Appreciate The student
can: as Habit. presentation on the start of the hold group discussion Materials Hours the would:
circularity of class discussion, and presentations, complexity of
1. Recall 1. How is moral acts and bring out students' analyzing the lives of Laptop human 1. Recall
defining character character. understanding of Nelson Mandela and condition. defining
moments in developed? contributory Adolf Projector moments in
their moral elements to their Contribute their moral
formation. a. What is moral Character moral character Quiz: Questions: What PPT personally formation.
character? How is it studies of are the six stages of and
2. Explain the developed? Nelson Use of Graphics: moral development? meaningfully 2. Explain the
relationship Mandela and Circularity of Briefly explain each to the relationship
between the b. What is the Adolf Hitler. relationship of stage. country’s between the
individual acts relationship between individual acts and development. individual
and character. individual act and Three moral character Group Activity: As a acts and
character? cases/stories group, choose an character.
3. Identify and on moral Lecture: Moral existing story (book, film,
articulate each c. What is moral development. character as comics, TV series) that 3. Identify
stage of moral development? disposition; how it you would like to add an and articulate
development. Kohlberg, is developed additional character each stage of
d. What are the six Lawrence. (person) to. moral

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 (6) stages of moral Essays on Lecture: The six Conceptualize the new development.
4. Check their development. Moral stages of moral character that you would
personal Development. development like to add- specify the 4. Check
growth, and Vol. 1 of The personality, look, values, their personal
three other Philosophy of physical appearance, growth, and
cases, against Moral Group discussion: skills/powers, gender three other
the stages of Development: Identifying stages and other details the cases,
development. Moral Stages in chosen stories new character would against the
and the Idea of possess. Prepare a stages of
Justice. San Read: concise explanation on development.
Francisco, CA: Kohlberg... the rationale behind your
Harper & Row, created character and
1981. how it would fit to the
existing story.

Midterm Examination - 1 Hour

The students C. The Act: News clips to Illustrate feelings Class comments and Reference 6 Reflect The students
can: illustrate as instinctive critiques on the Materials Hours critically on would:
1. What is reason? feelings as response via a responses in the role- shared
1. Recall What makes an act instinctive case from the playing activity. Laptop concerns. 1. Recall
immediate morally reasonable response. news. Role-play three cases, immediate
responses to highlighting in one case Projector Generate responses to
moral dilemma. 2. What is Rachels, Student Activity: an emotional response, innovative moral
impartiality? James. “What and in the other a PPT practices and dilemma.
2. Differentiate What makes an act is Morality?” Students are given rational response. solutions
responses morally impartial? Chap. 1 in The three situations— guided by 2.
based on Elements of from medical The class critiques the ethical Differentiate
reason and 3. What are the Moral ethics, end-of-life behavior and responses standards. responses
those based on seven step moral Philosophy, 1- involving a dying of agents in the three based on
feelings reasoning model? 15. 4th ed. New parent; payment of cases. Make reason and
York: McGraw- facilitation fee to a decisions those based
3. Check real- 4. What is akrasia? Hill College, customs officer by Group Case Analysis based on on feelings
life cases What is moral 2004. a finance moral norms
against the courage? employee; and and 3. Check
Cases. (Will from ethics in imperative. real- life
4. 7-step provide after government, the cases against
model, a model discussion with use of an official the
that uses committee.)* car to bring one's

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 reason and Rae, Scott B., daughter to school 4. 7-step
Impartiality and Kenman L. every day. model, a
Wong. model that
5. Differentiate “A Model for Lecture: What is uses reason
knowing and Moral Decision reason? What is and
actually Making.” Chap. impartiality? Impartiality
executing a 16 in Beyond
good moral Integrity: A Lecture: Feelings— 5.
decision Judeo- importance, origin, Differentiate
Christian and disadvantages knowing and
6. Explain the Approach to actually
role of mental Business Reason and executing a
frames in moral Ethics. Grand Impartiality good moral
experience Rapids, Ml: decision
Zondervan, Student Activity:
1996. 6. Explain the
Que, Nemesio Group discussion: role of mental
S., S.J. “Notes Stories from news frames in
on Moral clips highlighting moral
Deliberation.” emotional and experience
Introduction to rational responses
course notes
for PH104: Lecture: The 7-
Foundations of step model
Moral Value.
Ateneo de Student Activity:
Manila Class discussion:
University. Using the model to
solve a case Rae,
Scott B., and
Kenman L. Wong.
"A Model for Moral
Decision Making."

The students III. Frameworks Aristotle. Books Student Activity: Reflection paper: Reference 9 Advocate The students
can: and principles l-ll in the Case discussion What is the bigger Materials Hours respect for would:
behind our moral Nicomachean highlighting that a context in which I make human rights.
1. Explain the disposition Ethics. good rational moral my individual decisions? Laptop 1. Explain the

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 role of mental framework Translated by decision is not Projector Contribute role of mental
frames in Martin Oswald. always execute and Group discussion using personally frames in
moral 1. What is a moral Indianapolis: then analyze why. the Aristotelian (mean PPT and moral
experience. framework? Bobbs- Merrill between two extremes) meaningfully experience.
Educational Lecture: Moral and Thomistic to the
2. Classify the 2. How can an Publishing, theories as frames perspectives on gay country’s 2. Classify
dominant action of man be 1983. of moral marriage development. the
mental considered a experiences dominant
frames. virtuous act Aquinas, Generate mental
according to Thomas. On Lecture: innovative frames.
3. Articulate Aristotle? law, eternal (a) Aristotle practices and
what virtue law, and (b) St. Thomas solutions 3. Articulate
means. 3. How do we make natural law. Quiz: Question/s: guided by what virtue
“natural” or “moral” Summa Class discussion What is the difference ethical means.
4. Articulate judgments. (In the Theologiae, on St. Thomas and between the rights and standards.
what virtue light of St. Tomas vol. 28, edited the natural law virtues theories? 4. Articulate
ethics is. Aquinas natural by Thomas Students will what virtue
law ethics) Gilby, 5¬97. interview parents Analysis in class of a ethics is.
5. Critique Cambridge: and church leaders case highlighting why
virtue ethics. 4. Are the moral Blackfriars, in about positions on the option taken by the 5. Critique
precepts of both con-junction contentious social agent may be legal but virtue ethics.
6. Make use thinkers similar? with McGraw- issues, e.g., gay not moral.
of virtue Hill Book marriage, divorce, 6. Make use
ethics. 5. What is Kantian Company, New etc. Individual Case Analysis of virtue
ethics? What is its York, 1966. 1: The Marcopper and ethics.
7. Understand similarity/difference Lecture: the Boac River case.
and articulate with other moral Case on rights: (a) Kant and 7.
right theories. precepts. Informed rights theorists Group Case Analysis 2. Understand
consent: Right (b) What is using the Mayor Duterte and articulate
[Link] 6. What is of the Dying Legal is not always case: Whose interests? right theories.
a legal from a utilitarianism? What and rights of Moral
moral right. are the the family. [Link]
criticisms against Study Activity: e a legal from
utilitarianism Kant, Analysis of a case a
Immanuel. using rights theory moral right.
7. What are the “Categorical Lecture:
essential concepts Imperative.” In Utilitarianism
in Rawls theory of Groundwork of
justice? the Metaphysic Student Activity:

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 of Morals, Case analysis:
8. Justice and translated by H. Lecture:
fairness J. Paton, Justice and
162¬76. New Fairness
Mandated topic: York: Harper
Taxation and Row Student Activity:
Publishers, Discussion and
Inc., 1964 debate:
Social housing—
Case on Who should pay for
utilitarianism. the cost?

Case on justice Who should carry

and fairness. the burden of
Rawls, John. “A taxation? Who
Theory of should benefit from
Justice.” In taxes?
Reason at
Work:
introductory
Readings in
Philosophy,
edited by
Steven M.
Cahn and
George Sher,
262-76. Fort
Worth, TX:
Harcourt Brace
College
Publishers,
1996.

The students Globalization and its Knicker, Nicole. Lecture on Identify the important Reference 12 Examine the The students
can: ethical challenges "McDonald’s: Globalization moral challenges of Materials Hours contemporary would:
1. Identify the Millennials and Winning at Viewing of video globalization. world from 1. Identify the
important moral Fillinials: Ethical Global clip on facets of Laptop both important
challenges of challenges and Marketing globalization: Individual Case Analysis Philippine moral
globalization responses. Strategies." : How do I respond to Projector and Global challenges of

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 Global E Ethical the challenges of perspective. globalization
2. Compare 1. What are Brands, challenges for globalization and the PPT
responses to the challenges to September 15, business that works differences of mindsets Take 2. Compare
shared moral ethical behavior in 2013. in a globalized caused by differing responsibility responses to
dilemmas of today’s world. [Link] world; and what generational relations to for knowing shared moral
baby boomers ands. standards do technology and social and being dilemmas of
and [Link] and com/mcdonalds workers follow? media? Filipino. baby
millennials. discuss the factors -winning-at- boomers and
contributing to the global- Class Discussion: millennials.
3. State said challenges marketing The Moral
qualities of the strategies. Challenges of [Link]
fillinial. Friedman, Globalization qualities of
Thomas. The the fillinial.
4. Construct a Lexus and the Viewing of video
plan for coping Olive Tree: clip on fillinials. 4. Construct
with the Understanding a plan for
challenges of Globalization. Student Activity: coping with
globalization. 1st ed. New Class Discussion: the
York: Anchor (a) What are issues challenges of
5. Differentiate Books, 2000. that cause moral globalization.
ethics from friction between
religion Parents as Millennials/ 5.
guests, Filinnials and their Differentiate
6. Appreciate discussing parents? ethics from
the role of (with chosen religion
religion in a members of the (b) How should we
globalized class) an issue resolve the friction? 6. Appreciate
world. (e.g., pre- Who is right? the role of
marital sex). religion in a
globalized
Reyes, Ramon world.
Castillo.
“Relation
between Ethics
and Religious
Belief.” In The
Moral
Dimension:
Essays in

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 Honor of
Ramon Castillo
Reyes, edited
by Nemesio S.
Que, S.J.,
Oscar G.
Bulaong Jr.,
and Michael
Ner E. Mariano,
107-12.
Quezon City,
PH: Office of
Research

Final Examination - 1 hour

GRADING SYSTEM
The final grade of the student is interpreted as shown on the table below:
74%-
AVERAGE 95% - 100% 94% 93% 92% 91% 90% 89% 88% 87% 86% 85% 84% 83% 82% 81% 80% 79% 78% 77% 76% 75% Failure
70%
FINAL GRADE 1.00 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1-3.5 4.0-5.0

INC = Incomplete 1.0 = Excellent 2.1 to 2.5 = Good

NG = No Grade 1.1 to 1.5 = Superior 2.6 to 3.0 = Passing
W = Withdraw 1.6 to 2.0 = Very Good 4.0 to 5.0 = Failure

Course Requirements:
Long Quizzes/Oral Recitations/Report/Seatworks 30%
Project/Outputs, etc. 30%
Midterm/Final examination 40%
100%

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Nota bene: A student who has incurred absences more than twenty percent (20%) of the total number of school days shall not be given credit to the course regardless of class standing. For further
provisions of the said policy, please refer to the SSC Student Handbook.
Other References:

Padilla, R. (2019). Ethics: A textbook for the New General Education Curriculum. Mandaluyong: Books Atbp. Publishing Corp.
Palean,E., Nazario, M., Descartin, I. K., Mendoza, B. A., and Valero, J.B. (2019). Ethics: Exploring Moral Philosophy. Mandaluyong: Books Atbp. Publishing Corp.
Bolaong, O., Calano, M.J., Lagliva, A., Mariano, M.N., Principe, J.D. (2018). Ethics: Foundations of Moral Valuation. Manila: Rex Book Store, Inc.

Prepared by: Approved by:

KRIS JOHN P. SILVANO DAWN IRIS CALIBO-SENIT, DIT

Part-time Instructor Dean, College of Technology

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