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Degree programme: | Contextual Studies |
Type of degree: | Intern |
Special-Time | |
Summer Semester 2023 | |
Course unit title | Human Rights and Professional Ethos |
Course unit code | 800101010700 |
Language of instruction | English |
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Elective |
Semester when the course unit is delivered | Summer Semester 2023 |
Teaching hours per week | 2 |
Year of study | 2023 |
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle) | First Cycle (Bachelor) |
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 |
Name of lecturer(s) | Smera REHMAN |
Prerequisites and co-requisites |
B2 English proficiency |
Course content |
This course provides an introduction to the development of human rights and presents the main human rights instruments. The course covers topics such as discrimination and dilemmas in the work setting and how human rights instruments can be applied on the one hand as an analytical tool and on the other hand as a means to prevent human rights violations. In addition, various case studies are applied.
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Learning outcomes |
This lecture will introduce the main human rights instruments and the relevance in the professional setting. By the end of the lecture the students will be able to:
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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Assessment methods and criteria |
Final examination (group presentation during the course) |
Comment |
none |
Recommended or required reading |
Brenkert G. George (2015) Business Ethics and Human Rights: (online article) Cramton C. Roger, Knowles P. Lori (1998) Professional Secrecy and Its Exceptions: Spaulding Gil, D. G. (1998). Confronting Social Injustice: Concepts and Strategies for Social Heiderich, J. (2010). Gerechtigkeit in Organisationen. Im Spannungsfeld von Illinois Institute of Technology, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (2008). Professional ethics. » Basic definitions of professional ethics Online available http://ethics.iit.edu/teaching/professionalethics Leideritz, M. /Vlecken, S. (Hrsg.) (2016) Professionelles Handeln in der Sozialen Arbeit – Schwerpunkt Menschenrechte, Ein Lese- und Lehrbuch, 1. Auflage. Leverkusen: Budrich, Luban, David (2007). Professional ethics. A Companion to Applied Ethics. R.G. Frey and Christopher Heath Wellman, eds. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Prasad, N. (2011). Mit Recht gegen Gewalt. Die UN-Menschenrechte und ihre Staub-Bernasconi, S. (2007/2010). Soziale Arbeit als Handlungswissenschaft. Vereinte Nationen. Zentrum für Menschenrechte, Genf/ Internationale Vereinigung der Sozialarbeiterinnen und Sozialarbeiter/ Internationaler Verband der Ausbildungsstätten für Sozialarbeit (Hrsg.): Menschenrechte und Soziale Arbeit. Ein Handbuch für Ausbildungsstätten der Sozialen Arbeit und für den Sozialarbeitsberuf. Übersetzung |
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning) |
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