If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Grades are linked to the two learning objectives following the seven grade scale according to the following criteria:
Learning objective 1:
Critically analyse the ethical behaviour or non-behaviour of organizations using ethical theories and analytical methods, particularly in accounting.
Learning objective 2:
Critically analyse one’s own ethical thinking, attitudes and behaviour in one’s own professional and private life.
A
Exhibited an excellent ability to generalize in an original way ethical analysis beyond the immediate subject area. Being able to perform a relevant, original and convincing ethical abstract discussion, and transfer the principles from the specific to the abstract.
Exhibited an excellent ability to generalize in an original way ethical analysis to other applicable areas than oneself. Being able to perform a relevant, original and convincing ethical abstract discussion on the basis of one’s own experiences.
B
Exhibited a stringent ability to generalize in an original way ethical analysis beyond the immediate subject area. Being able to perform a relevant ethical abstract discussion, and transfer the principles from the specific to the abstract.
Exhibited a stringent ability to generalize in an original way ethical analysis to other applicable areas than oneself. Being able to perform a relevant, original and convincing ethical abstract discussion on the basis of one’s own experiences.
C
Demonstrated an ability to orchestrate facts and theory, action and purpose: demonstrated relationships and differences between ethical theories; demonstrated relationships between practical applications and ethical theories.
Exhibited an ability to demonstrate relationships between one’s own thinking and behaviour and ethical theories.
D
Displayed understanding of boundaries, but not of systems: having made a number of connections between ethical theories and/or practical applications, without specifying the significance of the relationship.
Demonstrated a number of connections between ethical theories and/or oneself, without specifying the significance of the relationship.
E
Shown a minimalistic understanding: an ability to memorize, identify and recognize fundamental concepts in the course. Performed an ethical analysis of a company making simple and obvious connections. Being present and active at the seminars and lectures.
Performed an ethical analysis of oneself making simple and obvious connections.
Fx
Failed on the quiz twice. Exhibited pieces of unconnected information from the course. Not being able to organize the information. Not exhibited a sense for the whole.
Not exhibited basic understanding for fundamental ethical concepts in the analysis of oneself. Analyzed other objects than oneself.
F
Failed on the quiz four times. Not exhibited basic understanding for fundamental ethical concepts. Not being present at more than two seminars.
Not performed an ethical analysis of oneself.
Attendance on all course activities is mandatory. Absence more than twice (2 times) implies failure on the course. Supplementary work to compensate absence is not applicable.