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Ethics and Social Responsibility In Tourism

Tourist Guidance

Vocational School of Kartepe Tourism
Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Ethics and Social Responsibility In Tourism OMP263 Elective Associate degree 2 Fall 3

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Prof. Dr. Tülay POLAT ÜZÜMCÜ
Assistant Prof. Dr. Armağan YILDIRIM

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Describe ethics and understands its importance for human life. Explain the key role of ethics in the development of tourism industry.
2) Explain ethics theories (traditionally, normative ethics-also known as moral theory-, the field of general ethics, bioethics) and the principles.
3) Describe the relationship among ethical behaviour, law, traditions and habits.
4) Explain the principles of WTO Global Codes of Ethics for Tourism that sets a frame of reference for the responsible and sustainable development of world tourism.
5) Identfy the ethical behaviours-right, leadership, sensitivity, confidential-
6) Explain the latest human right- tourism. Additionally, the student identfy rights of the workers and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry.
7) Identfy the importance of maximizing the sector's benefits while minimizing its potentially negative impact on the environment, cultural heritage and societies across the globe.
8) Mid-Term Examination
9) Discuss the importance of ethics for tourism industry.
10) Discuss Case Study (1):
11) Discuss Case Study (2):
12) Discuss Case Study (3):
13) Discuss Case Study (4):
14) Discuss ethical problems faced by tourism industry and impove answers.
15) Explain particular problems faced by personally and tourist in tourism industry. Improve for ethical issues in hospitality industry.
16) Final Examination

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

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Learning Outcomes
1 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
2 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
3 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
4 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
5 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
6 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
7 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
8 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
9 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
10 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
11 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
12 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
13 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
14 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
15 No relation High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High
16 High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Taking Responsibility

Course Contents

After studying this course the student should be able to look at the folowings: 1) Tourism's contribution to mutual undrestanding and respect between people and societies, 2) Tourism as a vehicle for individual and collective fullfilment, 3) Tourism, a factor of sustainable development, 4) Tourism, a user of the cultural heritage of mankind and contributor to its enhancement, 5) Tourism, a beneficial activity for host countries and communities, 6) Obligaitions of stakeholders in tourism development, 7) Right to tourism, 8) Liberty of tourism movements.

Weekly Schedule

1) Importance for human life, the key role of ethics in the development of tourism industry
2) Ethics theories and the principles
3) The relationship among ethical behaviour, law, traditions and habits
4) The princeples of WTO Global Codes of Ethics for Tourism
5) Ethical behaviours-rights, leadership, sensivity etc.
6) The latest human right-tourism , the rights of the workers and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry
7) The importance of maximizing the sector's benefits while minimizing its potentially negative impact on the environment, cultural heritage and societies across the globe
8) Mid-term examination
9) "Is ethics important hospitality and tourism industry?" Discussing the answer of this question
10) Discussion the following topic: "Tourism often represents a rare opportunity for development in the face of the decline of traditional eceonomic activities"(Case Study 1)
11) Discussing the following topic: "The prospect of direct ad personal access to the discovery and enjoyment of the planet's resources constitues a right equally open to all the world's inhabitants" (Case Study 2)
12) Discussing the following topic: "Family, youth, student and senior tourism and tourism for people with disabilities should be encouraged and facilitated" (Case Study 3)
13) Discussing the following topic: "Financial resources derived from visits to cultural sites and monuments should, at least in part, be used for the upkeep, safeguard, development and establishment of this heritage" (Case Study 4)
14) The ethical problems faced by tourism industry and improving answers
15) Discussion the ethical problems faced by personally and toursit in tourism industry
16) Final Examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Ethik'in Kısa tarihi Homerik Çağdan Yirminci Yüzyıla Alasdair Maclntyre, Çev.Hakkı Hünler, Solmaz Zelyüt Hünler1.baskı, 2001 Şubat İstanbul22.Paradigma Kitabı, Felsefe Dizisi 14.Kitap, Engin Yayıncılık
2- Turizmde Etik Prof. Dr. Meryem Akoğlan Kozak, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Hatice Güçlü Nergiz 2.baskı, 2009, 264 sayfa ISBN: 978-975-8969-76-0http://detayyayin.com.tr
3- Media Ethics: In the Newsroom and Beyond Mc Graw Hill, New York,1988
4- Mesleğin Etik Standartları Ahmet Kalender Selçuk İletişim, Konya,1999
5- Etik Üzerine Tartışmalar John Nuttal, Çev. Abdullah Yılmaz İstanbul 1997
6- Ethica Etik Üzerine DerslerImmanuel Kant, Çev.Oğuz Özügül 1.baskı, 2003 Ağustos ISBN: 975-8460-54-4Pencere Yayınları No:169, Bayrak MatbaasıPencere-yayin@hotmail.com
7- The Theory of Beauty E.P. Carrit Methuen, London, 1962
8- http//www.ahma.com

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Demonstration
6) Role Playing
7) Group Study
8) Simulation
9) Brain Storming
10) Six Hat Methods
11) Case Study
12) Self Study
13) Problem Solving
14) Project Based Learning


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

40%
 

Number

Percentage

Semester Studies

Midterm Examination

1

80%

Quiz

1

20%
 

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required