The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship: Crime, Ethics, and Counterstrategies

What it is about

You analyze cases in which entrepreneurial action crosses ethical or legal boundaries. In the end you will be able to assess the causes and framing conditions of such behavior and develop justified prevention or intervention strategies at various levels.

What you will be able to do

• Investigation and analysis of unethical or criminal entrepreneurial behavior using public sources
• Assessment of structural, individual and contextual promoting factors
• Reflection on ethical aspects of entrepreneurial decisions and business models
• Development and justification of countermeasures at policy, law enforcement, education and organizational levels
• Effective teamwork to synthesize various materials and perspectives
• Clear oral presentation of the analysis
• Constructive participation in academic discussions on entrepreneurship and ethics

What the module consists of

• SeminarIntroduces theoretical frameworks and forms the basis for case analyses
• TeamarbeitWorking on a case study and developing counter-strategies
• WorkshopsSupport in case selection, analysis and strategy development
• Peer-DiskussionenExchange of different perspectives and reflection

Teaching method

• Theoretische EinführungenConveying relevant frameworks from entrepreneurship and ethics
• Studentengeleitete FallforschungIndependent investigation of real cases based on public sources
• Workshops zu MeilensteinenTargeted support in analysis and strategy development
• Peer-ReflexionsrundenDeepening ethical and theoretical engagement
• Abschlusspräsentationen mit DiskussionCommunication of results and critical exchange