Business and Managerial Ethics

Objectives of the research team:

  1. Ethics and sustainability management education
  2. Key ethical drivers of corporate strategy, vision and mission
  3. Ethical prerequisites and implications of doing business according to current Czech and EU legislation
  4. Dimensions of managerial responsibility (economic, social, personal, technological and environmental)
  5. Support of the “Compliance” program, ESG, PRME CEE

Main focus:

  • Ethical challenges of contemporary management
  • Codes of ethics for companies and institutions
  • Social capital and unique value resources of management
  • Intercultural potential of managing organizations

What we offer:

  • Regular specialized courses
  • Consultancy and coaching services focused on developing the ethics needed to stabilize organizations in the areas of sustainability, codes of ethics and compliance

Representatives of the team

Mgr. Dušan Kučera, Ph.D., MBA

Mgr. Dušan Kučera, Ph.D., MBA

Ing. Martin Viktora, Ph.D.

Ing. Martin Viktora, Ph.D.

Ing. Zuzana Kvítková, Ph.D.

Ing. Zuzana Kvítková, Ph.D.

The best publications

  • Kučera, D: Challenges of managerial responsibility and ethics for Central and East European countries based on the experience from the Czech Republic. International Journal of Management Education [online]. 2022, 20/2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2021.100583
  • Kučera, D. Responsible Management Education and the Digital Transformation Challenge. Book chapter in: W.Amann and Chr. Hauser: Responsible management education and the digital transformation challenge. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15632-8
  • Kučera, D. & Shapiro, E.: The rediscovery of the Sabbath: How to balance work and rest in the age of stress. The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society II/2025. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v15i04/51-70

Selected research projects

  • Erasmus Plus: – KA 220 project: Cooperation Partnerships: Responsibility and Ethics in Management Education for Future Challenges
    • Team from universities:
      • PRAGUE UNIVERSITY of ECONOMICS and BUSINESS
      • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
      • TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL
      • JERUSALEM COLLEGE of TECHNOLOGY
      • MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE
    • The project analyses the current environment, proposes and prepares an up-to-date concept of international education in the field of “Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development”.

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