180207 SE Ethics and Capital Markets (2021W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 10.09.2021 09:00 to Th 16.09.2021 10:00
- Registration is open from Fr 24.09.2021 09:00 to Th 30.09.2021 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 23.10.2021 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
11.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
18.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
25.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
08.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
15.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
22.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
29.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
06.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
13.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
10.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
17.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
24.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Monday
31.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- Regular attendance, class contribution and weekly quiz (30%)
- Presentation and Essay (70%)
o Presentation: with handout (max. 300 Words) due to three days before the presentation. Length: Approximately 15-20Min + 10-15 Minutes class discussion for each participant. The presentations should take place in the second part of the semester (depending on the number of attendees).
o Essay (approx. 2000-3000 Words + bibliography) - 50% (the following subcriteria will be applied in the final evaluation:
Consistency of the research goals and the research question(s) in accordance with the course material (30%)
Language and intelligibility (10%)
Adherence to the citation rules (10%)
- Presentation and Essay (70%)
o Presentation: with handout (max. 300 Words) due to three days before the presentation. Length: Approximately 15-20Min + 10-15 Minutes class discussion for each participant. The presentations should take place in the second part of the semester (depending on the number of attendees).
o Essay (approx. 2000-3000 Words + bibliography) - 50% (the following subcriteria will be applied in the final evaluation:
Consistency of the research goals and the research question(s) in accordance with the course material (30%)
Language and intelligibility (10%)
Adherence to the citation rules (10%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
As this class is designed as an introductory seminar, no special knowledge or skills are required. A sufficient command of English is important though.
Students of all disciplines of humanities (e.g. philosophy, law, etc…) and social sciences (sociology, economics) are encouraged to take part.As this course is a seminar, class attendance is mandatory. Unexcused absence in more than two units (1 unit = 1,5h) will be sanctioned with deregistration.
The seminar paper is due to 28th February 2022. Submissions after this date cannot be considered.
Grading:
87,5%-100%: 1 (Excellent)
75%-87,5%: 2 (Good)
62,5%-75%: 3 (Satisfactory)
50%-62,5%: 4 (Sufficient)
0%-50%: 5 (Non- Sufficient)
Students of all disciplines of humanities (e.g. philosophy, law, etc…) and social sciences (sociology, economics) are encouraged to take part.As this course is a seminar, class attendance is mandatory. Unexcused absence in more than two units (1 unit = 1,5h) will be sanctioned with deregistration.
The seminar paper is due to 28th February 2022. Submissions after this date cannot be considered.
Grading:
87,5%-100%: 1 (Excellent)
75%-87,5%: 2 (Good)
62,5%-75%: 3 (Satisfactory)
50%-62,5%: 4 (Sufficient)
0%-50%: 5 (Non- Sufficient)
Examination topics
A detailed literature list will be announced in the curriculum, available on moodle ca. one week before the first session.
Reading list
Written primarily for a non-academic public, the following book is a good introduction to the main topics of this seminar:Derman, Emanuel. Models. Behaving. Badly. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Sa 08.07.2023 00:17
For some, they are a tool for providing financial security thus reducing risk in a highly volatile economy, and for some they are seen as a venue, where ostensibly huge amounts of capital are vaporized by some speculators at the cost of "hard working" individuals.
No matter, how it may be, capital markets represent a crucial segment of economic life, where attitudes towards risk and decision making play a special role. What is more, there is certainly no other segment of the economy where rational models are as decisive as in financial markets. In this seminar, we will investigate the area of tension between rational decision-making, profit expectation and ethics in this highly dynamic economic segment and try to approach the ultimate problem of whether human behavior can be modeled?
In particular, we try to find answers to the following issues:
- What are the underlying notions of rationality that come into play in the context of capital markets?
- What are the underlying assumptions of the neoclassical finance theory? What are the most important models? What are its key concepts and scientific background?
- Are individuals acting rationally and what role do ethics play in their decisions?
- Are there any possible alternatives to the underlying notion of rationality in capital markets?
- What is the role of national regulators in enforcing ethical principles and what are the latest trends in the industry?