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Course title -
Course code KFSE/DHRIC
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Karkošková Slávka, doc. ThDr. Mgr. PhD.
Course content
- Social trust toward institutions: Its components and influence; the systemic risks associated with low levels of social trust. - Social and institutional injustice: Definition and selected forms, including (but not limited to) sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism. - Moral injury and moral harm: Consequences of various forms of exploitation; their interconnections, distinctions, and broader implications. - Institutional betrayal: Definition, forms, and consequences; implications for intervention and prevention within institutional settings. - Institutional courage: Definition, components, significance, and psychometric/measurement tools. - Moral recovery following moral failure and injury: Processes within organizations and institutions that facilitate moral recovery and positive change at the personal, organizational, and social levels. - Restorative justice: Definition, key principles, and its significance within the context of organizations and institutions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Various forms of injustice, exploitation, moral failures, and moral injury within institutional and organizational contexts disrupt their functioning, negatively impacting human cooperation, performance, and, consequently, the economy. Rectifying these phenomena requires honest reflection, heightened sensitivity to their presence, a systematic framework for prevention and early identification, and tools for effective redress. This course provides the impetus for reflecting on these themes, explores avenues for their empirical investigation, and seeks their applied potential within the context of contemporary social reality. It invites the development of institutional courage and the facilitation of moral recovery processes within institutions and organizations.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: - Define the key concepts of the subject (social trust, social and institutional injustice, moral injury and moral harm, institutional betrayal, institutional courage, restorative justice, and moral recovery); - Formulate research methodologies to investigate these phenomena within the conditions of contemporary society and its constituent institutions and organizations; - Propose measures to support moral recovery processes within institutional and organizational frameworks.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The student shall conduct an informal qualitative study focused on the core themes of the course. Their findings, derived from both independent study and the conducted field research, will be presented at a colloquium in the presence of their peers.
Recommended literature
  • BREWER, Katie. Institutional Courage: An Antidote to Institutional Betrayal and Broken Trust. Nurse Leader, 21(4),.
  • COOK, Karen S. & REIDHEAD, Jacob. Social Trust. (s. 439-450). In: Melenovsky, C. M. (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (1st ed.). New York; Oxon: Routledge. 2022. ISBN 978-0-367-80898-3..
  • CULLEN, John. G. Moral Recovery and Ethical Leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 175(3), 485?497, 2022..
  • HUI, Ada, RENNICK-EGGLESTONE, Stefan, FRANKLIN, Donna, WALCOTt, Rianna, LLEWELLYN-BEARDSLEY, Joy, MG, Fiona, ROE, James, YEO, Caroline, DEAKIN, Emilia, BRYDGES, Sarah, PENAS MORAN, Patricia, MCGRANAHAN, Rose, POLLOCK, Kristian, THORNICROFT, Graham & SLADE, Mike. Institutional injustice: Implications for system transformation emerging from the mental health recovery narratives of people experiencing marginalisation. PLOS ONE, 16(4), 2021. e0250367. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0250367..
  • CHRISTL, Maria E., PHAM, Kim-Chi T., ROSENTHAL, Adi & DEPRINCE, Anne P. When Institutions Harm Those Who Depend on Them: A Scoping Review of Institutional Betrayal. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(4), 2797-2813, 2024. DOI 10.1177/15248380241226627..
  • JIWANI, Bashir. Good Organizational Decisions: Ethical Decision-Making Toolkit for Leaders and Policy Makers. Cham: Springer Nature, 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-33401-7..
  • KLIGMAN, Linda. Sparking creativity: Workplace applications of restorative practices. IIRP Presidential Paper Series,.
  • LIDDLE, David. Transformational Culture: Develop a People-Centred Organization for Improved Performance..
  • London: Kogan Page Publishers, 2021. ISBN 978-1-78966-109-5..
  • MCKEOWN, Maeve. Social Justice (s. 365-376). In: MELENOVSKY, C. M. (Ed.). The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (1st ed.). New York; Oxon: Routledge. 2022. ISBN 978-0-367-80898-3..
  • SAMPLE, Ruth. Two Faces of Exploitation: Moral Injury, Harm, and the Paradox of Exploitation (s. 113-138). In: FERGUSON, B. & ZWOLINSKI, M. (Ed.). Exploitation: Perspectives from Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. New York: Oxford University Press. 2024. ISBN 9780190256982..
  • SMIDT, Alec M., ADAMS-CLARK, Alexis A., & FREYD, Jennifer J. Institutional courage buffers against institutional betrayal, protects employee health, and fosters organizational commitment following workplace sexual harassment. PLOS ONE, 18(1), 2023. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0278830..
  • TAN, Kok-Chor. Institutionalism, Injustice, and Personal Responsibility In: Melenovsky, C. M. (Ed.). The Routledge.
  • VALKOVIČOVÁ, Veronika a Slávka, KARKOŠKOVÁ. Ako organizačná kultúra posilňuje toleranciu voči sexuálnemu.
  • VALKOVIČOVÁ, Veronika, KARKOŠKOVÁ, Slávka & MUSILOVA, Magdaléna. Pracovisko bez sexuálneho obťažovania?Ako na to? Bratislava: Inštitút pre výskum práce a rodiny. 2023. ISBN 978-80-7138-182-2. DOI ivpr.gov.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PBSO.pdf..


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