EU values & digitalisation

Department
  • International Program
Course unit code
  • IFLV6571
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 4.0
Name of lecturer(s)
  • FH-Prof. Dr. Frischhut Markus, LL.M.
Mode of delivery
  • blended learning
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Recommended or required reading
  • Frischhut, M. (2017). What one should know about the European Union (EU): A quick introduction to EU law (4th edition). Neue Praktikerskripten — NPS: Band 18. Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag.

    N.B. Instead of this course manual, you are of course more than welcome to use any equivalent book, especially if it is more comprehensive / detailed, e.g. Foster, N. G. (2020). EU law directions (7th ed.). OUP.will be indicated in course
Assessment methods and criteria
  • Homework, Presentation, Participation
Level of course unit
  • Bachelor
Year of study
  • Spring 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 1
Language of instruction
  • English
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • Students are able to reflect on various challenges related to self-driving vehicles against the background of the EU’s common values as well as (ethical) principles.

    Students are able to reflect on additional challenges in the field of digitalization against the background of the EU’s common values as well as (ethical) principles.

    Students will reflect on how to fill the existing EU common values with life, respectively address the question, whether additional values or (ethical) principles will be necessary.

    Students will be able to reflect on the impact of values in the field of (business) compliance, linking values and (ethical) principles to specific situations in companies, etc.
Course contents
  • • General introduction into law, EU law, ethics and values (no pre-knowledge necessary)
    • Self-driving vehicles and values
    • Digitalization, artificial intelligence (AI), new technologies and values
    • Filling EU values (human dignity, etc.) with life
    • Compliance and values
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Work placement(s)
  • none

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