Course Objectives:

To help the student perceive and understand the importance of sound business 
ethics in the effective functioning of organizations.

To develop the perspective that every decision a manager faces has an ethical 
facet or dimension to it.

To develop a broader and more sophisticated understanding of the stakeholder 
environment in which business and society relationships take place.

To introduce the stakeholder perspective as a model for identifying and 
understanding business ethics issues that managers and organizations face.

To understand where ethical as a societal expectation fits in the corporate 
social responsibility of the business firm.

To understand what business ethics means, what influences come to bear on 
ethical decision making and the various  ethical principles, guidelines and 
concepts that inform moral decision making at the organizational and industry 
levels.

To learn how to apply ethical reasoning and concepts in analyzing business 
cases, discussing business topics and integrating management wisdom with 
moral wisdom in everyday decision making and problem solving.

To develop written and oral presentation skills in which the student may 
effectively articulate the ethical concepts discussed in the course and apply 
them to case studies, situations in the news, and in decisions that managers 
face in their professional lives.

The following topics are covered in this course:

The Business and Society Relationship and Business Criticism
Corporate Citizenship, Responsibility, Responsiveness and Performance
The Ethical Aspects of Stakeholder Thinking and Management
Fundamental Concepts of Business Ethics
Applying Ethics at the Personal and Organizational Levels
Technology and Ethical Issues
The Global Environment and Ethical Decision Making
Ethical Aspects of Business & Government Relationships
Consumer Stakeholders: Information, Product and Service Ethics
The Natural Environment and Business Ethics
Workplace Issues and Employees: Employee Rights to Fair Treatment
Workplace Issues: Privacy, Safety and Health 
Employment Discrimination: Law, Ethics, and Affirmative Action
Owner Stakeholders, Governance and Ethics

All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of 
honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers.  The
penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an
acceptable defense.

Academic honesty means performing all academic work without plagiarizing,
cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving assistance from any other
person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge.