MGT 86519 - Ethics in Business
This course focuses on corporate behavior and decision making from the context of ethical and global issues; the influence of political environmental, legal, regulatory, and technological issues and the impact of diversity on organizations. Through readings and case studies, an understanding of a wide variety of workplace issues, such as discrimination, product safety, international operations, right to privacy, advertising and product safety is developed.

Learning Outcomes:
  • Think critical and comprehensively about ethical issues facing business.
  • Defend viewpoints, evaluate issues, and analyze new information related to moral and ethical conduct required in business.
  • Distinguish between moral, ethical, prudent, and law theories of ethical behavior.
  • Interpret types of utilitarian theory.
  • Identify, interpret, analyze ethics related articles and evaluate the arguments.
  • Conduct a synopsis of a case by identifying major issues relating to ethical responsibilities; analyzing and evaluating issues and decisions made; recommend strategies, actions, or alternatives to follow.
  • Recognize paradoxes and dilemmas in the field of business and understand the difficulties in resolving them.
  • Identify issues in the workplace that managers face.
  • Clarify one's own personal values relating to business ethics.
  • Acquire exposure to international dimensions of ethics and cultures.
  • Interpret views on social responsibilities of a corporation from the viewpoint of shareholders and stakeholders.
  • Explain the normative theories of business ethics.
  • Contrast governmental regulation versus self-regulation.
  • Contrast individual responsibility and management system responsibility.
  • Compare and contrast the following views to consumers: contract, care and social costs.
  • Explain employee’s right to know about workplace hazards.
  • Outline the arguments supporting or opposing whistle-blowing.
  • Characterize what actions constitute sexual harassment.
  • Explain the salespersons responsibilities concerning information disclosure to the consumer.
  • Compare and contrast the notion of “intellectual property,” as opposed to “physical property,” and explain the new challenges presented by recent technological advances.
  • Summarize problems encountered by multinational corporations when conducting business in other countries.
  • Contrast gift giving, bribery, and corruption.
  • Summarize the principle of readdress.
  • Introduce self and explain course expectations.
  • Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
  • Evaluate information critically and competently.
  • Access information efficiently and effectively.
  • Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.


 
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