Course Syllabus

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BUS 148 Fall 23 Syllabus-2.docx

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Students will demonstrate appropriate use of business terms and concepts in their Ethics Analysis paper.
  • Students will critically analyze, evaluate and interpret information in their Ethics Analysis paper.
  • Students will demonstrate their ethics and philosophy knowledge in preparing their Ethics Analysis paper and presenting their summary during an oral presentation.

Course Content:

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  • Classic moral philosophy normative theories of ethics, including:
    • The nature of ethics and morality
    • Normative theories of ethics
    • Business ethics and professional ethics
    • Threats to ethics: Conventionalism, relativism
  • Convergence of justice and economics distribution, as pertains to:
    • The nature of justice
    • The Utilitarian perspective of justice
    • The Libertarian approach
    • John Rawls, "A Theory of Justice"
  • The nature of capitalism and the corporate world, as each impacts:
    • Historical background of capitalism
    • Key features of capitalism
    • Moral justification of capitalism
    • Criticism of capitalism
    • Economic challenges for the 21st century
  • Corporations' obligations and contributions to:
    • Corporate moral agency
    • Corporate responsibility - the social debate
    • Business compliance vs business ethics
    • Business and environmental ethics
  • Issues and challenges in the corporate workplace, as related to:
    • Civil liberties in the workplace
    • Personnel policies and procedures
    • Organizational influence in private lives
    • Working conditions
    • Outsourcing work
  • The moral issues and dilemmas facing today's employees, in response to:
    • Obligations to the firm and conflict of interest
    • Obligations to third parties
    • Whistle blowing: Professionalism and personal life
    • Job Discrimination
    • Affirmative Action: Legal and moral issues
    • Sexual harassment
  • The major issues of ethics in global business, impinging upon:
    • Ethical principles and global business
    • Ethics viewed from a multicultural perspective
    • First world vs. Third world values in conflict
    • Globalization: Economic and ethical challenges
  • Business and society
    • Consumer and product safety
    • Deception and unfairness in marketing and advertising
    • Business and ecology
    • Ethics of environmental protection
    • Animal Rights issues

Textbook:

Great news: your textbook for this class is available for free online!

Business Ethics  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.from OpenStax, ISBN-10: 1-947172-57-3

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Course Summary:

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