Topic outline
- BUSINESS ETHICS
BUSINESS ETHICS
Business owners, business managers, and government officials confront ethical issues. This course provides an introduction to ethics and its application in the arena of business. It is an exploration of ideas and concepts in the areas of moral philosophy and corporate social responsibility as they were, and continue to be, presented, refined, and contested in the academic world, and put into practice in the business world with all the attendant criticism and cynicism. The challenges posed by ethical dilemmas in real-world situations will be encapsulated through the use of narratives and a few case studies.
- INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ETHICS
- BROAD OVERVIEW OF ETHICS (MORAL PHILOSOPHY)
- MORALITY AND OTHER CONCEPTS
- ETHICAL DILEMMA
- THE MORALITY OF CAPITALISM
- CORPORATIONS AND MORALITY
- CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
- THE WORKPLACE
- MORAL OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYEES
- JOB DISCRIMINATION
- BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
- THE ENVIRONMENT
- RECOMMENDED READING