Business Ethics

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This course is an examination of ethical issues that arise in business. General topics to be taken up include corporate social responsibility, employer/employee relations, technology and privacy, the ethics of advertising and marketing, and corporate culture. Specific topics may include corporate philanthropy, corporate leadership, and building a values-based corporate culture as well as moral dilemmas involving whistle-blowing, discrimination in the workplace, product safety and liability, and factors that contributed to the financial crisis of 2008. We will focus on ethical decision-making from both personal and policy-level perspectives.