Business Ethics

Catalog description

This course will be conducted in seminar style. It will explore and analyze ethical considerations involved in managerial decision making. Topics to be considered are the ethical dimension in managerial dilemmas in such topics as advertising, working conditions, environmental pollution, work force reduction and supplier relations. The relationship of management to the rule of law will be considered in such topics as business involvement in the formation of law as well as business use of the legal and political process. Managerial response to such personal ethical and legal issues as affirmative action, product safety and sexual harassment will be considered. The ethical and social responsibility of management and employees will be explored in the context of profit motive and the implementation of ethical change in a business setting.