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Introduction to Business Ethics |
- Defining Business Ethics
- Law and Ethics
- Interpreting Ethics
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- Illustrate the need and nature of business ethics.
- Distinguish ethics and ethos from the law.
- Analyze the concepts of morality, virtue, social ethics, and managerial ethics.
- Relate the concepts of the market system, contemporary capitalism, and socialist democracies to managing in market economies.
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Leaders and Decisions |
- Ethical Leadership
- Ethical Decision Making
- Impact of Groupthink
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- Examine the traits of ethical leaders.
- Assess the impact of groupthink in the abdication of individual ethical responsibility.
- Examine the psychology of ethical decision making.
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Theoretical Perspectives 1 |
- Reasoning in Ethics
- Utilitarian Ethics
- Deontological Ethics
- Virtue Ethics
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- Analyze the impact of relativism and psychological egoism on ethics.
- Explain how utilitarian ethics has been used to shape b usiness policy and examine its challenges.
- Examine the principle of categorical imperative.
- Analyze virtue ethics and its role in business practice.
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Theoretical Perspectives 2 |
- Character Ethic
- Female Ethic
- Ethics and Human Rights
- Ethical Action
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- Identify the principles that govern and shape character.
- Examine the proposition of a feminine ethic and the caring perspective.
- Relate human rights to economic rights of production and consumption.
- Examine the concept of moral excellence and implement a checklist in decision making.
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Morality in Business |
- Kohlberg and Moral Reasoning
- Ethical Corporate Structures
- Federal Guidelines and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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- Compare Kohlberg’s method of assessing managers’ moral decision-making processes and James Weber’s modification.
- Evaluate the benefits and limitations of corporate credos, ethics programs, and codes of ethics in promoting proactive ethical behavior.
- Analyze the impact of federal sentencing guidelines and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on proactive ethics in businesses.
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Corporate Social Responsibility |
- The Classical Model
- The Moral Minimum
- The Stakeholder Theory
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- Review the classical model of corporate social responsibility.
- Evaluate the moral minimum framework.
- Demonstrate the limitations of the utilitarian and private property defenses of the classical model.
- Analyze the theory that managerial decisions should balance the interests of all stakeholders.
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Diversity and Discrimination |
- Discrimination Versus Differentiation
- Woman in the Workforce
- Preferential Policies
- Promoting Diversity
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- Analyze differentiation and discrimination and relate it to equal opportunity and affirmative action.
- Evaluate how overt discrimination, sexual harassment, and the glass ceiling create a negative work environment for women.
- Review the impact of preferential treatment policies as a means of securing equality in the workplace.
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- Assess the effectiveness of implementing diversity policies.
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Globalization and Regulation |
- International Economic Integration
- Labor
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- Analyze the purpose of international economic integration and relate it to living standards.
- Examine the working conditions of labor in emerging industry to international institutions and the policies regulating global economic activities.
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Global Ethics |
- Cross-Cultural Ethical Values: Eastern Business Philosophy
- Cross-Cultural Ethical Values: Jewish and Islamic Business Ethics
- Cross-Cultural Ethical Values: Overseas Business Ventures
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- Examine the business philosophy of kyosei, Confucius, and Tetsuro Watsuji.
- Review economic and commercial activities to Islamic teachings and Jewish traditions.
- Examine the intricacies of conducting ethical overseas business ventures and relate it to the FCPA.
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Employee Issues |
- Moral Rights and Legal Doctrine
- Health and Safety
- Privacy and Substance Abuse
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- Examine the right to work and relate it to the doctrine of employment at will.
- Analyze the principle of due process and employee participation.
- Assess the ethical considerations governing health and safety standards in the workplace.
- Review the concepts of personal zone, control of personal information, and substance abuse testing.
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Ethics in Marketing – Product Safety and Pricing |
- Risk Analysis in Health and Safety
- Responsibilities of the Producer
- Products Liability
- Fair Pricing
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- Review how risk analysts estimate the costs of saving lives in the context of health and safety.
- Examine the ethical concerns associated with market exchanges.
- Analyze products liability and relate it to the assigning of accountability.
- Illustrate how price gouging, monopolistic pricing, price-fixing, and predatory pricing affect fair market pricing.
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Ethics in Marketing – Advertising and Target Marketing |
- Sales, Advertising, and Product Placement
- Regulating Sales and Advertising
- Target Marketing
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- Explore the ethical considerations that govern the promotion and placement of products.
- Examine the role of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in regulating marketing practices and relate it to consumer autonomy.
- Analyze the ethics of the strategies used in target marketing.
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Environmental Responsibilities |
- Environmental Pragmatism
- Environmental Regulation
- Sustainable Economics
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- Explore the range of environmental responsibilities applicable to businesses and relate it to environment pragmatism.
- Examine environmental regulation policies in the context of a market system.
- Analyze the proposition that the economy is a subsystem within the Earth’s biosphere and requires sustainable development.
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Employee Responsibilities |
- Agent-Principal and the Gatekeeper Function
- Managerial Responsibility and Loyalty
- Responsibilities to the Community
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- Examine the professional ethics and responsibilities of employees and agents in their role as intermediaries.
- Explore loyalty and the responsibility of Managers to acquire and act on negative information.
- Analyze employee responsibilities to the community in the context of honesty, whistleblowing, and insider trading.
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Review Topic |
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