Business Ethics

This course explores the origins, principles, and practice of business ethics within the workplace.  Students examine, analyze and discuss ethical issues concerning consumerism, civil rights, ecology, technological change and social responsibilities from a moral and philosophical perspective. Topics include contemporary conceptual frameworks for business ethics, the corporation in society, business in its diverse moral contexts, marketplace and workplace issues, and the moral manager. Business policies, decisions and actions are analyzed in the light of moral values and the relationship between ethical standards and business success explored.