BUS 203 : Business Ethics

Prerequisites: Senior Standing or permission of dept. Chair

This course introduces the ethical principles and practices in business. It explores the ethical issues and resolves related moral questions by applying the ethical insights of one or more common ethical theories. The course covers the techniques of moral reasoning and argumentation needed to analyze moral issues in business. It evaluates the individual actions in economic and business transactions within a variety of moral frameworks. Furthermore, it discusses the ethical issues inherent in the rapid changes in business, including information technology and environmental degradation. Other topics related to ethics and organizations, employee duties and rights, discrimination and prejudicial employee practices, downsizing the workforce, ethics in marketing and finance, and corporate responsibility and ethical investing are also covered.