2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MGMT 262 - Business Ethics and Law


The course is designed to enable students to gain an understanding of how Business, Law, Ethics and the ever present personal sense of right and wrong exhibited by each and every one of us assists in our daily decision making.  This is a foundation course, providing visibility to what the worlds of management and society will expect of you.  The concepts are powerful. Please rest assured that you will never look at business the same way again.

Learning Objectives:

Course learning objectives include:

  • Identification of moral values embedded in business organizations.
  • Understanding of the possible societal impact of ethical / non-ethical decisions.
  • Awareness of the laws that impact ethics in business.
  • Development of the following skills: critical thinking, stakeholder analysis/management ethical business reasoning, judgment and understanding of consequences.
  • Learn to balance economic, ethical and social responsibilities inside corporations, partnerships and other business organizations.

This class fulfills the Values Perspective.

Prerequisites: Juniors/seniors only.

Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: VP

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year