BUS 510 - Business Ethics

BUSINESS ETHICS

Masters of Science in Business Administration

BUS 510

Breyer State University
Instructor: Rosemary Kolenich, EMBA

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Business Ethics, a Master Level course in the curriculum for the MBA degree program. The primary focus of this course is to understand the methodologies emphasizing the practical application of ethics to business in a global perspective. This course further examines business people from around the world and how they are influenced by American values. The ethics for any business, naturally, starts within you. Thus, this course will define morals and values as well as the flexibility to openly change them in a business environment.

TIME FRAME: This is a five-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded five semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one required textbooks for this course.

Book 1: Business Ethics: Decision-Making for Personal Integrity & Social Responsibility, Laura P. Hartman & Joe DesJardins, McGraw Hill 007-313-6867

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EXAMINATIONS:There are two examinations for the book in this course. The midterm exam will cover Chapters 1-5. The final exam will cover Chapters 6-10.

GRADING: You will receive a pass/fail on the Learning Portfolio and a letter grade on the final exam. The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary. If at any time during this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: All of the assignments for this course are detailed in the classroom. Go back to the classroom page and click on "assignments."

COURSE CONTENT:

1). Management, Free Enterprise, Advertising.
2). Values, Norms and Solving the Ethical Problems.
3). Forbears and Foundations of Business Values.
4). Ideology.
5). Marxist, Individualism and Capitalism.
6). Performance Measures, in Self or Team Work.
7.) Future Values in Business.

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this program, you may contact the instructor at studean@breyerstate.com

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