BUSINESS ETHICS

Combined Masters/Doctorate Degree in Business Administation

BUS 511

Breyer State University
Instructor: John E. Anderson, M.S.A, B.S. , Assistant Professor

SYLLABUS

COURSE DESCRIPTION: A comprehensive inquiry into the major components of social responsibility including economic, legal, political, ethical and societal issues involving the interaction of business, government and society.

GOALS: This course is designed to assist you in developing the awareness of the major ethical issues which affect business decisions, and to encourage a socially responsible consideration of those issues.

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 textbook for this course.

Book 1: Business and Society, Ethics and Stakeholder Management. By Carroll, Archie B and Buchholtz, Ann K. ISBN # 0-324-00102-9.

This text may be found at your local bookstore. Your local bookstore most often will order it as a special order for you. Or, you may purchase it online from:

Amazon.com at
www.amazon.com

Barnes & Nobel at
www.bn.com

Borders Books at
www.borders.com

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

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

ASSIGNMENTS:

Homework: 40%. Four (4) points for weeks 1-8, and six (6) points for week 9.
Case Study: 30%.
Final Exam: 30%. Multiple Choice.

CLASS POLICY: The class week runs from Monday to Saturday. All work must be turned in by Saturday, Midnight Mountain Standard Time. Late work will not be accepted. You are expected to complete all assignments in a professional manner. Academic honesty is the rule. Plagiarism or cheating will result in an "F" for the assignment and referral to the Breyer State Administration.

CASE STUDY: You will select a case from the text and prepare a 15 page paper. The text highlights the guidelines for analyzing the cases on Page 652. Use the APA http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html format for setting up the paper and use the three bolded headings and the italicized words the text as major headings, sub headings, respectively in your paper.

OBJECTIVE: You should address all four major ethical principles in the text and discuss their applicable relevancy or non relevancy to the case giving supporting reasons in the analysis section of the paper.

WEEKLY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Homework must be sent each Saturday to my e-mail address. Upon regristration, you will receive it.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Recognize and explain the major ethical theories that are used in the decision making process.
2). Explain the basic characteristics of a profession, and provide insights to the ethical codes that make one a professional within a specified field.
3). Understand the basic philosophies of proponents regarding corporate social responsibility.
4). Recognize the pros and cons of both sides of each moral dilemma.
5). Identify the major stakeholders and how they are affected by different ethical philosophies use in decision making.
6). Identify the major ethical issues facing managers in the decision making process.
7). Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using self regulation or government regulation to resolve social issues.
8). Apply the necessary and appropriate steps to reach decisions which are both ethically and socially responsible.

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