Jan 02, 2025  
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BA 277 Business Ethics


Lecture Hours: 3
Credits: 3

A comparative study of ethical and economic systems designed to increase decision-making capabilities. Emphasizes issues and policy formation in varied business settings.

Recommended: Placement into WR 121Z  and BA 101Z  with a grade of C or better.

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Identify diverse systems and differing  business environments which require critical judgments. 
  2. Use problem solving skills in the market place. 
  3. Identify complexities of agency, employee, and employer roles, their limits and their opportunities. 
  4. Identify diverse systems and differing  business environments which require critical judgments. 
  5. Use problem solving skills in the market place. 


Content Outline
  • Overview of Business Ethics 
    • Importance of business ethics 
    • Stakeholder relationship, social responsibility, and corporate governance 
  • Ethical Issues and the Institutionalization of business ethics 
    • Emerging business ethics issues 
    • Institutionalization of business ethics 
  • Decision-Making Process 
    • Ethical decision making and ethical leadership 
    • Individual factors: moral philosophies and values 
    • Organizational factors: the role of ethical culture and relationships 
  • Implementing Business Ethics in a Global Economy 
    • Developing an effective ethics program 
    • Managing and controlling ethics programs 
    • Globalization of ethical decision-making