BUSINESS ETHICS

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Lower-Level

This course explores the moral dimensions of a variety of society's business and managerial practices. While there will be some discussion of abstract moral or political theorizing, the focus will be on assessing the sorts of concrete choices made in business and related domains. Topics might include, but are not limited to, the nature of competition, the existence of corporations as legal entities, managerial chains of command, marketing and advertising, hiring and firing, strikes and whistleblowers, sustainability, international supply chains, and more.