Business Ethics

Unit 1: ETHICAL THEORY, PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS, AND TYPES OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS.
A. Defining Ethics.
You, Your Values, and a Credo. The Parable of the Sadhu. What Are Ethics? From Line-Cutting to Kant. The Types of Ethical Dilemmas: From Truth to Honesty to Conflicts.
On Rationalizing and Labeling: The Things We Do That Make Us Uncomfortable, But We Do Them Anyway. The Slippery Slope, the Blurred Lines, and How We Never Do Just One Thing. Hank Greenberg and AIG.
B. Resolving Ethical Dilemmas.
Some Simple Tests for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas. Steps for Analyzing Ethical Dilemmas. The Little School Teacher That Could: Piper Kansas and Term Papers.
The Movie Ticket. Puffing Your R?sum?. Dad, the Actuary, and Stats Class. On Plagiarism. Wi-Fi Piggybacking. The Ethics officer and First Class for TSA. Speeding: On the Roadways and in Life. The Pack of Gum.
Unit II: SOLVING BUSINESS ETHICAL DILEMMAS.
A. Business and Ethics: How Do They Work Together?
What's Different about Business Ethics? The Ethics of Responsibility. Is Business Bluffing Ethical?
B. What Gets in the Way of Ethical Decisions in Business?
How Leaders Lose Their Way: What Price Hubris? Moral Relativism and the Either/Or Conundrum. P=?(x) The Probability of an Ethical Outcome is a Function of the Amount of Money Involved: Pressure. Martha Stewart: Not Such a Good Thing. On Leaving to Spend More Time.
C. Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Business.
The Areas of Ethical Challenges in Business. A Structured Approach for Solving Ethical Dilemmas and Trying Out Your Skills on Some Business Cases. Goldman Sachs: Am I My Clients' Keeper? What Happens in Boulder Stays in Boulder: Cell Phone Alibis. Travel Expenses: A Chance for Extra Income. Do Cheaters Prosper? The Rigged Election.
West Virginia University and the Governor's Daughter.
UNIT III: BUSINESS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, and SUSTAINABILITY.
A. Business and Society: The Tough Issues of Economics, Social Responsibility, and Business. The Social