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Syllabus |
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Course number: |
BUS301 |
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Course title: |
Business Ethics |
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Instructor: |
Elizabeth D. Scott |
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For office hours, office location, and contact information, visit the instructor's faculty website http://www.easternct.edu/personal/faculty/scotte/Index.htm |
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Textbook: |
Ethical Theory and
Business, 8th edition, Beauchamp, |
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Other readings will be assigned during the semester. |
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Subscribe to at least two grammar podcasts, blogs, and/or Facebook groups: |
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Grammar grater (http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/podcasts/grammar_grater.xml) |
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Grammar girl (http://www.qdnow.com/grammar.xml) |
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The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (http://spogg.org/) |
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Subscribe to at least two ethics podcasts, blogs, and/or Facebook groups: |
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Ethics bites (http://www.open2.net/pod/ethics.xml) |
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Everyday ethics (http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/northernireland/ethics/rss.xml) |
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The Business Ethics Blog (http://www.businessethics.ca/blog/) |
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Ethics and Compliance Blog (http://www.ethicalleadershipgroup.com/blog/) |
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Ethics Blog (http://www.ruderfinn.com/corporate-public-trust/ethics/ethics-blog/) |
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This syllabus is not a contract, but instead a roadmap of where I hope to go during the semester. It may change during the semester. Listen in class and check Blackboard for changes. |
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Course Description |
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In this course, students who are already familiar with the core areas of business administration and the ethical issues faced in those areas will engage in writing intensive examination of classical and modern approaches to business ethics and exploration of their own moral values. |
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Prerequisites |
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ACC 202 |
Principles of Managerial Accounting |
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BUS 225 |
Principles of Marketing |
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BUS 230 |
Principles of Management |
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BUS 245 |
Business Finance |
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BUS 260 |
Operations Management |
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ENG 100, 100P, or 200 Writing |
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Course Objectives |
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To expose students to classical and modern approaches to business ethics and encourage them to explore their own moral values as they apply to business settings. |
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To enhance students’ abilities to recognize ethical issues when they arise in business settings. |
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To provide students practice in articulating, supporting, and defending their own moral values in the face of peer and institutional pressure. |
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To provide students practice in recognizing and understanding the moral values of others they may encounter in business situations. |
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To provide practice in writing tasks similar to those faced in business settings. |
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Grading Policies |
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Students will be graded based on their written and oral participation in class and their completion of several writing and peer review assignments each week. Because this course responds to current events and to writing needs identified during the semester, this syllabus does not establish the exact number and type of assignment. Students must attend class and check Blackboard regularly to stay abreast of course requirements. There will be approximately 30 individual writing assignments over the semester, ten individual oral presentations (eight 1 minute, one 5 minute and one 15 minute), and five group presentations. Assignments may be based on a class activity – it is the student's responsibility to make arrangements to obtain any handouts or notes from a classmate. Late written assignments will not be accepted. Students should pay close attention to assignment due dates. Most assignments will be due during the week between classes. If the student is unable to make a scheduled oral presentation, it is the student's responsibility to find 5 classmates willing to form an audience for the presentation outside of regular class time and to videotape the presentation in a way that allows it to be evaluated. Each student will receive 5 free points for the semester. The student may apply them to missed assignments or to boost his or her grade. |
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Academic Integrity |
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All individual projects must be the work product of the individual who submits it. All group projects must be the work product of the group which submits it. All sources must be properly acknowledged. Quotation marks must surround any string of 4 or more words used verbatim from a source. Penalties, including failure in the course and recommended dismissal from the program, will be assessed upon violation of this policy. |
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Students are encouraged to use the support offered by the |
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Disability Statement |
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If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need accommodations for this class, it is your responsibility to contact the Office of AccessAbility Services at 465-0189. To avoid any delay in the receipt of accommodations, you should contact the Office of AccessAbility Services as soon as possible. Please note that I cannot provide accommodations based upon disability until I have received an accommodation letter from the Office of AccessAbility Services. Your cooperation is appreciated. |
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Course outline |
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Ethics Topic |
Writing Topic |
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1/27/09 |
Personal views of ethics |
Instruction sheets, Procedures, Policies |
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2/3/09 |
Utilitarianism and Stakeholder analysis Chapters 1 & 2 |
Application letter, Reference letter, Resignation letter |
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2/10/09 |
Values and character |
Job descriptions, contracts, performance appraisal, advertisement |
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2/17/09 |
Kantian ethics |
Summary, analysis, comparison, decision memo |
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2/24/09 |
Justice and care Chapter 10 |
Survey |
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3/3/09 |
Ethics in the workplace Chapter 3 |
Speech, PowerPoint, Blog |
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3/10/09 |
Bad writing presentations |
To Be Determined |
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3/17/09 |
Ethics in Accounting Chapter 6 |
To Be Determined |
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3/31/09 |
Ethics in Finance Chapter 6 |
To Be Determined |
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4/7/09 |
Ethics in Management Chapter 4 Chapter 7 |
To Be Determined |
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4/14/09 |
Ethics in Marketing Chapter 5 |
To Be Determined |
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4/21/09 |
Ethics in Operations Chapter 8 (environmental issues, supply chain management) |
To Be Determined |
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4/28/09 |
International issues Chapter 9 |
To Be Determined |
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5/5/09 |
Final projects |
To Be Determined |
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5/12/09 |
Final projects |
To Be Determined |