COMM 477 - Prof Communication Ethics

Institution:

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Subject:

Communication

Description:

An examination of professional communication ethics in the organizational context, focusing on important issues, problems, and concepts. This course is designed to help students become conscious of the role of values in a wide range of professional communication situations; to locate organizational behavior in an ethical framework based on considered definitions, standards, perspectives, and criteria for evaluation and analysis; to consider individuals as well as organizations as moral agents in a changing and complex universe; and to analyze topical cases on emergent issues in communication ethics. Some sample topics: ethics in decision-making and conflict-resolution; privacy and confidentiality; sexual harassment; whistleblowing; the "engineering" of consent; corporate image and ethos; issues in documentation, record-keeping, and technology; "issues management" and corporate responsibility; groupthink; obedience and personal responsibility; employee socialization. Students cannot receive credit for both COMM 477 and COMM 577. (OC).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umd.umich.edu/

Phone Number:

(313) 593-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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