MSD 113 - Business Ethics

Institution:

Southern Crescent Technical College

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Description:

(Prerequisite: Provisional admission) Provides students with an overview of business ethics and ethical manage ment practices, with emphasis on the process of ethical decision-making and working through contemporary ethi cal dilemmas faced by business organizations, managers and employees. The course is intended to demonstrate to the students how ethics can be integrated into strategic business decisions and can be applied to their own careers. The course uses a case study approach to encourage the student in developing analytical, problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills. Topics include: an overview of business ethics; moral development and moral reasoning; personal values, rights, and responsibilities; frameworks for ethical decision-making in business; justice and economic distribution corporations and social respon sibility; corporate codes of ethics and effective ethics pro grams; business and society; consumers and the environ ment; ethical issues in the workplace; business ethics in a global and multicultural environment; business ethics in cyberspace; and business ethics and the rule of law.

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sctech.edu

Phone Number:

(770) 228-7348

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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