BUSS215 - Business Ethics
BUSS215 - Business Ethics | |
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Course Number | BUSS215 |
Number of Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Subject | Business |
Taught at | Olayan School of Business |
Course Description
This is an introductory course that provides students with an overview of business ethics at the individual, organizational, and societal level. Issues such as corruption, sexual harassment, fair trade, fraud, whistle-blowing, corporate social responsibility, ethical norms, ethical values, environmental responsibility and many more will be examined both in the international as well as local Lebanese context. Ultimately, the course is designed to not only introduce students to a wide array of current ethical issues in business but to also foster skills related to critically analyzing the ethical and social dimensions of business-related problems in order to build more ethically-informed rationales for decision making.
Topical Coverage
Ethics and Business, Frameworks for Ethical Decision Making, Philosophical Ethics and Business, Corporate Culture and Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Employer Responsibilities and Employee Rights, Technology and Privacy, Marketing and Ethics, Business and Environment, Corporate Governance.
Learning Goals
BUSS215_B-LG1: Professional Business Competence, BUSS215_B-LG3: Ethics, BUSS215_B-LG6: Global Business Environment
Specific Learning Objectives
BUSS215_B-LG1.1: Professional Business Competence, BUSS215_B-LG3.1: Ethics, BUSS215_B-LG6.1: Global Business Environment
Prerequisite Courses
MNGT215 - Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior
Required Academic Standing
Corequisite Courses
Optional Prerequisite Courses
Optional Corequisite Courses
Instructional Methodology
Lecture, Class Discussion, Student Presentation, Student Critical Reflection, Student Paper, Individual Case Study, Group Case Study
Performance Evaluation
BUSS215_Critical Reflection, BUSS215_Midterm, BUSS215_Project (Group Work), BUSS215_Final Exam, BUSS215_Attendance, BUSS215_In-Class Participation