BUSS215 - Business Ethics

BUSS215 - Business Ethics
Course Number	BUSS215
Number of Credit Hours	3
Course Subject
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

Understanding Ethics, Theological vs Philosophical Ethics, Frameworks for Ethical Decision Making, Defining Business Ethics, Organizational Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Blowing the Whistle, Ethics & Technology, Ethics & Globalization, Doing what’s right in a Competitive Market

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

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