SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 BUSINESS ETHICS

Instructor: Dr. Michael Payne

[email protected]

Textbook: Ethical Issues in Business, Donaldson & Werhane, 8th ed. 2008

Course Description

This course provides a basic introduction to ethical issues in the business world, which includes the developing global, international business world. It must be emphasized that because the business world is now so large and still developing, the course provides no more than an introduction to the enormously complex ethical issues in the business world today. It is the general goal of the course to explain and to critically examine some of these ethical issues. You will be expected to think for yourself and defend your views or positions on the ethical issues.

Requirements

The course is divided into three sections. There are assigned readings in the textbook for each section . You will be given questions on each assigned reading.

For each section of the course, there is a test. There are 3 tests. Each test will consist of your answers to the questions given on the assigned readings for each section.

Each test will be worth one-third of your grade in the course.

You must send your tests to my address listed above under my name.

The test must be in Word.

You must meet the due dates. There will a reduction of one letter grade for each day late.

Plagiarism will result in “F” for the course. You must do your own work.

A 93-100 B+ 87-89 C+ 77-79 D 60-69

A- 90-92 B 83-86 C 73-76

B- 80-82 C- 70-72

Assignments

Introduction (1)

Nozick (232)

Case (21)

Friedman (34)

Freeman (39)

Solomon (66)

McCoy (287)

TEST #1 Due: May 28

Case (101)

Case (136)

Case (151)

Case (156)

Smith (163)

Carnegie (172)

Case (177)

Case (250)

TEST #2 Due: June 10

Case (433)

Case (437)

Case (459)

DeGeorge (463)

Case (491)

Case (513)

Case (565)

TEST #3 Due: June 24

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Test #1 Due: May 28 Phl 313

1. Nozick

a. Explain his principles of justice.

b. Explain his view of rights.

c. Explain his Wilt Chamberlain (Wilt) example.

2. Friedman

a. Explain his position on the responsibility of the manager.

b. Explain how he defends his view of the manager.

3. Freeman

a. Explain his criticism of the dominant model of business.

b. Explain how he defends his view of managing for stakeholders.

4. Solomon

a. Explain his Aristotelian approach to business ethics.

b. Explain why he rejects Rationalist/Universalist approaches.

5. McCoy

a. Explain the moral issues in McCoy’s parable.

b. Critically evaluate his view of “the lesson of the Sadhu.”

6. Fuller

a. Explain the moral issue(s) in the Fuller case.

b. Explain how the Fuller case should be resolved.