SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MODEL COURSE SYLLABUS BUSB 300 (4 units) THE ETHICAL AND LEGAL ENVIRONMENTS OF BUSINESS INSTRUCTOR

Name: E Mail: Phone: Brian H. Kurbjeweit, JD [email protected] !"#!$%# $!&

CATALOG DESCRIPTION B'(B %"" )* units+: E,amination o- moral an. legal business issues in .omestic an. international conte,ts with em/hasis on contem/orar0 /roblems. COURSE OVERVIE AND RATIONALE 1his course /re/ares stu.ents to i.enti-0, criticall0 anal02e, an. a//ro/riatel0 res/on. to contem/orar0 ethical an. legal challenges associate. with business management. B0 e,/loring a number o- concrete /roblems -acing contem/orar0 business managers, stu.ents will sur3e0 the ethical an. legal res/onsibilities that organi2ations ha3e towar. an arra0 o- sta4ehol.ers, e.g., em/lo0ees, customers, local communities, go3ernments, sharehol.ers, an. su//liers. 5t will intro.uce stu.ents to the anal0tical tools, theories, an. .ecision#ma4ing metho.s that hel/ a..ress ethical an. legal /roblems in business. Due to tren.s in globali2ation, s/ecial attention will be /ai. to /roblems that arise in international business. COURSE LEARNING OB!ECTIVES '/on success-ul com/letion o- this course, stu.ents will be able to: $. i.enti-0, anal02e, an. e--ecti3el0 a..ress contem/orar0 legal an. ethical issues in business management, inclu.ing issues with international signi-icance &. .e3elo/ holistic .ecision#ma4ing s4ills where economic, legal, an. ethical consi.erations are thought-ull0 integrate. %. a//l0 ethical theor0 to business .ecision ma4ing *. criticall0 e,amine the law an. its relation to moral stan.ar.s 6. .iscuss im/ortant conce/ts relate. to cor/orate social res/onsibilit0 !. clearl0 an. e--ecti3el0 communicate anal0ses o- these issues MA!OR TOPICS
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1he relationshi/s between business, ethics an. law Ethical .ecision ma4ing an. ethical theor0 :a/italism, /ro/ert0 rights, an. intellectual /ro/ert0 :or/orate social res/onsibilit0 an. citi2enshi/ En3ironmental sustainabilit0 an. global climate change ;ights an. res/onsibilities in em/lo0ment :or/orate :ulture an. 9ea.ershi/ :on-licts o- interest an. /ro-essional res/onsibilities 1ort law, Negligence ;es/onsibilities to consumers, /ro.uct sa-et0, an. mar4eting ;egulation o- business in .omestic an. international conte,ts

RE"UIRED TE#TS Boatright, J. )&"$$+. Ethics and the conduct of business. ) 5(BN: "&"6"6%$%" )Purchase this s/eci-ic e.ition+.
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5- a stu.ent is uncertain about a//ro/riate metho.s o- citation or has a Huestion about the aca.emic honest0 /olic0, it is his or her res/onsibilit0 to see4 gui.ance -rom the instructor, a 'ni3ersit0 o--icial, or another re/utable source. C%u$s& S,2&1u0& S&ssi%n 84 Et2i,+0 D&,isi%n M+?in5 +n1 G%/&$n+n,& in Busin&ss Boatright, :ha/ter % N $% <lbert :arr 8 87s 9usiness 9luffing Ethical:; )e#maile. to 0ou an.?or a3ailable 3ia 5nternet+ Analysis 1 Due 5n a /a/er consisting o- no more than one /age )0ou ma0 single s/ace+ answer the -ollowing Huestions: )$+ Fhat is the author=s major /remiseO, )&+ Fhat reasons .oes the author use to su//ort an. /ro3e that /remiseO, )%+ Do 0ou agree with the author or notO E,/lain wh0. S&ssi%n @4 Int$%1u,ti%n4 L+6) Et2i,s +n1 t2& %$01 %3 Busin&ss Boatright, :ha/ters $ N & Kurbjeweit, Brian )&"" +. 8(aw is the Ethics of <esterday, Ethics is the (aw of 3omorrow.; )e#maile. to 0ou an.?or a3ailable b0 5nternet + Analysis 2 Due 5n a /a/er consisting o- no more than two /ages )0ou ma0 single s/ace+ answer the -ollowing Huestions: )$+ Fhat is the author=s major /remiseO, )&+ Fhat reasons .oes the author use to su//ort an. /ro3e that /remiseO, )%+ Do 0ou agree with the author or notO E,/lain wh0. S&ssi%n 34 C%$7%$+t& S%,i+0 R&s7%nsi-i0it. Boatright, :ha/ter $& S&ssi%n 44 P$%7&$t.) P$i/+,. +n1 C%n30i,ts %3 Int&$&st Boatright, :ha/ters 6 N ! S&ssi%n A4 M+$?&tin5) P$%1u,t Li+-i0it. +n1 Ou$ Cu0tu$& %3 M%n&. Boatright, :ha/ter $" Brian Kurbjeweit, 83he /ole of Ethics and (aw in +o"erning the +ame of 9usiness; )e#maile. to 0ou an.?or a3ailable 3ia 5nternet+. Analysis 3 Due 5n a /a/er consisting o- no more than two /ages )0ou ma0 single s/ace+ answer the -ollowing Huestions: )$+ Fhat is the author=s major /remiseO, )&+ Fhat reasons .oes the author use to su//ort an. /ro3e that /remiseO, )%+ Do 0ou agree with the author or notO E,/lain wh0. S&ssi%n B4 Et2i,+0 +n1 L&5+0 Issu&s in E*70%.*&nt) P+$t 8 Boatright, :ha/ters @ N J

S&ssi%n C4 Et2i,+0 +n1 L&5+0 Issu&s in E*70%.*&nt4 P+$t @ Boatright, :ha/ters * N S&ssi%n D4 Et2i,s +n1 L+6 in Int&$n+ti%n+0 Busin&ss Boatright, :ha/ter $* Term Paper Due 5n an @#$" /age /a/er anal02e the ethical or legal issues a--ecting business an. societ0. Gou might choose an issue a--ecting societ0 such as uni3ersal healthcare, immigration re-orm, tort re-orm, -inancial re-orm, the nee. to mo3e towar. renewable resource consum/tion, bioethics issues )stem cell research+, geneticall0 mo.i-ie. -oo.s, mortgage or other sales in.ustr0 laws an.?or ethics, etc. Minimum ! ;e-erences. But use $"#$&. Don=t ha3e to cite e3er0thing. :an be bac4groun. rea.ing. Gour /a/er shoul. a..ress both the legal an. ethical si.es o- the issue 0ou choose. E,/lain the current legal -ramewor4 in the area. Now e,amine whether or not 0ou belie3e the law go3erning that area is ethical. E,/lain wh0 or wh0 not. Be thorough an. concise at the same time. Presentation Due Gour /resentation shoul. aim -or %#6 minutes o- e,/lanation. 5 .o this because 5 will .ialogue with 0our .uring 0our /resentation an. as4 Huestions as we mo3e along. 1hus, ma4e 0our /oints clear an. concise an. 0et ca/ture the o3erarching themes o- 0our /roject in a wa0 0ou can teach others. 1he wa0 to .o that is to .isco3er an. -ocus on the core /oint o- 0our /a/er, the main thing 0ou learne. while researching an. writing it, an. then teach us that. Fhat is the gol.en nugget o- learning that 0ou ha3e gleane. -rom all o- 0our wor4O 1each us that. /ichard=doyle>redlands.edu