PHIL 440 - Ethics and the Manager

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Examine how personal ethical outlooks are shaped by life experiences and how bias may impact ethical philosophies or approaches to ethical and moral issues. Explore the use of ethical theories in management decision making. Analyze the ways in which managers navigate the inherent tensions between organizational objectives, legal obligations, ethical behavior, and social responsibility.

Prerequisite: Prerequisite: BASM Dept. Chair permission.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Deconstruct ethical theory by examining frameworks to navigate individual and organizational ethical challenges.
Define personal ethical outlooks and approaches to ethical dilemmas using the intersection of ethical theory and autoethnographies.
Assess the influence of forces such as implicit and explicit bias, resource/profit maximization and social justice on ethical choices by researching the drivers of managerial decisions.
Analyze the legal and ethical implications of contemporary workplace public policy issues (for example, the environment, artificial intelligence), by investigating their evolution and their impact on individual and organizational behavior.

Course Contents

Theoretical ethical perspectives and considerations.
Influence of forces such as implicit and explicit bias, profit maximization and social justice on ethical choices.
Personal ethical outlooks, which recognize and reflect the impact of personal ethnographies.
How personal ethnographies shape individual approaches to ethical dilemmas.
Experience the consequences of ethical decisions within a business context through role play and repeatable decision model.
Shift from individual ethical challenges to those posed by leadership complexity while preserving personal values and ethical standards.

Instructional Units: 5