BUS200: Business Ethics Specialist Course

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About Course

Corporate governance, insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary obligations are just a few of the potentially contentious topics that are studied in terms of business ethics. Everyone in an organization, regardless of position, needs to understand business ethics and how they can play a part in fostering a culture of responsibility and safety. Integrity and corporate social responsibility are just a couple of the topics you’ll learn about in this course. As you gain knowledge about ethical conundrums, you’ll also learn how to apply critical thinking to their resolution. You will learn the foundations of business ethics as they are applied in the modern world from a variety of angles in this course.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Ethical Business in Ancient Athens
  • Ethical Advice for Nobles and Civil Servants in Ancient China
  • Comparing the Virtue Ethics of East and West
  • The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number (Utilitarianism)
  • Deontology - Ethics as Duty
  • A Theory of Justice or Justice Theory
  • Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders
  • Adopting a Stakeholder Orientation
  • Weighing Stakeholder Claims
  • Ethical Decision-Making and Prioritizing Stakeholders
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Corporate Law and Corporate Responsibility
  • Sustainability - Business and the Environment
  • Government and the Private Sector
  • Employer/Employee Obligations
  • The Workplace Environment and Working Conditions
  • What is a Fair Wage?
  • Organizing the Workforce
  • Privacy in the Workplace
  • Company Loyalty
  • Brand Loyalty and Customer Loyalty
  • Positive Work Atmosphere
  • Financial Integrity
  • Criticism of the Company and Whistleblowing
  • Business Ethics in an Evolving Environment
  • Committing to an Ethical View
  • Becoming an Ethical Professional
  • Making a Difference in the Business World
  • Do Ethics Still Matter?
  • & more

Course Content

Module 1: Why Ethics Matters

  • Introduction into Business Ethics
    00:00
  • Being a Professional of Integrity
    00:00
  • Ethics and Profitability
    00:00
  • Ethical Standards
    00:00
  • Understanding Ethics
    00:00
  • Ethics and Responsibility
    00:00
  • What is Ethics?
    00:00
  • Challenge 1

Module 2: Ethics from Antiquity to the Present
From ancient Greece to ancient China, ethics has played a significant role in developing individual character and social rankings. In this unit, you will examine the evolution of ethics from Ancient Greece and China and compare eastern and western virtue ethics. We will also introduce the concept of utilitarianism, deontology of ethics as a duty, and theories of justice.

Module 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders
If you were operating as a US company executive in a country where the practice of stoning still existed, and you were forced to attend such an event or risk the loss of a major deal for your company, would you attend the stoning? That is a real-life scenario that happened to a female executive negotiating an agreement in a foreign country. Stoning would be considered a human rights violation in the US. However, in that particular country, the practice of stoning is entirely legal, and failure to attend could be viewed as an insult, thereby jeopardizing the deal. This is just one example of a situation, particularly as we find ourselves expanding in the global marketplace, where legal compliance and ethical decision-making aren't black and white issues. In this unit, you will learn about stakeholder orientation and claims, ethical decision-making, and corporate social responsibility as it relates to corporate law, the environment, and the public and private sectors.

Module 4: Employer/Employee Obligations
The employer/employee relationship is complex in terms of its mutual dependency. Each side has obligations to the other to ensure shared success overall. The concepts of honesty, integrity, and respect for one another play a substantial role in ethical behavior regardless of position.

Module 5: Recognizing and Respecting the Rights of Everyone
This is an excellent example of ethical decision-making and considering the culture where business is conducted. Every culture has its own traditions and perspectives, and we must be mindful of those differences and ensure that the policies in the workplace embrace or at the very least consider those perspectives.

Module 6: Future Trends
Creating a system of ethical concepts that considers the future can be a daunting prospect. Ethical managers must consider that new business models may be driven by technological advances, including the use of artificial intelligence and telecommuting. With the advent of "workplace campuses", which include exceptional comforts like employee housing, we must understand the role of ethics in the workplace and our role in an ethical environment.

Module 7: Why Ethics Still Matter
When taking an ethics course, you need to understand that "just because it's right, doesn't make it legal; and just because it's legal, doesn't make it right".

Final Assessment + Professional Diploma