Course Overview
This course prepares students to make ethical decisions when faced with difficult business situations. It features the EthicsGame: Hot Topics™, a Web-based simulation that applies four traditional ethical theories (lenses) to actual business scenarios:
- Kant – Rights and Responsibilities
- Mill – Results
- Rawls – Relationships
- MacIntyre – Reputation
The course project, The EthicsGame™ Simulation: Exploring Ethics in Business Situations, offers students the opportunity to act in a manager’s role by analyzing ethical situations and making actionable decisions in a simulated company. Students submit a final report describing the organizational culture, perceived ethical climate, processes by which ethical decisions were made within the company and recommendations for the future.
Course Learning Objectives
- Learn to recognize the predominant ethical theories that have affected business in a historical and cultural context.
- Use a decision-making model to resolve ethical dilemmas.
- Write an effective memo communicating ethical decisions.
- Consider ethical and policy issues that are critical to becoming an ethical and effective member of the business community.
- Formulate a personal code of ethics that will inform the business decision-making process.
Special Requirements
The materials for this class must be purchased through the JIU bookstore, Follett Virtual Bookstores. Please be aware that a "Game Key" is needed in order to complete course assignments. This will appear as “Core Values Game Key” on the Follett site.
