Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
WALM-0045
Organization:
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
6 weeks (40 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Ethics
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to enable students to examine contemporary ethical issues and challenges existing throughout the professional business arena. Emphasis will be placed upon the manager's ethical and environmental responsibilities to a wide variety of stakeholders, including employees, customers and the public. Ethical challenges and decision-making contexts and approaches at the personal, organizational and societal levels will be explored. Student engagement in real-world applications and issues are a critical portion of the course.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Interpret ethical challenges in today's retail environment
  • Explain the various theories of ethics
  • Apply ethical principles to solve ethical dilemmas
  • Illustrate the characteristics of ethical retail companies
  • Give example of the characteristics of ethical retail employees and managers

General Topics:

  • An introduction to ethics
  • Utilitarian and Kantian ethics
  • Aristotelian ethics
  • Challenges of environmentalism and feminism
  • Challenge of multiculturalism
  • Ethics in the workplace
  • Application of steps involved in ethical decision making
  • Evaluate the moral obligations of businesses to the consumer and stakeholders
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers
Supplemental Materials