Course Summary
Learn about ethical issues and dilemmas that businesses face, and how to navigate them through this course. You'll gain a deeper understanding of the role of ethics in business and develop critical thinking skills to make ethical decisions.Key Learning Points
- Explore the impact of ethical issues on business decisions and stakeholders
- Learn ethical decision-making frameworks and their applications
- Examine the role of corporate social responsibility and sustainability in business
Related Topics for further study
- Ethical decision-making
- Corporate social responsibility
- Sustainability
- Stakeholder management
- Business impact
Learning Outcomes
- Understand ethical issues and dilemmas that businesses face
- Develop critical thinking skills to make ethical decisions
- Analyze the role of ethics in business and corporate social responsibility
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic understanding of business concepts
- Willingness to engage in critical thinking and ethical decision-making
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
- Video lectures
- Quizzes
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- Ethics in Action
- Corporate Ethics and Governance
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Description
Global business ethics is the study and analysis of how ethics and global business are connected. How we should treat each other and our organizations in global and local contexts is the topic of this course. Business ethics and corporate responsibility are inherent in global commerce. Commerce is about markets, and markets entail exchanges between people and groups of people. So commerce is about human relationships, and indeed, it could not be otherwise.
Outline
- Course Orientation & Module 1 Is Ethics Part of Business?
- Welcome to Global Impact: Business Ethics
- 1-1.1: Case Study: Merck and River Blindness
- 1-1.2: Ethical Theories and Their Contributions to Decision-Making
- 1-1.3: Merck and Moral Reasoning
- 1-1.4: Merck's Decision
- Like this course? Learn more with the iMBA! (Optional)
- Syllabus
- About the Discussion Forums
- Glossary
- Brand Descriptions
- Updating Your Profile
- Module 1 Overview
- Module 1 Readings
- Orientation Quiz
- Module 1 Quiz
- Module 2: Stakeholder Theory: Bayer CropScience in India
- 2-1.1: Stakeholder Theory Introduction
- 2-1.2: Bayer Crop Science and the Issue of Child Labor
- 2-1.3: Stakeholder Theory
- 2-1.4: Rights and Justice in Stakeholder Theory
- 2-1.5: Bayer Crop Science and a Framework for Moral Reasoning
- Module 2 Overview
- Module 2 Readings
- Module 2 Quiz Over Lectures and Readings
- Module 3: In Rome should we do as the Romans do?
- 3-1.1: Resolving the Bayer CropScience Dilemma
- 3-1.2: What Price Safety?
- 3-1.3a: The Issue(s) of Relativism Part. 1
- 3-1.3b: The Issue(s) of Relativism Part. 2
- 3-1.4: A Social Contracts Approach to Relativism in Global Commerce
- 3-1.5: A Social Contract's Approach to Relativism in Global Commerce Review
- Module 3 Overview
- Module 3 Readings
- Module 3 Quiz Over Lectures and Readings
- Module 4: Why Do Good People and Good Organizations do Bad Things?
- 4-1.1: Why do good people and good organizations do bad things?
- 4-1.2: The Volkswagen Problem
- 4-1.3: How Can We Explain the Volkswagen Issue?
- 4-1.4: Obedience to Authority
- 4-1.5: Developing Moral Courage and Moral Imagination
- Gies Online Programs
- Module 4 Overview
- Module 4 Readings
- Congratulations!
- Module 4 Quiz Over Lectures and Readings
Summary of User Reviews
Discover the importance of business ethics with this comprehensive course on Coursera. Users have praised the practical approach that the course takes in teaching the topic, and the engaging and knowledgeable instructor.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
Practical approach to teaching business ethicsPros from User Reviews
- Engaging and knowledgeable instructor
- Practical applications of course material
- Relevant and up-to-date content
- Interactive and collaborative learning environment
Cons from User Reviews
- Some users found the course to be too basic
- Lengthy course materials
- Limited opportunity for one-on-one interaction with the instructor
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