Business Ethics Series

The Business Ethics series provides a common sense, practical approach to doing good work, emphasizing the need for people to prepare in advance for ethical dilemmas. The series takes an honest, realistic view of how managers can help improve ethical behavior in the rushed, output-driven business environment.

Business Ethics Series: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

This video is designed to help you and your organization wade through the ambiguous areas of business ethics. After taking this course, learners will understand the primary principles of and possess strategies for ethical decision making, development, and maintenance.

Topics:

  • Why take an ethics program?
  • Does ethics equal “Doing the right thing?”
  • Why do people break the rules?
  • What are the biggest ethical mistakes?
  • How do people get in trouble?
  • What are the steps towards an ethical workplace?
  • How can you respond to unethical requests?

    • Business Ethics Series: Everyday Ethical Dilemmas

    After taking this course, learners will understand the need for a practical approach to business ethics and how to develop their own personal ethical perspectives.

    Objectives:

  • Develop a personal ethical perspective
  • Evaluate a workplace ethical dilemma
  • Define three classical ethical guidelines
  • Apply ethical guidelines to specific issues

    • Topics:

  • The need for practical business ethics
  • An ethical dilemma
  • The Golden Rule
  • The Public Disclosure test
  • The Universalization test

    • Business Ethics Series: Ethical Dilemmas and the Law

    This course features practical instruction for searching the Internet for legal information relevant to business ethics.

    Objectives:

  • Research legal issues on the Internet
  • Locate legislative statutes, executive orders, court rulings, and administrative regulations

    • Topics:

  • Locating Relevant Laws on the Internet
  • Sophisticated Searches for the Law

    • Business Ethics Series: Individual Values; Organizational Values

    This course focuses on helping learners set and use personal value priorities in their daily lives.

    Objectives:

  • Identify your personal values
  • Establish your personal value priorities
  • Determine how your personal values interact with your professional values
  • Identify your moral principles

    • Topics:

  • Your Personal Value Priorities
  • Individual and Organizational Values
  • Moral Principles

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