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ACT4253: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Home

Course Description

This course will enable us to improve our ethical decision-making skills and develop the ability to influence others through our thoughts and words. In particular, the course explores ethical decision-making tools that can be used to assess and resolve various ethical dilemmas that are common in our lives and many business organisations. The study also examines the social and ethical issues in the global society in which businesses operate. In addition, this course is a reading-intensive designated course. Please spend time on the readings.
本课程中我们将能提高道德决策技能,并发展通过我们的思想和语言影响他人的能力。特别是,该课程探讨了可用于评估和解决我们生活中和许多商业组织中常见的各种道德困境的道德决策工具。该课程也研究在企业运营的全球社会中存在的社会和道德问题。此外,本课程是一门阅读密集型的课程。请花时间在阅读上面。

Recommended Books

Business ethics : decision making for personal integrity and social responsibility

The fourth edition of Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility, by Hartman, DesJardins, and MacDonald, offers a comprehensive, accessible, and practical introduction to the ethical issues arising in business. The text focuses on real-world ethical decision-making at both the personal and policy levels. It provides us with a decision-making process that can be used in any situation. In addition, practical applications throughout the text show how theories relate to the real world. The fourth edition features thoroughly updated statistics and coverage of timely issues and dilemmas throughout the text. Key Features of the Fourth Edition: Among others, new end-of-chapter readings on "How Bad Management Leads to Bad Ethics," an international perspective on culture, and an Asian perspective on sexual harassment.

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Learning Outcomes

  • Understand concepts associated with business ethics and social responsibility, know the basic principles of stakeholder management, and explain the various elements of the “five universally accepted ethical principles.“
  • Understand the aspects of organizational design that influence a decision-maker in building an ethically defensible resolution to an ethical dilemma.
  • Appreciate the importance of responsible decision-making in society.
  • Enhance an entrepreneurial mind-set for performing corporate social responsibility.