Description

The purpose of this course is to enable education seekers to reason about the role of ethics in business administration in a complex, dynamic, global environment. Ethics is an ongoing conversation about human interrelationships, so ethics is as much a part of management as finance, accounting, and organizational behavior. Ethics concerns how our actions affect each other, and it is about the choices we make for ourselves and for others.

Our focus will be on cases without easy answers, we will try to find some viable alternatives in extremely difficult situations, and we will develop reasoning skills to defend these alternatives from a managerial perspective. Please note that the purpose of this course is not to teach ethics, but rather to offer a foundation in ethical thoughts followed by a variety of perspectives on difficult ethical dilemmas that we all face in our daily management practices. We will examine methods by which we analyze these problems and decide upon the best course of action. Therefore, it is important to understand how to recognize ethical problems, conduct an ethical analysis, and rely on your personal values.

Note: This course may be completed as part of the Authentic Leadership and Business Ethics.

Key Topics

  • Ethical Leadership Habits

  • Self-Awareness

  • Personal Growth

  • Ethical Thought

  • Analyzing Personal Values

Course Modules

Social Responsibility

  • Building Commitment and Effort Within an Organization

  • Corporate Social Responsibility

  • The Impact of Money on the Decision-making Process

Ethical Leadership

  • Ethics on Different Levels (Personal, Organizational, Industry, and Societal)

  • Social and Ethical Relativism
  • Caring and Virtue Ethics
  • Servant Leadership

Course Format

100% online, led by instructor

On-demand access, 15 weeks to complete

5-6 hours of content & interactive learning assignments

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Who Would Benefit:

This course is designed for managers and leaders at any level who want to create a strong culture of ethical practices within their organization.

Benefits to Employers

  • Create a culture of ethical decision making and problem solving
  • Identify and solve ethical conflicts in your organization
  • Foster operation-wide integrity, trust, and accountability
  • Improve employee morale and loyalty

Benefits to Employees

  • Understand how your leadership style is reflected in employee morals and behavior
  • Improve employee morale and loyalty
  • Gain greater confidence making difficult decisions
  • Learn strategies for assessing complex ethical dilemmas

Eccles Executive Education is recognized by SHRM to offer SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). This class is valid for 6 PDCs. For more information, please visit shrmcertification.org.

Faculty

Dr. Abe Bakhsheshy

Dr. Abe Bakhsheshy
Dr. Abe is the David Eccles School of Business Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Director and Professor (Lecturer) of Organizational Behavior in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy. Along with his academic qualifications, he has more than 35 years of management and leadership experience, including seven years of executive-level position experience in overseas work with multinational corporations.