PHIL400 FA26 [UHP only]
PHIL400: Business Ethics
Dr. John Vella
Section 07 [UHP only]
Mondays & Wednesdays · 12:30–1:45pm · ED2–174
Ethics is a branch of philosophy. Normative ethics is primarily about the moral standards of rightness and wrongness that govern action. By contrast, applied ethics is concerned with the practical application of normative ethics—that is, with the deployment of normative concepts in present and future situations, and with an eye toward determining what agents ought to do in their workaday circumstances. Among these applications is business ethics, which is the philosophical study of the applied ethical dimensions of productive organizations and commercial activities.
Business Ethics investigates the practical application of normative ethics to real-world issues in business professions. Leaders and employees in business face a host of ethical issues. This course seeks to provide a normative ethical framework to help professional businesspeople analyze and resolve the practical ethical challenges they confront.
Notes:
- This course is reserved for students in the University Honors Program (UHP).
- This course is cross-listed with BLAW400, and so satisfies that requirement for any student in the College of Business.
- This course can satisfy GE areas 3 UD / UD C or 4 UD / UD D