Ethics In Management –

phl323

(3 credits)

This course provides opportunities for the analysis and synthesis of the role of ethics in the organization. Emphasis is placed on the way ethics affect thinking, relationship development, policy formation, and professional conduct in the workplace. Students develop the skills to understand and integrate constructive ethics into practices that support the success of the employee and the organization.

This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Introduction to Business Ethics
- Explain the necessity for managing business ethics, its direction, and its goals.
- Identify reasons why ethics are important to individuals, organizations, and society.
- Define ethics, ethical system, morals, values, and ethical business behavior.
Personal Ethics in Business
- Explain common personal perspectives of ethical situations.
- Analyze right and wrong decisions based on prescriptive and psychological approaches.
Managerial Ethics
- Identify typical ethical problems of managers.
- Recognize differences in ethical behavior and responsibility between an employee and a manager.
Organizational Ethics
- Identify ethical problems for an organization with stakeholders, consumers, employees, shareholders, and the community.
- Analyze the effect of organizational culture on its ethical system and the ethical system of its employees.
- Evaluate an organization’s strategy for managing ethics and legal compliance.
Ethics in a Global Business Environment
- Analyze ethical situations arising from foreign business assignments.
- Evaluate the effect of globalization on organizational ethics.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Ethics In Management –

phl323

Introduction to Business Ethics

Personal Ethics in Business

Managerial Ethics

Organizational Ethics

Ethics in a Global Business Environment

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