Course title
40004600
Business Ethics

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Course description
Business ethics is a branch of applied ethics treating ethical issues concerning business practice. In this course, those ethical issues concerning business are discussed by examining particular examples mainly from a philosophical point of view.
Purpose of class
This course aims to obtain an overview of ethical issues actual business practices may be concerned with. Through learning different theories and approaches to ethical problems concerning business. By examining different solutions to those ethical issues, students are expected to develop their own moral standpoints.
Goals and objectives
  1. To explain issues in business ethics
  2. To discuss ethical issues concerning business from different points of views.。
  3. To explain their own ethical standpoints concerning business ethics clearly
Language
Japanese(English accepted)
Class schedule

 Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Introduction Reading the course syllabus 40minutes
2. Why business ethics? Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
3. Business and normative ethics (utilitarianism) Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
4. Business and normative ethics (non-consequentialism) Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
5. Justice and business ethics Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
6. Distribution and inequity Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
7. A libertarian approach Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
8. What we really want Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
9. Ethics in economic activities Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
10. Capitalism Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
11. Problems in the market economy Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
12. Corporations Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
13. Stockholders versus stakeholders Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
Preparing for the final 90minutes
14. Final
Review 		Reading handouts and composing a lecture note 90minutes
Reexamine problems and questions from the last lecture 90minutes
Preparing for the final 90minutes
Total. - - 2560minutes
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

 classroom assignemnt Final Total.
1. 40% 40%
2. 10% 20% 30%
3. 20% 10% 30%
Total. 30% 70% -
Evaluation method and criteria
Final 70%, classroom assignments 70%
Textbooks and reference materials
N/A. Lecture slides will be available online.
Prerequisites
N/A
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • Office hours: Wednesday lunch break
    Preferred contact method: email
Relation to the environment
Environment-related course (10%)
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
  • Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
Active-learning course
More than one class is interactive
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