SYLLABUS

Re: BUAD4334-SA01 Business Ethics

1. Wayland Baptist University, San Antonio Campus, School of Business

2. Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging,

learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong learning, and service to God and humankind.

3. Course: BUAD 4334 – SA01, Business Ethics

4. Term: Fall 2009: August 17 – October 31, 2009

5. Instructor: April Dyer

6. Office Email: AprilArm@sbcglobal.net

7. Office Hours, Building, and Location: By Appointment

8. Class Meeting Time and Location: Wednesday, 6:00 – 10:10 p.m.

Randolph Air Force Base, Building 208, Room 37

9. Catalog Description: Offers an in-depth investigation of the characteristics of ethical and effective management, including an assessment of leadership styles within the context of a Christian value system. Ethical reasoning is developed and applied to a variety of business situations.

10. Prerequisites: See Course Catalog

11. Required Textbook and Resources:

BOOK	AUTHOR	ED	YEAR	PUBLISHER	ISBN#	SEMESTER
Business Ethics	Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell	7th	2008	Houghton Mifflin	0-618-74934-9	Fall 09

12. Optional Materials: None.

13. Course Outcome Competencies:

• Identify, analyze, and understand how businesspeople make ethical decisions and deal with ethical issues.
• Identify ethical issues and understand how society, through the legal system, has attempted to hold organizations responsible for managing these issues.
• Explore the role of moral philosophies and moral development as individual factors in the ethical decision-making process.
• Understand the importance of business ethics.
• Explore stakeholder relationships, social responsibility, and corporate governance.
• Explore emerging business ethics issues
• Understand the institutionalization of business ethics.
• Understand ethical decision making and ethical leadership.
• Understand individual factors such as moral philosophies and values.
• Understand organization factors such as the role of ethical culture and relationships.
• Understand the implementation of business ethics in a global economy.

14. Attendance Requirements: Attendance is mandatory. If a student wishes to have an absence “excused”, they must advise the instructor via email only. (Please see email address listed above.) Per University Policy, any student who misses twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings may fail the class.

15. Disability Statement: “It is university policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the university.”

16: Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:

Examinations: Initial (Test 1), mid-semester (Test 2), and final (Test 3) - (60% of the final grade).

Examination material includes, but is not limited to, class discussions; reading

assignments; assigned material from the Textbook and classroom lectures.

Research Project: Each student shall submit a research paper on a business ethics topic approved of by the

Instructor. The research paper shall not exceed eight (8) pages in length, excluding title

page and bibliography. The paper should be double-spaced, with standard one-inch

margins. The paper must cite to at least five (5) sources but no more than two (2)

electronic (internet based) sources. The font should be 12-point, Times New Roman. Pages

should be numbered at the bottom right hand corner of each page. Students should refer to

the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for further detail.

Each student will give a five (5) minute, summarized version of the paper during the last

class meeting. (20% of the final grade).

Attendance and

Participation: Mandatory attendance and participation policy (10% of the final grade). A signature sheet will be available. All reading assignments must be completed prior to class.

Case Study: Each student shall complete a Case Study as assigned by the Instructor. In a typed two (2) page document, students will summarize the case; complete the questions and present their case to the class. The class presentation should not exceed 10-15 minutes. (10% of the final grade).

Evaluation: Final grades are based on the following scale: A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69. Students must receive a passing score in all of the areas mentioned above.

*All assignments/exams are due on the date given below in hard-copy form.

17. Tentative Schedule:

*Students must complete assignments prior to class.

Wednesday, August 19^th FIRST CLASS; Course Overview

Wednesday, August 26^th Chapters 1-2; Case Studies 1 & 2

Wednesday, September 2^nd Chapter 3; Case Study 3 & 4

Wednesday, September 9^th Test 1 (Chapters 1-3); Chapter 4; Case Studies 5 & 6

Wednesday, September 16^th Chapter 5; Case Studies 7 & 8

Wednesday, September 23^rd Chapter 6; Case Studies 9 & 10

Wednesday, September 30^th Chapter 7; Case Studies 11 & 12

Wednesday, October 7^th Test 2 (Chapters 4-7); Chapter 8; Case Studies 13 & 14; Research outline due.

Wednesday, October 14^th Chapter 9; Case Studies 15 & 16

Wednesday, October 21^st Chapter 10; Case Studies 17 & 18

Wednesday, October 28^th LAST DAY OF CLASS; Test 3; Research project due; Presentation of research topics.

18. Disclaimer: The views and comments of the instructor should not be attributed to Wayland Baptist University. The opinions expressed do not constitute legal advice in any way, shape or form.