SYLLABUS

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: Summer 2009

5. Instructor: Dr. Phillip A. Middleton

6. Office Phone and email: (210) 695-1971; pmiddleton@satx.rr.com

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

8. Class Meeting Time and Location: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 10:10 p.m., Randolph AFB, Building 208, Room 29

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: None

11. Required Textbook and Resources: Business Ethics, Ethical Decision Making and Cases, Seventh Edition, Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

12. Optional Materials: None

13. Course Outcome Competencies:

· Study the business ethics issues and definitions, theories, and frameworks important to organizational ethical decision making;

· Use knowledge to develop boundaries of your own personal ethical boundaries;

· Identify the role of stakeholder interest and recognize ethical issues in business;

· Understand the interrelationship of ethics and social responsibility;

· Gain confidence using oral skills to relate the issues of an ethical controversy in business to moral philosophy, work group influence, corporate culture, and social responsibility;

· Identify means to resolve ethical disputes in business;

· Examine the consequences of unethical/ethical business decisions;

· Objectively listen and evaluate the thought process and ethical differences of others;

· Understand the role of corporate governance and corporate culture in ethical decision making;

· Decide what is important for you to take from this class – and then learn it!

14. Attendance Requirements: Regular attendance is essential to success in this class. Because we will meet only once each week, classroom time is at a premium. Thus, classes will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. Please be in your seat and prepared to participate at that time. I will be.

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: Each chapter of the text begins with a section entitled “An Ethical Dilemma.” Beginning with class session #2, you will be required to read that section of the chapter and prepare to respond to the questions that appear at the end of that section in class. In addition, I will assign a weekly case study from Part Five of the text. You will be required to prepare written responses to the questions that appear at the end of each case study, and submit your responses to me at the end of each class period. Case study responses will be worth 10 points each. Please keep your written responses to one typewritten page.

Your final grade will be determined from your scores on the (1) Mid-Term Examination, (2) Final Examination, (3) weekly written responses to the cases studies and (4) class participation. Each exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions worth 2 points each. Please purchase Scantron® cards for use on these exams. Weekly written responses to the case studies are worth 10 points each. Class participation is worth a total of 50 points, half of which (25 points) will be based on class attendance. The maximum number of points available to be earned for the term is 320, broken down as follows:

Mid-Term Exam 100 points

Final Exam 100 points

Case studies 70 points

Class participation 50 points

Total 320 points

17. Tentative Schedule: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments)

#	Date	Topic	Assignment
1	5/28	Chapter 1	Course Introduction; Importance of Business Ethics
2	6/4	Chapter 6	Individual Moral Philosophies & Values; Case #1
3	6/11	Chapter 3	Emerging Business Ethics Issues; Case #12
4	6/18	Chapter 5	Ethical Decision Making & Leadership; Case #10
5	6/25	Chapters 1, 6, 3 & 5	Mid-Term Examination
6	7/2	Chapter 2	Stakeholders & Corporate Governance; Case #3
7	7/9	Chapter 7	Organizational Factors; Case #18
8	7/16	Chapter 4	Institutionalization of Business Ethics; Case #13
9	7/23	Chapter 8	Developing an Effective Ethics Program; Case #15
10	7/30	Chapter 10	Business Ethics in a Global Economy
11	8/6	All Chapters	Final Examination

18. Additional information as desired by the faculty member:

No extra credit will be offered for this class. A makeup exam may be offered for the Mid-Term, but must be

scheduled to occur before the exam is offered to the rest of the class. Prior approval from me is required before

you will be offered any opportunity for a makeup.

Classroom courtesies: Use of cell phones, pagers or text messaging devices during class is prohibited. All such

devices must be turned off or placed in silent mode during class. During testing situations, use of cell phones or

text messaging may be considered a form of academic dishonesty subject to sanctions under the University’s

policy on academic dishonesty. Please do not bring food into the classroom. Drinks with lids or caps are

acceptable. No use of tobacco products of any kind (including smokeless tobacco) is allowed in the classroom

at any time.