This course covers the internal and external environments affecting the enterprise. Emphasis is placed on the Philippine setting. Topics include aspects and levels of the business environment, environment constraints, current business challenges, business ethics, responsibility and compliance. A discussion of the business code of ethics is likewise presented.

 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES   1.       To increase your understanding of the tasks of the ideal manager   2.       To develop the capacity to identify salient moral issues and to reason carefully about ethical analysis in “messy” situations;     3.       To convince the student of the essential role of corporate social responsibility in the conduct of business enterprise;   4.       To apply and/or implement the principles and concepts of moral reasoning through both case analyses and social change programs;   5.       To better equip the student to integrate his/her personal ethical ideal with a successful business career.   6.       To develop sensitivity to the ethical implications of business practices pertinent to the current context and demands of Philippine Business

VALUE OBJECTIVES   Concern for others; Responsibility; Social involvement; Cooperation; Awareness: Objectivity Dignity; Self-worth Critical Thinking Creativity Open-mindedness Solidarity; Integration.

 

 

 

This course is a blend of theoretical and operational materials. It invites you to consider the broader and deeper purposes of business activities. It asks you to inform yourself about the ethical context in which the business operates. It may cause you to think about your own personal values and how they are related to your everyday world. It should challenge your commitments, whatever they are and wherever they may be located on the ideological spectrum from left to right. You should emerge from the course with a heightened appreciation of the overall importance of ethical conduct in the larger society and a better grasp of what it takes- in both policy and operational terms- to conduct ethical business in this society at this point in our history.

 

The course will also offer a variety of references and packets of readings as we progress in class discussions.

 

 

·         Attend all classes

·         Read the assigned materials before classes;

·         Solve the assigned problems for “class discussion” before classes;

·         Hand-in homework on time;

·         Participate in class discussions;

·         Think creatively, do not merely memorize;

·         Learn to apply the learned technique on similar situations;

·         Attend all exams, as scheduled.

 

 

2/3 Class Average + 1/3 Final Exam = Final Grade

 

·         Class Average Component

 

Class Discussion Participation                                                                                                           20%

Assignments (in good form, complete & on time)                                                                               20%

Quizzes and case Analyses                                                                                                                20%

Individual and Group Project                                                                                                          40%

                                                                                                                                                     100%

 

·         Final Examination

A comprehensive final examination will be given at the end of the semester.

 

Manuel Velasquez

Singapore

Pearson International Edition

2006

Maximiano, Jose Mario

Pasig City

Anvil publishing

2001