This is an on-line course with no classroom meetings. Because there are no classroom meetings, computer technology will be used for purposes of communication and team-building. Students will also be doing a bit more writing in this course than they might do in a regular classroom course.

The course will provide students with the conceptual tools for analyzing and resolving ethical issues that arise in business practices. It will explore the qualities necessary for the ethical practices of good managers. Some of the basic issues to be examined will include preparing for business in a global marketplace, the application of the stakeholder theory to environmental concerns, truth-telling in advertising, virtues of managers, employer-employee relations, sexual harassment, consumer safety, etc.

There will be an emphasis on team-building through the use of on-line tools for collaborative writing projects, independent threaded discussions, threaded discussions attached to exams, and chat rooms.

Individual short essays will also be part of the evaluation process.

The particulars of the course will be found on <http://academic.udayton.edu/LawrenceUlrich>. Students are also encouraged to contact the professor by phone, (760) 328-0074 or by e-mail.