3.00 Credits
Relationships between economic decision-makers (business) and the various interests affected by their decisions (society). Emphasis on the ethical dimensions of decision making in business. Specific issues include cultural relativism, social and economic justice, private property and the choice of an economic system, corporate social responsibility, acceptable risks for consumers, acceptable risks to the environment, affirmative action and reverse discrimination, sexual harassment and comparable worth, disclosing and concealing information in sales, insider trading and whistleblowing.