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Addressing Ethical Challenges in Business Operations
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280 students

Addressing Ethical Challenges in Business Operations

Ethical Business Practices
Created byKhawar Nehal
Last updated 7/2025
English
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What you'll learn

  • Understand the fundamental concepts and theories of business ethics.
  • Identify and analyze ethical challenges that commonly arise in business operations.
  • Evaluate the ethical implications of decision-making in different functional areas of business, including finance, marketing, human resources, and operations.
  • Develop strategies to address ethical dilemmas and promote ethical behavior within organizations.
  • Assess the impact of ethical decisions on stakeholders, including employees, customers, suppliers, and the wider community.
  • Apply ethical frameworks and decision-making models to real-world business scenarios.
  • Understand the legal and regulatory frameworks related to business ethics.
  • Explore emerging ethical challenges in areas such as technology, sustainability, and globalization.
  • Enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills in the context of ethical decision-making.

Course content

10 sections • 28 lectures • 1h 38m total length

  • 1.1 Understanding the concept of business ethics21:33

    Explore how ethical business practices guide decisions and stakeholder respect for long-term, sustainable growth. Learn about integrity, corporate social responsibility, fair competition, employee welfare, and ethical leadership.

  • 1.2 Theoretical approaches to business ethics7:24

    Explore the four major theoretical approaches to business ethics: utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and social contract theory, and how multiple perspectives guide decisions for honesty, fairness, and stakeholder welfare.

  • 1.3 Ethical decision-making frameworks4:45

    Explore ethical decision making frameworks that guide organizations through dilemmas. Compare Kant's categorical imperative, rights based ethics, virtue ethics, natural rights, and relativism.

Requirements

  • Business experience is preferred.
  • Working in a company is preferred

Description

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Course Title: Addressing Ethical Challenges in Business Operations

Course Overview:

This course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify, analyze, and address ethical challenges that arise in business operations.

It provides a comprehensive understanding of ethical issues in various functional areas of business and explores strategies for promoting ethical behavior and creating a culture of integrity within organizations.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:


1. Understand the fundamental concepts and theories of business ethics.

2. Identify and analyze ethical challenges that commonly arise in business operations.

3. Evaluate the ethical implications of decision-making in different functional areas of business, including finance, marketing, human resources, and operations.

Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to Business Ethics

1.1 Understanding the concept of business ethics

1.2 Theoretical approaches to business ethics

1.3 Ethical decision-making frameworks

Module 2: Ethical Challenges in Finance and Accounting

2.1 Ethical issues in financial reporting and corporate governance

2.2 Insider trading and conflicts of interest

2.3 Corporate social responsibility in finance

Module 3: Ethical Issues in Marketing and Advertising

3.1 Truth in advertising and deceptive marketing practices

3.2 Targeting vulnerable consumers

3.3 Ethical implications of data collection and privacy

Who this course is for:

  • Business people
  • Managers tasked to improve the business

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