General Information

• Name: Changing Environments
• Discipline: Management (MGT)
• Units (Credits): 3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 300 to 499: This is an upper division course that is designed to apply toward a WNC bachelor's degree, depending on the degree chosen. It may also transfer to other colleges and universities. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Social Science, Education, Humanities & Public Service

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

• Prerequisites: admission to the BTech program or consent of advisor

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Focuses on managing ethically in the changing cultural, economic, political, technological and global environments of business.

II: Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should/should be able to:

• Understand the responsibility regarding ethical behavior at work.
• Discuss how today's companies are addressing business ethics.
• Understand the differences among ethics, integrity, values, and social responsibility.
• Describe methods of determining ethical stands and resolving ethical dilemmas.
• Discuss business ethics as a dimension of social responsibility.
• Understand the role of corporate governance in ethical behavior as a dimension of ethical decision making.
• Understand the roles of culture and multinational corporations in business ethics.
• Gain awareness of a number of ethical issues around the globe.
• Identify ethical issues facing businesses today, including issues associated with honesty and fairness, conflicts of interest, fraud, discrimination, and information technology.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

MGT 462--Changing Environments--meets a requirement of the BTech Program.

MGT 462 promotes Student Learning Outcomes:
1. have college-level skills in reading, writing, and oral communication appropriate to their degree and/or emphasis.
2. have problem solving, creative, and critical thinking skills.
3. have effective and efficient learning skills, including the location and evaluation of information.
4. understand the importance of cultural traditions, diversity, and ethics in the modern world.