COURSE OBJECTIVEBusiness today is faced with an ever-changing and complex environment. Business leaders must make decisions that increase shareholder wealth while considering external legal, social and ethical forces. The objective of this class is to study the basics of business ethics and the formal laws and regulations that serve as the lowest common denominator to an ethical decision making process.GRADING GRADING POLICYResearch Project 75 pointsADDITIONAL COMMENTS"The Pennsylvania State University is committed to providing access to a quality education for all students, including those with documented disabilities. If a student has a disability and wants to request an accommodation for a course, it is the responsibility of the student to first obtain a University accommodation letter confirming the disability and suggesting appropriate remedies. This letter can be obtained from the Penn State Office for Disability services or the campus Disability Contact Liaisons. The contact person at Penn State Beaver is Barb McDanels in the Administration Building. It is encouraged that students request their accommodation need early in the semester, and once identified, a reasonable accommodation will be implemented in a timely manner. Students may also access the web site for the Office of Disability Services at University Park: www.lions.psu.edu/ods/Academic Integrity: All students are expected to act with civility, personal integrity; respect other students' dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community.COURSE OUTLINE AND PROBLEM ASSIGNMENTWEEKCH.TOPICCASES AND ASSIGNMENTSEthics Video: Whistle blowing Regina v. DudleyCase: Green Tree Financial Corp. v. RandolphWEEKCH.TOPICCASES AND ASSIGNMENTSTORTS IN BUSINESSEXAM II: CH. 6, 7, 8 & 9.PROPERTY SYSTEMBUSINESS ORGANIZATIONSORAL PRESENTATIONSINDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT OUTLINEPENN STATE BEAVERBA 243SOCIAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESSSPRING, 2008Instructor: Karen C. Barr MBA Office: 206 Ross Administration Building Class: M, T, W, F: 9:00am and 11:00am Room 115A GCBOffice Hours: M, T, W: 12:00-1:00pm T: 10:00am-11:00am & F: 8:00am-9:00am (by appt.) Contact Inf.: Office: (724) 773-3869 Home: (724) 457-3074 Cell: (412) 915-0887 E-mail: [email protected]: Reed, Shed, Morehead & Pagnattaro (2008). The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, 14th edition, Irwin/McGraw-Hill Co., Burr Ridge, Illinois. COURSE OBJECTIVEBusiness today is faced with an ever-changing and complex environment. Business leaders must make decisions that increase shareholder wealth while considering external legal, social and ethical forces. The objective of this class is to study the basics of business ethics and the formal laws and regulations that serve as the lowest common denominator to an ethical decision making process. GRADING GRADING POLICY2 Exams 100 points (each)Final Exam 100 pointsCases/Assignments 100 pointsGroup Assignment 50 pointsResearch Project 75 pointsTOTAL 525 pointsThe instructor reserves the right to change and/or modify this syllabus at her discretion.There are no make-up exams unless there are extraordinary reasons and I am notified prior to the time of the exam. The two exams given during the semester and the final exam given during finals week will consist of multiple choice, true/false and/or short answer.There is NO EXTRA CREDIT!Attendance Policy: Daily Attendance will be taken. After 4 absences, one percentage point will be subtracted from your final total percentage for each additional absence. If it is necessary to miss a class it is your sole responsibility to contact another member of the class to determine what was missed. 93%-100% A 77%-79.9% C+90%-92.9% A- 70%-76.9% C87%-89.9% B+ 60%-69.9% D83%-86.9% B < 60% F80%-82.9% B-1I believe that being prepared for class is a key ingredient for successful completion of this course. Get in the habit of reading through the chapter and answering the review questions. Participation in class will play an important part in your mastery of the material. You will be encouraged to ask and answer questions to the best of your ability.ADDITIONAL COMMENTS"The Pennsylvania State University is committed to providing access to a quality education for all students, including those with documented disabilities. If a student has a disability and wants to request an accommodation for a course, it is the responsibility of the student to first obtain a University accommodation letter confirming the disability and suggesting appropriate remedies. This letter can be obtained from the Penn State Office for Disability services or the campus Disability Contact Liaisons. The contact person at Penn State Beaver is Barb McDanels in the Administration Building. It is encouraged that students request their accommodation need early in the semester, and once identified, a reasonable accommodation will be implemented in a timely manner. Students may also access the web site for the Office of Disability Services at University Park: www.lions.psu.edu/ods/ Academic Integrity: All students are expected to act with civility, personal integrity; respect other students' dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community. Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another persons' work as one's own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations, "ghosting" (taking