The purpose of this course is to enable students to reason about the role of ethics in business administration utilizing fundamental theories of ethics. Student will be encouraged to think deeply about the nature of business, the responsibilities of management, and how business and ethics can co-exist. Cases without easy answers that raise a range of problems facing managers will be used. Discussions will focus on developing a framework for analyzing the issues in moral terms, making a decision, and then developing a set of reasons for why the decision was justified. The course is designed to encourage students not only to foster integrity and responsible decision-making, but also to push students to take leadership roles in dealing with complex and difficult choices they will face in their careers. Students will address a range of themes in the class, including basic concepts in ethics, responsibilities to stakeholders, corporate culture, causes of ethical breakdown in organizations, managerial integrity, and personal values. Prerequisites: BUSI 200 or HOSP 205 or Permission of Instructor (3:3,0)