Course Description

PY247 Business Ethics 0.5

An examination of the ethical aspects of central features of business activity such as property rights, contracts, the profit motive, advertising, and regulated trade. Reference will be made to moral concepts such as justice, welfare, and responsibility, in relation to such current issues as preferential hiring, deceptive advertising, environmental destruction, and consumer protection.†

Prerequisite: Registration status: senior student.

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor