Business Ethics Education

The course focuses on frameworks, resources, & approaches to developing business ethics programs and the teaching of business ethics.  The course is appropriate for educators and practitioners interested in furthering their knowledge in business education and best practices in management.

Certificate Program Features

• Ten week online program, beginning February 11, 2008
• Experienced faculty and a certificate advisory board
• Distance learning convenience
• Learn about resources and for teaching and training
• Address AACSB International Standards
• Course materials included in fees
• Materials include book, cases, PowerPoint slides, exercises, training materials, and simulations.

To respond to the growth in business ethics initiatives and the need for more accessibility to best practices in business ethics, The Management Development Center at the Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico offers a business ethics certificate program designed to introduce the participant to the latest concepts and best practices available for ethic education resources. This online course provides insights into issues, dilemmas, frameworks and cases useful for understanding the various factors that influence ethical decision making in an organization.  The ten week online delivery of the program provides a weekly module that includes a high level of interactivity with participant control of the rate and sequence of their exposure to information.  The outcome of this program is to enhance the participant's knowledge base and access to information for continuous development of business ethics expertise.  Skills relevant to teaching business ethics and managing an organizational ethics program are enhanced through this program.

The certificate is obtained through a distance learning format beginning February 11, 2008 Participants will be required to complete 10 modules on a weekly basis. 

What have previous participants said about the program?    

"I have found this class to be rather interesting from start to finish.  This is the first internet based learning experience that I have had.  The slides and information have been great."

"This course was perfect for me, particularly with my unexpectedly hectic schedule.  I must say the sense of community was particularly important - being able to 'catch up' when I could allowed me to stay connected."

"For me, the greatest value in the course was much the same as it would have been in a classroom situation - the dynamic exchange of ideas among students."

"Sharing a common interest, as we do with ethics, is a strong catalyst for the formation of new relationships.  The commonality of interest lets you sit down with someone you hardly know and almost immediately become immersed in conversation - talking like old friends who've known each other for years."

What is the distance learning platform?

Each participant must have access to a computer and the Internet to complete course requirements.  The certificate program is delivered through interaction taking place via the Internet.  Some materials will be sent by mail including books.  Instructors will also be available via email and telephone.  Students must turn in ten assignments to receive a certificate.

• Framework and best practices for corporate ethics and compliance
• Course designed by O.C. and Linda Ferrell
• No long-term commitment to a degree program
• Course activities provide distance learning convenience on your own time schedule
• Registration fee of $895 includes course materials (texts, readings and Podcasts)

• The online course provides insight into issues, dilemmas, frameworks and cases useful for understanding influences to ethical decision making in an organization.
• Participants will enhance their knowledge base and access to information for continuous development of business ethics expertise.
• The certificate experience builds skills relevant to managerial responsibilities in organizational ethics, as well as for teaching business ethics in a classroom environment.
• The course is continually updated to cover current ethical issues, guided by experienced faculty and an advisory board.
• A certificate is issued upon successful completion of all ten modules.
• Designed by O.C. Ferrell and Linda Ferrell,  highly respected consultants and researchers of organizational ethics and co-authors of Business Ethics: Decision Making and Cases.  This text is the leading business ethics text in colleges of business.

• Framework for Understanding Organizational Ethics
• Personal and Corporate Lessons Learned-The Enron Disaster
• Ethical Decision Making and Leadership
• Organizational Culture-Compliance Dimensions
• Organizational Culture-Voluntary Dimensions
• Discovering and Assessing a Corporation's Ethical Risks
• Preventing Ethical Corporate Disasters through Planning
• Business Ethics Programs
• Resources for teaching and training
• Develop compliance with AACSB standards for ethics education

The cost of the certificate program is $895 (less than $75 per week, a bargain in today's market). 

Who is responsible for the program?

The program content and design by Dr. O.C. Ferrell, Ph.D. and Linda Ferrell, Ph.D.

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