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1 SYLLABUS 1. Wayland Baptist University, San Antonio Campus, School of Business 2. Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success and service to God and humankind. 3. Course: BUAD 5304 SA01, Ethics 4. Term: Spring Instructor: Dr. Troy Meinke 6. Office Phone and Home Phone (210) Office Hours, Building, and Location; N/A 8. Class Meeting Time and Location: Monday, Wayland Main Campus 6:00pm-10:10pm 9. Catalog Description: systematic overview of normative ethics and a comprehensive discussion of contemporary moral issues including analysis of case studies. 10. Prerequisites: None 11. Required Textbook and Resources: BOOK AUTHOR ED YEAR PUBLISHER ISBN# REVIEW Business & Professional Ethics for Directors, Execs., & Accountants Brooks/Dunn 6th 2011 Cengage Learning ****Suggested Supplement In Addition to Selected Text, if Desired Spring 14 BOOK AUTHOR ED YEAR PUBLISHER ISBN# REVIEW Ethics on the Job 12. Optional Materials: None Pfeiffer, & Forsberg 13. Course Outcome Competencies: 3rd 2005 Cengage Learning Spring 14 Identify the ethical toolbox and list the tools available to employees and employers in making business and workplace decisions. Describe historically how ethical tools, or their absence, have been used and abused. Identify ethical issues and business solutions in developing a practical decision matrix. Bring real world ethics into the classroom.

2 To apply ethical solutions to assets and personnel in a business setting. To interact with fellow students and understand different perspectives. To communicate in writing and orally, clearly and succinctly ethical decisions and the reasoning to all those who are or maybe impacted by your communication. Create, prepare, & produce an ethics program with all the components. 14. Attendance Requirements: A student who misses twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of F for the class. That s Three (3) absences. The instructor may count three tardies as one absence. There are no excused absences so use the three you get very wisely! 15. Disability Statement: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) Documentation of a disability must accompany any request for accommodations. 16: Course Requirements and Grading Criteria: Course Requirements: Your grade will be based on your performance in these separate categories: Chapter Presentation(s): Each class period, except those where a test is given, a few scheduled students will present to the class assigned chapters from that days reading. Additional points may be garnered by having one to two current newspaper articles relating to Business Ethics. Exams: There will be two (2) major exams. Individual Presentation: Each class period, a few scheduled students will present to the class the facts and legal findings from an assigned case. The student should turn in a 2-page type written summary of the case. Grading Criteria: Chapter Presentation- 20 points Major Exams- 60 points (30 each exam). Individual Case Papers- 10 points for following directions/10 points for an organized presentation. Point Assignments: = A = B = C = D 59-0 = F

3 Make-Up Exams/Assignments: Exams- EXAM SCHEDULE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE. Any make-up exams will be considerably more difficult than the first. Assignments- If the reason for missing an assignment is valid; the student may do another assignment to make up the lost points. The new assignment is up to the discretion of the instructor. Should a student miss an assignment, it is the student s responsibility to contact the instructor and either withdraw from the class or set a realistic timetable with the instructor to turn in the work.

4 17. Tentative Schedule: February 20: Chapter 1 February 27: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: March 5: Chapter 4: Chapter 5: March 12: Exam Chapters 1-5 March 19: Chapter 6: March 26: Chapter 7: Chapter 8: April 2: School Closed, Happy Easter April 9: Chapter 9: Paper Turned In April 16: Chapter 10: April 23: Paper Presentations April 30: Paper Presentations May 7: Exam Chapters 6-10

5 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS February 27: Betaseron Decision (p. 46) Magnetic Toys (p. 47) Bausch & Lomb (p. 48) Where Accountants (p. 49) March 5: Goggle vs. China (p. 37) Bhopal-Union Carbide (p. 41) Texaco: The Ecuador Issue (p. 43) March 19: WorldCom (p. 112) Madoff (p.119) Swine Flu vaccine (p. 157) March 26: Inherited Diseases (p. 158) Terrorist Payments (p. 160) C. Correia (p. 161) April 9: Tylenol Recalls (p. 212) Smokers Good (p. 217) April 16: Ford Pinto (p. 219) Adelphia (p. 308) Tyco (p. 312) Wall Street (p. 331) April 23: Tax Advice (p. 451) Discrim. at Dell (p. 535) MCI Scams (p. 541) April 30: Subprime Lending (p. 631) Waste Management (p. 676) Sunbeam (p. 682) 18. Additional Information: All electronic devices are prohibited unless prior permission is granted by the instructor. If you feel the need to talk or text please leave the classroom and you will be counted absent for that day.