Business Ethics

Professor Marianne Jennings is an emeritus professor of legal and ethical studies in business from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU). She was named professor of the year in the College of Business in 1981, 1987, 2000 and 2010 and was the recipient of a Burlington Northern teaching excellence award in 1985. She served as director of the Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU from 1995-1999. From 2006-2007, she served as the faculty director for the M.B.A. Executive Program. She took emeritus status in 2015, but continues to teach graduate courses in business ethics and ethical culture at ASU and other colleges around the country. She is also an instructor and mentor for Wiley’s CPAExcel review course. Professor Jennings has authored hundreds of articles in academic, professional and trade journals. She was named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America in 2010. In 2012 she was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere magazine. Her columns have been syndicated around the country, and her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, Washington Post and the Reader's Digest. She has been a commentator on business issues on All Things Considered for National Public Radio. She has appeared on CNBC, CBS This Morning, the Today Show and CBS Evening News. Professor Jennings earned her undergraduate degree in finance and her J. D. from Brigham Young University. She has done consulting work for law firms, government agencies, businesses and professional groups including Allstate, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Boeing, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coca-Cola, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Dial Corporation, DuPont, IBM, Institute of Internal Auditors, Mattel, Motorola, Southern California Edison, Pfizer and Toyota.

UNIT 1: Ethical Theory, Philosophical Foundations, Our Reasoning Flaws, Types of Ethical Dilemmas, and You.
SECTION A Understanding Ourselves and Ethical Lapses.
SECTION B Ethical Theory and Philosophical Foundations.
SECTION C The Types of Ethical Dilemmas.
SECTION D Our Reasoning Flaws.
SECTION E Analyzing and Resolving Ethical Dilemmas.
UNIT 2: Solving Ethical Dilemmas in Business.
SECTION A Business, Ethics, and Individuals: How Do They Work Together?
SECTION B What Gets in the Way of Ethical Decisions in Business?
SECTION C Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Business.
UNIT 3: Business, Stakeholders, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability.
SECTION A Business and Society: The Tough Issues of Economics, Social Responsibility, Stakeholders, and Business.
SECTION B Applying Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory.
SECTION C Government as a Stakeholder.
UNIT 4: Ethics and Company Culture.
SECTION A Temptation at Work for Individual Gain and That Credo.
SECTION B The Organizational Behavior Factors.
SECTION C Accounting and Governance Factor.
SECTION D The Psychological and Behavior Factors.
SECTION E The Structural Factors: Governance, Example, and Leadership.
SECTION F Industry Practices and Legal Factors.
SECTION G The Fear-and-Silence Factors.
SECTION H Culture of Goodness.
UNIT 5: Ethics and Contracts.
SECTION A Contract Negotiations: All Is Fair and Conflicting Interests.
SECTION B Promises, Performance, and Reality.
UNIT 6: Ethics in International Business.
SECTION A Conflicts between the Corporation’s Ethics and Business Practices in Foreign Countries.
SECTION B Bribes, Grease Payments, and “When in Rome …”
UNIT 7: Ethics, Business Operations, and Rights.
SECTION A Workplace Safety.
SECTION B Workplace Loyalty.
SECTION C Workplace Diversity and Atmosphere.
SECTION D Tough Issues and Confrontation in the Workplace.
UNIT 8: Ethics and Products.
SECTION A Advertising Content.
SECTION B Product Safety.
SECTION C Product Sales.
UNIT 9: Ethics and Competition.
SECTION A Covenants Not to Compete.
SECTION B All’s Fair, or Is It?
SECTION C Intellectual Property and Ethics.
The Ethical Common Denominator (ECD) Index: The Common Threads of Business Ethics.
Alphabetical Index.
Business Discipline Index.
Product/Company/Individuals Index.
Topic Index.