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    1. Syllabus

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    1. 1.1 Business Ethics Fundamentals: The Profit Motive, the Invisible Hand, and Legal Compliance

    2. Quiz 1.1

    3. 1.2 Scandal and Fraud: Enron, Ponzi Schemes, Embezzlement, and Insider Trading

    4. Quiz 1.2

    5. 1.2 Interactive Lab: Name the Misconduct

    6. 1.3 Ethical Leadership: Tone at the Top and Codes of Ethics

    7. Quiz 1.3

    1. 2.1 Moral Development: Preconventional, Conventional, and Postconventional Reasoning

    2. Quiz 2.1

    3. 2.1 Interactive Lab: Reading the Reason

    4. 2.2 Egoism and Relativism in Business Decisions

    5. Quiz 2.2

    6. 2.3 Utilitarianism: Act, Rule, and Cost-Benefit Analysis

    7. Quiz 2.3

    8. 2.4 Duty and Rights: Deontology and the Categorical Imperative

    9. Quiz 2.4

    10. 2.5 Justice and Character: Virtue Ethics, Social Contract, the Veil of Ignorance, and the Ethics of Care

    11. Quiz 2.5

    1. 3.1 Shareholders and Stakeholders: Competing Theories of the Firm

    2. Quiz 3.1

    3. 3.2 Corporate Governance: Boards, Agency Problems, and Fiduciary Duty

    4. Quiz 3.2

    5. 3.3 Executive Pay and Shareholder Activism

    6. Quiz 3.3

    7. 3.4 Employees as Stakeholders: Living Wage, Psychological Contract, and ESOPs

    8. Quiz 3.4

    9. 3.5 Consumers: Caveat Emptor, Product Liability, and the Consumer Bill of Rights

    10. Quiz 3.5

    11. 3.6 Planned Obsolescence and Consumer Protection Agencies

    12. Quiz 3.6

    13. 3.7 Business and Community: Public Goods, Externalities, Philanthropy, and the Social License to Operate

    14. Quiz 3.7

    1. 4.1 Corporate Social Responsibility: Carroll's Pyramid of Four Responsibilities

    2. Quiz 4.1

    3. 4.2 Responsiveness and Moral Agency: Can a Corporation Be a Moral Agent?

    4. Quiz 4.2

    5. 4.3 Individuals Inside Business: Moral Courage and Personal Responsibility

    6. Quiz 4.3

    7. 4.4 Doing Well by Doing Good: Social Audits, Shared Value, and the Triple Bottom Line

    8. Quiz 4.4

    9. 4.5 Sustainable Growth: Sustainable Development, the Tragedy of the Commons, and Greenwashing

    10. Quiz 4.5

    1. 5.1 Markets and Their Limits: Laissez-Faire, Free Markets, and Market Failure

    2. Quiz 5.1

    3. 5.2 Government Control of Business: Regulation, Deregulation, and Regulatory Capture

    4. Quiz 5.2

    5. 5.3 Money in Politics: PACs, Lobbying, the Revolving Door, and Citizens United

    6. Quiz 5.3

    7. 5.4 Conflicts of Interest and Bribery

    8. Quiz 5.4

    9. 5.5 Antitrust and Securities Law: The Sherman Act, Dodd-Frank, the SEC, and Monopoly

    10. Quiz 5.5

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