LEAD 613 - Ethical Decision Making

Credits: 3

This course provides students with a variety of theoretical perspectives and tools to be used in resolving ethical dilemmas typically found in professional life, and to challenge students to apply these tools on a case-by-case basis. By examining various ethical perspectives, both religious and philosophical, such as virtue ethics, deontological ethics, utilitarianism, and pragmatism, the course will challenge students to think critically about their own ethical stances. Students will synthesize various approaches to ethics in order to constructively articulate an ethics for Transformative Leadership. The course will employ a case-study approach to ethical decision-making. Students will be evaluated on the basis of how well they understand and consistently and reasonably employ their chosen approach to ethical decision-making.

Fall 1