St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 8
Global Perspectives
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Response Date:
Effective Date:
1.
Proposal Number:
Prepared by: Paul Neiman
Phone: 414 793 6362
Email: pgneiman@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: Philosophy
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: Philosophy, 484, Global Business Ethics
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
No
Yes
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Area 9
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Personal, organizational, and nationalistic issues in international business. Relativism, corporate
responsibility for the environment, bribery and the use of Third World labor. 3 Cr. F, S.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
This course is designed for business and philosophy majors, and is open to all students for general
education.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
No changes are needed.
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
Not applicable
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
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The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 8: Global Perspectives
Develop a comparative perspective and understanding of one’s place in a global context.
The cases and issues covered in this course examine a multitude of different perspectives on morality,
culture, and business. Students in this course are required to consider how individuals, corporations, and
governments from different nations and cultures interact.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 8, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Explain how they are connected and related to people elsewhere in the world.
2. Describe similarities and differences among global places and populations.
3. Analyze how political, economic or cultural elements influence relations among the world’s states, peoples, or
societies.
4. Analyze specific international issues and propose and evaluate responses.
5. Articulate a vision of their individual roles and responsibilities in a common global future.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
#1: Students will see how they are connected and related to people elsewhere in the world by studying
cases and issues that demonstrate how businesses, including those they may consume from or work for, impact
other peoples and nations. For example, students might study cases in which foreign oil companies are involved
with corrupt and/or hostile governments that violate the human rights of their people. Students will examine
moral theories, such as stakeholder theory or corporate social responsibility, that emphasize the connectivity of
business with people in a variety of communitities.
#2: Students will study cases involving business and communities throughout the world. Students will examine
how different cultures and populations have different views of ethics and business.
#3: Students will examine moral theories and cases that analyze how political, economic, and cultural elements
influence the way that individuals, communities, and governments interact with businesses. Students might, for
example, draw connections between the global or national trade policies and their impact on how businesses treat
individuals, communities, and goverenments in developing or underdeveloped nations.
#4: Students will use moral theories to analyze many specific international issues, and develop and evaluate
resonses to them. For example, students might use deontology or consequentialism to analyze and evaluate global
trade policies.
#5: Students will be asked to make their own judgments about various global ethical issues, and to develop their
own views on how business ought to make decisions in a global political economy.
15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
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to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
20%: Study of moral theories: students will examine moral theories relevant to business ethics, such as
deontology, consequentialism, stakeholder theory, corporate social responsibility theory, and others -SLO#1, 3, 4
40%: Study of cases and issues (10%: Environemntal issues/cases, for example, what obligations to corporations
have with regard to global climate change; 10%: International trade tssues, for example, what impact do global
trade agreements have on developing and developed nations and business; 10%: Labor issues, for example,
exploring the concept of a fair wage and sweatshop labor; 10% the role of multinational corporations in foreign
nations, for example, what obligations do corporations have to oppressed people in nations in which they are
doing business) - SLO# 1, 2, 4
20% Application of moral theories to cases and issues: Students will apply moral theories, such as deontology,
consequentialism, stakeholder theory, corporate social responsibility theory, and others, to the cases and issues
described above - SLO# 3, 4
20% Development of a moral view: students will develop their own well-supported beliefs about the cases, issues,
and moral theories listed above - SLO# 5
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St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
Proposal Number
Department: Philosophy
Course or Course(s): Philosophy 484: Global Business Ethics
Carla A. H.Johnson
Department or Unit Chair Signature
February 10, 2010
Date
Department forward to Academic Affairs for publication and electronically to Chair of General Education Committee, Chair
of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
Recommendation of General Education Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of University Curriculum Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of Faculty Association:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
FA Senate
Signature
Date
Action of Academic Vice President:
Approve
Disapprove
Signature
Entered in Curriculum Data File
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Remarks:
Date