Military professionalism, philosophical theories, and psychological perspectives are topics in the course. The aim is to assist the student in understanding the practical applications to military life of moral principles and ethical theories. The curriculum introduces opposing views on current controversial issues in order to incorporate debate as a useful instructional methodology for applying the military ethical doctrine to current practice within the Canadian Forces while respecting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. The various ways the law influences business practice are studied in this course. The Canadian court system, civil procedure, and the growing influence of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on business will be studied.
Emphasis is placed on the law of tort and contract.
This course is concerned with the application of economic methods of reasoning to defence policy issues and to questions of defence resource allocation. Specific topics include the economics of alliances, arms races, arms control, budget distributions, weapons procurement, manpower planning, economic warfare, disarmament and conversion. Elementary economic concepts are employed to develop approaches to structuring complex problems of defence resource allocation involving risk and uncertainty. The course also examines the effect of defence activities on economic performance at the national, regional and industrial levels. Advanced Finance Corporate and Governmental Agency financial decisions will be examined in this course.