A study of the impact of private interest groups and governmental regulatory agencies on business, including relationships with local communities. A practical study of business ethics with an emphasis on presenting a comprehensive body of information about business ethics issues and enhancing the ability of students to make responsible ethics decisions in a complex business environment. The course examines responsibilities businesses have to stakeholders through the use of real world ethics cases. A goal of the course is to encourage and facilitate ethics leadership. This course introduces the theory and practice of doing business in a global economy.
Special emphasis is given to the environmental framework in which global firms operate.
This course focuses on the opportunities and issues of entry into global markets, operation of global firms and governmental relations of those firms. This course deals with the problems of initiating, leading and managing new business ventures. A comprehensive business plan is developed. Application of advanced statistical and quantitative methods to concrete managerial situations. Topics include sources of external business data, time series analysis and forecasting, multivariate analysis, less frequently used statistical tests, business applications of selected demographic techniques, and graphics for business presentations.