Linda A. Reid

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USING TECHNOLOGY ENABLED LEARNING TOOLS TO
INTRODUCE BUSINESS ETHICS TOPICS IN BUSINESS LAW
COURSES A FEW PRACTICAL EXAMPLES (What got us
here wont get us there)

• Linda A. Reid
• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• Curt M. Weber
• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

EFMD Conference on Undergraduate
Education Dublin, IRELAND October 14, 2006
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Why Teach Business Ethics?
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Why Teach Business Ethics?

• AACSB says so
• AACSB Ethics Education Resource Center
• Report from the Task Force

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Why Teach Business Ethics in a Business Law
Course?
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Problems with Business Law Textbooks

• Case Book Format
• severely edited or dauntingly lengthy cases
• legalese
• retrospective analysis
• passive learning

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Active Learning

• Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do
  not learn much just by sitting in classes
  listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged
  assignments, and spitting out answers. They must
  talk about what they are learning, write about
  it, relate it to past experiences and apply it to
  their daily lives. They must make what they learn
  part of themselves.
• A.W. Chickering and Z.F Gamson, Applying the
  Seven Principles for Good Practice in
  Undergraduate Education, (1991).

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Framework for Ethical Decision Making

• 1. Identify the problem
• 2. Specify feasible alternatives
• 3. Use your ethical resources to identify
  morally significant factors in each alternative
• 4. Propose and test possible resolutions
• 5. Make your choice.
• Michael McDonald, A Framework for Ethical
  Decision-making, Version 6.1, Ethics Shareware,
  2001.

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Simulations and Role Plays

• You be the Judge
• The Ethics Experience 2006
• Drama of the Law
• Car for Sale
• Business Reality Principles of Business Ethics

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Media Resources

• The Weekly Business Ethics Review
• News Organization Websites
• MSNBC.com
• video
• CNN.com
• video
• BBC.co.uk
• video
• Reuters.com
• video

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Business Ethics Jeopardy

• Template

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BLOGS

• The Business Ethics Blog
• International Corporate Governance

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