MBA 555 - Business and Society

(3 credits)

Examines major issues of social impact and social responsibility between an organization and the society of which it is a member. Discusses the issues of politics and public policy, managerial roles and conduct, economics, morality and ethics, which result from modern society’s evolution into a social responsibility and its major problems and limitations. Consideration given to: the legal framework within which economic activity occurs; the casual relations and response pattern of business to selected current social issues and problems; and attempts to identify the implicit ethical assumptions of the interaction of legal and social issues with the business community. Prerequisites: Completion of MBA Integrative Core: MBA 500, MBA 501, MBA 502, MBA 503, MBA 504, MBA 505 and MBA 506 or permission of the MBA Program Director.