Business Ethics with East Asian Philosophy

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts or information.

• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

• Demonstrate knowledge of multiple philosophical theories of Chinese thought and how they apply to business ethics.

• Explain and critique arguments for and against theories of East Asian ethics in the business setting.

• Use of course material to provide a well-reasoned defense of their own ideas about East Asian ethics.

Course Grading Information:

Assignments:

• Discussion Posts (on Canvas): In order to earn full credit, you must create one original post in response to the prompt (between 150-250 words—not a limit, just a suggestion) AND respond to AT LEAST one other student’s post. These should be thoughtful, respectful, and engaging (e.g. not just responding “I agree!” or “I disagree!” but explain WHY).

• Participation: Participating in class discussions is a required and necessary part of this class. You are not only expected to involve yourself while in class/on zoom. Below is my official policy for participation. It is as follows: Contribute 11 times this semester for full credit (worth 22% of grade). Credited activities toward participation. Because there are many of us and we have a limited time in class, I include a variety of ways to earn participation. They are as follows:

·       In class questions (once per class)

·       Office hours

·       Before/After class

·       Email (once per week)

• Reading Comprehension Quizzes: After the first week, weekly quizzes will be assigned to assess reading comprehension of the new material.

• Workshops: This assignment is meant to engage students in ethical application of the material they learn from class. Students will be expected to submit a version of the group’s solution on Canvas.

• Honors Workshop (for honors students only): Short paper. More details to come.

• Midterms: Each will be an exam (submitted online). More details to come.

• Final: Will be an exam (submitted online). More details to come.

Below is the breakdown for grades in this class. If you have any questions, please contact us. There are no make-up assignments or extra credit opportunities for this class. Only the Midterm and Final exam may be turned in late; however, each day late is another 10 percent deducted from the total for up to seven days. After that time, these assignments will not be accepted.

The grading scale to be used in this course severely penalizes failure to submit an assignment, so students who utterly fail to submit assignments will jeopardize their overall course grade to a much greater extent than students who submit assignments that are of poor quality.

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Discussion Posts	18 points
Participation	22 points
Workshops	17 points
Quizzes	8 points
Midterms (2 midterms)	16 points
Final Exam	19 points

(The instructor reserves the right to change this weighting as necessary in order to fulfill the educational mission of the course.)

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C-
67-69%	D+
60-66%	D
59-below%	F

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.

Additional information and support:

• university policies: https://go.uncg.edu/universitypolicy

• campus and support resources: https://go.uncg.edu/academicresources