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the pulse will examine the role that business plays in society and the ethical
problems that can arise in a capitalist system. Using a
traditional economic framework, the program will provide students with the
tools and skills to identify right, just, and fair decisions made by both
the private and the public sector. Students will use a number of different
lenses (financial, sociological, ethical, sustainable) to critique businesses
using case studies. We will begin working with simple moral problems.
As the program progresses, we will turn to more complex moral and social
problems in which harms may fall on the least powerful members of society.
Working individually or in small groups, students will generate innovative
ideas for resolving moral dilemmas and communicate them in written and oral
formats. This program is intended for students with little business
background interested in learning to exercise moral reasoning and better understand
how economics, finance, and social forces interact to shape the world around
us. We will admit students from all disciplines with the goal of creating
a close-knit learning community.
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