Free Online Course On Business Ethics: An Introduction to Ethics for Business Leaders Business Offered By FutureLearn

Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course on the theme of “Business Ethics: An Introduction to Ethics for Business Leaders”.

Course Background:

This informative course will take you through the main themes and concepts of ethics within a business context.

You’ll study business ethics according to four main topics: What is ethics? What are the main ethical approaches? What is the perspective of the individual within an organisation? And what is the role of the leader and the relationship between business and society?

You’ll get an in-depth insight into what ethics is, and will explore the main ethical theories that can be applied to businesses and organisations.

You’ll then take the perspective of the individual within a business, and will explore what ‘responsibility’ means within a business context. You’ll then cover the main misbehaviours that can happen within a business and ways in which to avoid them.

You’ll then take a look at the role of managers and leaders within a business organisation, and will reflect on different theories on what the purpose of a business is. You’ll gain an insight into the decision-making process of a business, and will challenge the perception of what a leader’s role is.

Finally, you’ll reflect on the relationship between a business and wider society. You’ll explore the relevance of cultural diversity for business ethics, and will then identify why the UN Sustainable Development Goals are important for a business.

This course is intended for:

• This course is suited to those who are wanting to see how ethics are an integral part of any business.
• This could be students aged 16+ who are wanting to study business and management or business and ethics at university, as well as those who are already working and are wanting to understand more about the subject.

Course duration:

3 hours per week for 4 weeks.

Course topics:

• Philosophical Frameworks for Business Ethics
• Individual Ethics in Business
• Managerial Ethics in Business and Leadership Theory
• Sustainable Business and Cultural Diversity

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, learner will be able to:

• Define ethics and describe the main ethical theories applicable to business
• Define what “responsibility” means in the business context
• Identify the main misbehaviours in the context of business
• Reflect on the purpose of business according to different approaches
• Describe the decision-making process
• Reflect on leadership and moral character
• Reflect on the relationship between business and society
• Describe what is cultural diversity and its relevance for business ethics
• Explain what the Sustainable Development Goals are and why they are important for business

Course costs:

Learner can join this course for free and get access to it for 6 weeks.

Or upgrade this course for $74 and gets:

• Access to this course for as long as it’s on Future Learn.
• Access to this course’s tests as well as a print and digital Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible.

Or buy unlimited for $ 279.99 for one year and gets:

• Access to this course, and hundreds of other FutureLearn short courses and tests for a year.
• A printable digital Certificate of Achievement on all short courses once they are eligible.
• The freedom to keep access to any course he/she has achieved a digital Certificate of Achievement on, for as long as the course exists on Future Learn.
• The flexibility to complete own choice of short courses in learner’s own time within the year.

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