Notre Dame of Jolo College

Graduate School
Masters in Business Administration

B.A. 50 BUSINESS ETHICS

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Description/ Objectives:

This course is intended to expose the MBA students to the “ethical standards” in
the business organization. Thus, this course will assist them in the identification and
application on how should business be in the light of the ongoing controversies in ethical
business operations. Finally, there will be discussions on Philippine laws that would have
an impact on business ethics application.

Course Outline:
Topics/ Activity
A. Introduction to the Course on Business Ethics
I. Business Ethics: Its Character and Importance

Doing the Right Thing: Ethics and Business Can Co-exist (Message
of Manuel V. Pangilinan during the MAP Awarding Ceremony);
Video Clips on “The Corporation”.
II. The Five Fundamental Principles of Global Business Ethics
1. The priority of labor over capital
2. Respect for human dignity at work
3. Respect for basic human rights
4. The social dimensions of private property
5. Preferential option for the poor
III. Employee Rights as Ethical Principles in Business
-the right to adequate work and full employment
-the right to due process versus employment at will
-the right to security of tenure
-the right to just wage and compensation
-the right to good working conditions, social security and health
benefits
-the right to organize and join unions
-the right to collective bargaining agreement
-the right to strike
 IV. Ethical Standards in Business
-Ethics and the Economic System
-Code of Professional Ethics
a. Lawyer’s Code of Ethics
b. Medical Code of Ethics
c. Accountant’s Rule of Professional Conduct
d. Banker’s Code of Ethics
e. Businessmen’s Code of Ethics
-Ten Commandments of Good Management
V. Concrete Application of Ethical Principles to Business
1. Towards the Employees
a. Issues of Contractualization
b. Job Discrimination
c. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
d. Child Labor
2. Towards the Customer and the Public in General
a. Consumer Protection
b. Advertising
3. Towards the Competitors
a. Unfair Competition
b. Personnel Piracy
c. Price Fixing
4. Towards the Government/State
a. Tax Evasion
b. Bribery
5. Towards the Environment
a. Pollution and Resource Depletion
b. Multinational Corporation and Ethics
VI. Applicable Laws in Business Ethics in the Philippines
1. Patent Laws of the Philippines
2. Trade-Marks and Trade Names
3. Philippine Copyright Law
4. Philippine Food and Drugs Acts
5. Laws in Advertising

Course Requirements:

1. Each student will be assigned to report on a topic and must cite actual business
practices/ issues as basis for class discussion.
2. The course will make use of the Case Study Method. Written Analysis of the Case
must be submitted for each major topic.
3. Students will submit learning insights for each major topic
 4. Final Examination

Course References:

1. Global Business Ethics for Filipinos in the New Millennium: Questions About
Social Values and Laws in the Market and Workplace by: Jose Maria B.
Maximiano
2. Principles of Business Ethics by: Condrado P. Angeles

Prepared by:

SALVADOR S. ZACARIAS
1st Semester SY 2013-2014