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P Business Ethics - M.A. Entry Requirements / Course Descriptions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faculty Members Biographies School of Business & Economics Business Administration M.B.A. , D.B.A. or Executive M.B.A. Business Ethics M.A. or Ph.D. Human Resources Development M.A. or Ph.D. Management M.A. Not-for-Profit Administration M.A. Organisational Behaviour M.A. or Ph.D. Return to Greenwich University Home Page MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Participants should have completed a recognized undergraduate degree in a related field of study and have at least five years of career related experience. It is highly desired that the undergraduate program encompass subject matter, which demonstrates the student's capacity for conceptual analysis and the interpretation and evaluation of practice, information and theory. Participants must be proficient in Standard English, be computer literate, and for the duration of their program, have access to a computer, electronic mail and Internet. NOTE: In the event that any of the specific academic or professional preparation elements are missing at the time of enrolment, participants will be required to add these studies to their program requirements. MINIMUM DEGREE REQUIREMENTS Program participants must complete a minimum of 30 graduate credits, as outlined below, and a thesis (or major project in lieu of thesis with permission from faculty), according to University guidelines. Participants must also complete an admission to candidacy examination at the conclusion of their academic coursework and then proceed with the full research proposal process. Following successful submission of an acceptable first draft of the thesis manuscript, participants will complete a defence of thesis and then finalise the thesis document. NOTE 1: Students who have completed course work in the areas of the core competencies or research preparation may petition faculty for a waiver of these requirements. Students will then be required to enrol for additional advanced study electives in the area of specialization to fulfil the minimum credit requirements. NOTE 2: With the exception of Thesis Research, students who have completed coursework in any of the required areas may petition lead faculty for a waiver of these requirements. Students would then need to enrol for additional advanced study electives in the area of specialization to fulfil the minimum credit requirements. NOTE 3: Electives may be selected from outside the program area with the approval of the lead faculty. Core Competencies (Required: 10 credits) ORT 500: Orientation for the Adult Learner (1 credit) BET 501 The Nature of Morality (3 credits) BET 502 Ethical Theories (3 credits) BET 503 Justice and Economic Distribution (3 credits) Research Preparation Courses (Required: 9 credits) RES 541: Survey of Research Methodologies (3 credits) RES 890: Thesis Research (6 credits) Advanced Studies (Electives) BET 521: Capitalism (3 credits) BET 522: Corporations (3 credits) BET 523: The Workplace (3 credits) BET 524: Moral Choices Facing Employees (3 credits) BET 525: Discrimination in the Workplace (3 credits) BET 526: Consumer Issues (3 credits) BET 527: The Environment (3 credits) BET 754: Field Study by Portfolio (3 credits) BET 791: Selected Topics in Business Ethics (3 credits) BET 792: Advanced Readings in Business Ethics (3 credits) BET 793: Special Projects in Business Ethics (3 credits) RESEARCH PARAMETERS Each student is expected to learn the critical features of sound quantitative and qualitative research in business including subject selection, research design, and statistical analysis in order to develop a sound thesis or project proposal. Each student will be expected to define an applied problem or issue in business ethics, which they wish to investigate, articulate a rationale for the study of the problem or issue, and propose, and implement a quantitative or qualitative method of evaluation of the issue or problem. Students will demonstrate the ability to complete a scholarly literature review on the topic they wish to research and critique the existing research findings in that area of review. The student will be encouraged to select a research methodology that will assure a valid and reliable evaluation of the topics of business ethics to be studied. The intent is ensure that each student has the competency to examine an applied issue in business ethics and can identify systems and issues, make recommendations, and when appropriate, implement a program of intervention, which is cogent, scholarly, and contributes to the body of information available in the field. It is expected that the thesis will be primarily text-based literature reviews, and may require the student to carry out resource location in appropriate libraries and on the world wide web, or at other locations. Where appropriate for a student's personal interests and needs, research may involve information gathering and interviewing in places of business, or other locations. Only very basic statistical analyses will be called for, and then only when appropriate to a particular line of research. Research may be historically based, if relevant to the student's interests. Mentors will guide their students to ensure that any particular line of research is appropriate and productive. Students will delineate and research a specific topic or issue of direct relevance to them in the Business Ethics area. This research may involve a field study undertaken at their place of work, or some other location(s). Depending on the nature of the project, students are likely to carry out an in-depth literature review of the research area. Students are expected to have already acquired and mastered the research skills they will need to research and write their thesis through the work they have already undertaken on this program. Topics which will meet the expectations of faculty include the nature of morality, ethical theories, justice and economic distribution, issues of capitalism, corporate social responsibility, civil liberties in the workplace, rights and moral regard for employees, hiring and firing, promotion, discipline and wages, unions, moral choices facing employees, discrimination in the workplace, consumer issues, and business impact upon the environment.
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