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BETH: Business Ethics

390-01
Tech, Society & Human Person
 
TR 3:25 pm - 5:00 pm
T. Ketcher
Core 
02/05 - 05/24
35/35/0
Lecture
CRN 22004
4 Cr.
Size: 35
Enrolled: 35
Waitlisted: 0
02/05 - 05/24
M T W Th F Sa Su
 

3:25 pm
5:00 pm
JRC 401

 

3:25 pm
5:00 pm
JRC 401

     

Subject: Business Ethics (BETH)

CRN: 22004

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 401

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Tim Ketcher

This course explores whether or not traditional concepts associated with the human person, business, and law are capable of addressing changes introduced by technology and its rapid evolution.  In particular, students will be asked to consider whether concepts associated with property, privacy, rights, justice, and the good can accommodate technological innovations such as automation, decision-making by algorithms, big data, and the "de-skilling" of work.  What might this mean for "meaningful work" in the future?  What might it mean for education and culture?  Will technology create an electronic Panopticon, substituting a world governed by big data and a lack of privacy for Weber’s “iron cage?"  In the process, students should ask whether or not technological innovation is outpacing the ability of traditional concepts in business, the law, and philosophy to properly address deeper questions associated with promoting the human good.

4 Credits


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