Kevin Werbach, Department Head, werbach@wharton.upenn.edu This course introduces students to the important ethical and legal challenges they face as business leaders. The course material will be useful for students preparing for leadership positions that may place them in advisory and/or agency roles due to their obligations to employers, customers, suppliers, and customers. While coverage varies from instructor to instructor, the course emphasizes the development of ethical and legal analysis skills that can help managers make responsible action plan decisions at the individual and corporate levels when duties, loyalties, rules, norms, and interests conflict. For example, insider trading rules may form the basis of lessons in some sections. Group work, role plays, and case studies may be used at the discretion of the instructor to illustrate the basic theoretical framework. Course materials will highlight industry codes and professional standards, as well as the importance of personal and/or religious values. A study of the nature, functions and limits of law as a social policy agency. Each semester, an area of substantive law is examined to examine the relationship between legal norms developed and developing in the region and societal problems and needs. Current offers can be found in the department. FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact: lgstrecruiting@wharton.upenn.edu Blockchain technology is a form of decentralized database that allows the secure exchange of value without resorting to trusted intermediaries. Blockchain is the basis of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, as well as distributed ledger platforms used by consortia of companies in various sectors.
Many believe that blockchain solutions have revolutionary potential. They promise to replace law enforcement with cryptographic consensus technical mechanisms to build trust. Technology has generated considerable enthusiasm, investment and entrepreneurial activity in recent years. However, the business value of blockchain-based solutions is uncertain, cryptocurrency valuations are speculative, and there are serious legal, regulatory, and governance challenges that need to be addressed. This course is designed to provide students with the tools to critically assess ongoing developments in this evolving field. This course examines corporate responsibility from competing theoretical and management perspectives. The focus is on theories of ethics and their application to business case studies. Topics include moral issues in advertising and sales; recruitment and promotion; Financial management; corporate pollution; Security; and decision-making across borders and cultures. Undergraduate Advisor – LGST, LSHS, SIAR Brian Feinstein bdfeinst@wharton.upenn.edu To schedule a consultation, visit the department office (600 JMHH) or send an email. The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds.
The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Applicants are considered for employment regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. Questions or concerns should be directed to the Executive Director, Office of affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs, University of Pennsylvania, 421 Franklin Building, 3451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205; or (215) 898-6993 (voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TTY). This course examines how courts, legislators, and regulators address the most important issues facing the Internet world. Billions of people are active on social media today, and companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Alibaba are some of the most valuable and influential in the world. The legal interfaces between the physical and digital worlds are therefore becoming increasingly important. In particular, the use of personal data online by governments, digital platforms and bad actors is becoming a constant source of great controversy. Course material ranges from the fundamentals of cyber law developed during the e-commerce bubble of the 1990s to today`s burning questions regarding the power and responsibility of digital intermediaries; Privacy in the United States and Europe; cybercrime; Blockchain; and net neutrality. No prior legal or technical knowledge is required. This course uses the global business context to introduce students to the key legal, ethical, and cultural challenges they face as leaders. The cases and documents discuss how leaders who are legally limited and motivated to act responsibly in a global context should analyze the relevant variables to make smart decisions.
Topics include an introduction to the basic theoretical frameworks used in the analysis of ethical issues, such as law-based, consequentialist, and virtue-based thinking, as well as conflicting interpretations of corporate responsibility. The course contains material that introduces students to the basic (common law vs. civil law) and normative (human rights) legal regimes in the global economy and makes them aware of the role of local cultural traditions in global business operations. Topics may also include issues such as comparative forms of corporate governance, bribery and corruption in global markets, human rights issues, various legal compliance systems, corporate responses to global poverty, global environmental responsibility, and the challenges that arise when companies face conflicting ethical requirements between national and local customs. of the host country. The pedagogy focuses on globalized cases, exercises and theoretical materials from the fields of jurisprudence, business ethics and social responsibility. Big technologies always have unintended consequences, and their impact is never neutral. A world of ubiquitous data, subject to increasingly sophisticated collections, aggregations and analysis, creates enormous opportunities for financial gain and social well-being. It also creates dangers in areas such as privacy, security, discrimination, exploitation and inequality, as well as mere pride in the effectiveness of management through algorithms. Companies that anticipate the risks of these new practices will be in the best position to avoid missteps. This course introduces students to the legal, political and ethical dimensions of Big Data, predictive analytics and related techniques.