Ethics

Case Studies in Business Ethics
Lessons to be Learned

Course Objective:

This is a case study course of various ethics cases with lively discussion on the causes of the Enron Collapse as it relates to ethics and law. The course carries CPE credit for engineers, lawyers and others. And the course is taught by Lucian Conway who holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Business. The purpose of the course is to have managers understand the application of ethics in modern day energy companies.

Some Key Deliverables:

• Learn the definition of Ethics.
• Learn how companies fall into unethical conduct.
• Learn how to avoid ethics pitfalls.
• Learn how to communicate ethical goals and behavior.
• Review numerous Ethics Case Studies.
• Apply ethical rules of conduct to the Enron collapse.
• Learn what Ethical Accounting behavior includes.
• SEC, CPAs, Auditors and ethical behavior.
• Things you should make sure you tell your Board.
• Example of ethical behavior in your company.
• Learn four approaches to business ethics.
• Understand what happened at Enron and how it can be avoided.
• Analysis of the Key players in the Enron case.
• Can you legislate ethics?