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Ethical Leadership Certificate

Certificate Number 901962

The Ethical Leadership Certificate is designed for people who wish to acquire and improve their skills in creating and maintaining a legal, ethical, and diverse work environment. These three-credit courses apply toward the 69 credits necessary to earn the Leadership Development Associate Degree. Courses are offered in alternative delivery formats.

Certificate Completers will be able to

. Recommend methods of balancing employees’ rights with employers' rights.
. Recommend methods of balancing “reasonable” consumer safety with a producer’s profit motive.
. Analyze corporate social responsibility.
. Recommend a framework for dealing with different cultures, morals/ethics.
. Identify, analyze, and recommend action/solution for business-related ethical dilemmas.

Completers will be able to apply credits toward the following programs:

. 101961, Leadership Development

Curriculum

Catalog No. Description Credits
10-196-199 Business Ethics
3
10-196-169 Diversity in the Workplace
3
10-196-134 Legal Issues for Supervisors
3
Certificate Total
9

Course Descriptions

10-196-199 Business Ethics ...ethical points-of-view, morality/ethical theory, utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, justice and the market system, whistle-blowing, trade secrets/conflict of interest, privacy, advertising, product safety, corporate social responsibility, international business.

10-196-169 Diversity in the Workplace ...analyze the effect of perceptions, attitudes, biases, and organization culture on diversity, dealing with barriers, measuring progress, and celebrating success.

10-196-134 Legal Issues-Supervisors ...legal practices of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, selection, evaluation/promotion, employee discipline, firing, EEOC and nondiscrimination, employee privacy, workplace harassment, FMLA, ADA and unions.

For more information, please contact: The Business & Information Technology Department,(920) 498-5435 or (800) 422-NWTC, extension 5435, or contact Enrollment Services at 888-385-NWTC.