Whether you're an individual looking to improve your own ethical decision-making skills or a manager seeking to bring the latest in ethics training techniques back to your organization, here's a great opportunity. Dr. O.C. Ferrell, Professor of Marketing and Enterprise Scholar, at the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management has designed an on-line course in business ethics essentials and best practices. The course is offered twice a year, is described as highly interactive, and runs 10 weeks.
Over the years, I've had numerous opportunities to work with O.C. and his wife Linda (Associate Professor of Marketing), and both are outstanding classroom instructors, as well as two of the leading business ethics scholars in the U.S. As fate might have it back in May 2005, O.C. and Linda ended up being seated next to Kenneth Lay on a flight from Houston just two days after the former Enron CEO's conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges.
Their fascinating conversations with Lay that day in the Denver International Airport, along with several follow-up phone conversations in the weeks prior to his death, are chronicled in an article title "Conversations with Ken Lay and Reflections One Year Later" that can be accessed at http://www.e-businessethics.com/
This certificate experience is designed to enhance build skills relevant to managerial responsibilities in organizational ethics, as well as for teaching business ethics in a classroom environment. The course is continually updated to cover current ethical issues, guided by experienced faculty and an advisory board.
The next on-line certificate course is set to begin February 11, 2008. For a podcast introduction, try the following link: http://e-businessethics.com/podcasts/IntroductionFall07.mp3