CHAPTER 14: A Holistic Method For Assessing Student Performance in a Business Ethics and Society Course

Millions of Americans have died in wars so that we could be free. With freedom comes responsibility. My primary teaching goal is to engage students in creating ethical organizations whose managers take into consideration individual and community well-being. I want them to gain the critical thinking skills necessary to be first-class managers and communicators, as well as informed citizens contributing to the ethical evolution of a democratic society (Dewey, 1916).

I have been teaching business ethics and society courses to students for more than 20 years. Currently, I teach a social responsibility in business class to traditional undergraduates and returning adult students at a small liberal arts college. Previously, I taught the course to MBA students at a research university.