Program Overview

Introduction to the Ethics & Leadership in Business Program

The Ethics & Leadership in Business Bridging Disciplines Program (BDP) is designed to educate thoughtful and responsible leaders by bringing together resources from across campus. This program allows students to examine issues of morality applicable to business people and organizations.

Program Description

Topic areas in the Ethics & Leadership in Business BDP may include corporate social responsibility, ethical leadership, conflicts of interest, organizational culture, and consumer protection. Through the Connecting Experiences component of the BDP, students may work with community and professional organizations or bring their interdisciplinary expertise to faculty research.

Requirements

To earn a BDP certificate in Ethics & Leadership in Business, students must complete 19 credit hours of coursework and Connecting Experiences.

• Courses counting toward a BDP in Ethics & Leadership in Business may also satisfy core, major, and elective requirements in a student’s degree plan.
• With planning, the BDP should not add time to students’ UT careers, but instead helps students choose the courses they already have to take in an integrated way.

Foundation Courses

• Forum Seminar
• Additional Foundation Course

Courses in a Strand

Students should work with their BDP advisor to choose strand courses that will focus the BDP on specific interests, and that will provide an interdisciplinary perspective.

• In order to create an interdisciplinary experience, students must choose courses from a variety of disciplines.
• Individual course listings for these categories are located on the opposite side of this page.
• Students must complete at least one strand course offered outside the Business School.

Connecting Experiences

BDP advisors assist students in finding meaningful connecting research and/or internship experiences related to Ethics & Leadership in Business.

Integration Essay

Students write a 3-4 page essay at the end of the BDP experience, drawing together the different pieces of the BDP.

Faculty Panel

An interdisciplinary faculty panel guides students in choosing courses and identifying research and internship experiences that allow them to connect the challenges of ethical leadership to their majors and career goals.