Ethical Practice: Leading Through Professionalism, Social Responsibility, and System Design
An MIT Sloan School of Management course introducing ethics in business, aimed at future managers. Students work through theoretical frameworks in business ethics alongside case studies drawn from situations managers commonly face, covering topics such as professional responsibility, organizational design, and social accountability. Class sessions run as moderated discussions rather than straight lectures, with guest faculty and outside business and professional practitioners joining some sessions to bring real-world perspective. Course materials, available free through MIT OpenCourseWare, include the syllabus, case materials, and assignment descriptions used in the actual MIT classroom. The course does not offer a certificate, but all readings and materials are open for self-study. It suits anyone wanting a structured look at how ethical reasoning applies to management decisions and organizational systems, taught in the discussion-based style MIT Sloan uses in its own MBA classrooms.