With leadership comes responsibility. This course explores the numerous ethical issues faced by managers and organizations and provides both analytical frameworks and the latest findings on human behavior to inform ethical decisions and strategies. The readings present challenging and controversial case studies, provide insights from experimental psychology and economics, and discuss relevant philosophical concepts and arguments. Through class exercises, rigorous discussion, and personal reflection, you will clarify your own ethical stance, think through ethical dilemmas, and practice articulating recommendations compellingly. You will also discover the diversity of ethical viewpoints and find out how to avoid the social and cognitive pitfalls that can make ethical leadership challenging.
With leadership comes responsibility. This course explores the numerous ethical issues faced by managers and organizations and provides both analytical frameworks and the latest findings on human behavior to inform ethical decisions and strategies. The readings present challenging and controversial case studies, provide insights from experimental psychology and economics, and discuss relevant philosophical concepts and arguments. Through class exercises, rigorous discussion, and personal reflection, you will clarify your own ethical stance, think through ethical dilemmas, and practice articulating recommendations compellingly. You will also discover the diversity of ethical viewpoints and find out how to avoid the social and cognitive pitfalls that can make ethical leadership challenging.
Offered in Autumn 2025 at Stanford University.
Autumn 2025 sections
Discussion — Friday 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 8:55 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Case Study — Monday
Thursday 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB Gunn 101 — Malhotra, N., Long, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Case Study — Monday
Thursday 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB McClelland 109 — Glickman, M., Long, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 8:55 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Case Study — Monday
Thursday 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB Gunn 101 — Malhotra, N., Long, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 8:55 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB McClelland 110 — Malhotra, N. (Graduate)
Case Study — Monday
Thursday 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB McClelland 109 — Glickman, M., Long, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 8:55 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 101 — Glickman, M. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 8:55 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Discussion — Friday 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 8:55 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Discussion — Tuesday 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM — GSB Class of 1968 110 — Maltz, J. (Graduate)
Case Study — Monday
Thursday 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 106 — Maltz, J., Long, M. (Graduate)
Case Study — Monday
Thursday 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM — GSB Class of 1968 106 — Maltz, J., Long, M. (Graduate)