3 credits
Fall 2025 Distance Learning
This graduate course introduces the application of ethical principles and decision making. In this course, students will study both philosophical and practical ethical questions related to strategic communication. Permission of department required.
Learning Outcomes1Exhibit mastery of diverse philosophical perspectives on ethics.
2Compare and contrast insights offered by different perspectives when applied to concrete dilemmas encountered in students' own work experience.
3Synthesize ethical principles embedded in professional codes of ethics, and their implications for the practice of strategic communication.
4Highlight ethical principles pertaining to working in organizational teams.
5Evaluate ethical guidelines for gathering, analyzing, and presenting research data.
6Identify challenges that occur when evaluating what constitutes ethical strategic communication across cultures.
7Articulate possible relationships between ethical and effective strategic communication.
8Evaluate new ethical questions about the practice of strategic communication arising from the emergence of new social media.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.