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Ethics and Responsible Business Leadership (MBA207)
Ethical problems are pervasive in business. In fact, the most important decisions transcend standard business calculus. Is it acceptable to outsource production to countries with lower labor standards? Should we let algorithms determine resource allocation? Should tech companies invest in, or share data with, nondemocracies? Is it acceptable to make facilitation payments for market access if competitors do so? Navigating these ethical challenges in an ever changing global environment is crucial for the success of today’s organizations. The objective of this course is to help you develop a robust position on such difficult problems. The training provided by the course will be structured along the following lines:
A Framework: We will develop a rigorous intellectual framework for the analysis of values. This will provide a simple structure, and skills for pattern recognition, that can be applied to anticipate and evaluate moral risks.
Cases and exercises: These will help you feel and work through the dilemmas underlying common ethical problems.
Debates: The class will emphasize discussion. Whatever your views, this is a safe space for diverse opinions. Share them!
Development Management (DV431)
LSE, 2018-2019
Why are some countries rich and others poor? Why are some governed well and others badly? This course employs a political economy approach to examine the causes of development, identify the underlying obstacles to development, and evaluate potential solutions. It focuses on the principles governing the institutions, politics, and organisations through which policies, programmes and projects are produced and implemented. Attention is given to the different kinds of authority, incentives and accountability mechanisms that govern the relationships between leaders, managers and recipients. It reviews ongoing debates about the best ways of designing state agencies, private firms and NGOs, by showing how centralised bureaucracies, markets, participatory and solidaristic agencies operate to provide services in practice. It explores the dynamics of different forms of democratic and authoritarian states, the determinants of good and poor governance, and how social, political and economic forces interact to drive change and stability. In order to enable students to make practical judgments about institutional reform programmes in various contexts, competing approaches to development are critically and constructively analyzed in light of case studies. The course is divided into several parts: Analytical Assumptions, Government and Governance, Private Sector, and Civil Society. On completing the course students should be able to: (i) use theory to identify the causes of actual development challenges, (ii) identify and assess relevant case study material to inform development practice; and (iii) employ the insights developed throughout the course to formulate policy recommendations and plans of action for improving development.