Leadership, Ethics and Law

Managers play a crucial role in organizations supporting the work of those who specialize in areas such as accounting, marketing, or finance. Pursuing a major in management and leadership lays the building blocks not just for graduates’ first jobs, but for a long and successful career in which planning, directing, and leading are paramount. You will learn firsthand from experts on decision-making, leadership, business law, and ethics. You will develop the skills necessary not only to help you succeed but also to be prepared to help others enjoy success too: employees, colleagues, customers, owners, and your communities. At the end of the program, students will know how to be conscientious, ethical, responsible, innovative, and effective leaders and managers who are able to galvanize diverse people to accomplish common worthy goals, employing strategies that serve not only the organizations in which they work, but also strategies that facilitate their organizations’ positive social impact beyond responsibilities in the market.

Faculty

Lili Yan, JD, PhD, Associate Professor, Chair

Caroline Burns, PhD, Professor

Nancy Lam, PhD, Associate Professor

Yuan Li, PhD, Associate Professor

Barbara A. McGraw, JD, PhD, Professor

George Papagiannis, JD, Adjunct Associate Professor

Grant Rozeboom, Associate Professor

Learning Outcomes

Graduates will be effective business analysts
Graduates will be effective business communicators
Graduates will be ethically conscious people who promote social and environmental responsibility in business and other organizations
Graduates will develop leadership qualities
Graduates will understand the impact of globalization
Students will learn how to guide innovative, responsible organizational decision-making
Students will gain the skills to exercise ethical, purpose-driven leadership in business organizations

Programs

Bachelor of Science

Management and Leadership, BS

Minor

Management and Leadership Minor

Courses

Organizations and Responsible Business - Lower Division

Organizations and Responsible Business - Upper Division