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The Ethical Analyst

JUNE 22, 2026 — AUGUST 13, 2026
MS&E254A

Details:

Time: No Topic - No Type
Units: 1
Class Number: 11565
Interest Area: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Instructor: Dale Nesbitt
Population: High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
Interest Area: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Course Format & Length: In Person, 8 Weeks
Cross Listing: -
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/No Credit

Description:

We raise awareness of ethically sensitive situations and provide principles and tools for forming coherent ethical judgments regarding individual, government, or organizational actions. Students learn ethical theories and tools from which they create their own personal ethical codes and test them against established ethical principles, class discussion, homework, class presentations, and situations from work and life. The course addresses personal life, human action and relations in society, technology, medicine, coercion, harming, stealing, imposition of risk, deception, and other ethical issues.

Course notes:

The essays and deliverables relevant to the midterm and final presentations, required in MS&E254, are not required in MS&E254A. All other requirements are the same as in MS&E254.

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