Legal Studies & Business Ethics, BS
The Legal Studies and Business Ethics Concentration focuses on the social values, moral concerns, and legal considerations that are essential aspects of business decision making in our global market system. The courses students take in this program help them explore how responsible business leaders can engage ethically and effectively with diverse cultures, corporate stakeholders, government regulators, and legal systems. Of special value to students seeking to broaden their business education, this concentration will help them acquire essential, non-quantitative reasoning skills that are required when leaders face difficult choices under conditions of empirical uncertainty and/or moral ambiguity – a frequent occurrence in fast-moving market economies.
Students pursuing this concentration will gain a number of analytic skills, including:
- Identifying moral and legal issues hidden within complex, culturally rich fact patterns
- Reasoning from moral principles to specific ethical and legal conclusions
- Reasoning by analogy between like cases and situations
- Arguing from authoritative rules and precedents to specific, logically consistent recommendations for action
For more information: https://lgst.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/undergraduate/
Legal Studies & Business Ethics Concentration
| Code | Title | Course Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select four of the following: | 4 | |
| Law of Corporate Management and Finance | ||
| Real Estate Law | ||
| Antitrust and Big Tech | ||
| The Sports Industry: Business and Legal Aspects | ||
| The Law at Work: Employment Law for Managers | ||
| Economic Analysis of Law | ||
| Legal Aspect of Entrepreneurship | ||
| International Business Transactions | ||
| Environmental Management: Law & Policy | ||
| Emerging Economies | ||
| Diversity and the Law | ||
| Law and Policy in International Business | ||
| International Business Ethics | ||
| Constitutional Law and Free Enterprise | ||
| Internet Law, Privacy, and Cybersecurity | ||
| Securities Regulation | ||
| Human Rights and Globalization | ||
| Markets, Morality & the Future of Capitalism | ||
| Sports Law | ||
| Social Impact and Responsibility: Foundations | ||
| Big Data, Big Responsibilities: Toward Accountable Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Other People's Money: The Law, Politics, and History of Financial Institutions | ||
| Corporate Distress and Reorganization Law | ||
| Negotiations | ||
| Advanced Negotiation | ||
| Seminar in Law and Society | ||
| Other Wharton Requirements | 33 | |
| Total Course Units | 37 | |
Other Wharton Requirements
| Code | Title | Course Units |
|---|---|---|
| First-Year Foundations | ||
| BEPP 1000 | Introductory Economics for Business Students 1 | 1 |
| MATH 1400 | Calculus, Part I | 1 |
| or MATH 1100 | Calculus for Wharton Students | |
| Writing | ||
| Critical Writing Seminar | 1 | |
| Business | ||
| Business Breadth (non-concentration courses) | 3 | |
| Leadership Journey | ||
| WH 1010 | Business and You | 0.5 |
| WH 2010 | Business Communication for Impact | 0.5 |
| MGMT 3010 | Teamwork and Interpersonal Influence | 0.5 |
| Capstone Course/Project | 0.5 | |
| Fundamentals | ||
| ACCT 1010 | Accounting and Financial Reporting | 1 |
| ACCT 1020 | Strategic Cost Analysis | 1 |
| BEPP 2500 | Managerial Economics | 1 |
| FNCE 1000 | Corporate Finance | 1 |
| FNCE 1010 | Monetary Economics and the Global Economy | 1 |
| LGST 1000 | Ethics and Social Responsibility | 1 |
| or LGST 1010 | Law and Social Values | |
| MKTG 1010 | Introduction to Marketing | 1 |
| OIDD 1010 | An Introduction to Operations, Information and Decisions | 1 |
| STAT 1010 | Introductory Business Statistics | 1 |
| STAT 1020 | Introductory Business Statistics | 1 |
| Global Economy, Business & Society | ||
| One course unit required | 1 | |
| Technology, Innovation & Analytics | ||
| One course unit required | 1 | |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences | ||
| Foreign Language | 1 | |
| Second semester-level course or equivalent required | 1 | |
| Humanities | ||
| At least one course unit required | 1 | |
| Natural Science, Math & Engineering | ||
| At least one course unit required | 1 | |
| Social Science | ||
| At least one course unit required | 1 | |
Cross-Cultural Perspectives | ||
| Three course units required 2 | 3 | |
| Unrestricted Electives | ||
| Five course units required | 5 | |
| Total Course Units | 33 | |
- 1
For students who take ECON 0100 Introduction to Micro Economics and ECON 0200 Introductory Economics: Macro in place of BEPP 1000 Introductory Economics for Business Students of these courses can be slotted for BEPP 1000 on the worksheet. The second course may be used to fulfill a General Education Distribution or Unrestricted Elective requirement.
- 2
Two can double-count as Humanities; Natural Science, Math & Engineering; Social Science; or Flex Gen Ed.
The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2024 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.