Study Abroad Opportunity for 2009: Business, Law and Ethics in the European Union (BLAW615)
Experience the challenge of negotiating an international contract while exploring the dynamics of global business in the European Union. This course focuses on globalization and its impact on business with a particular emphasis on EU and U.S. business and legal perspectives, ethics and culture. The classroom component of the course begins in Minneapolis and ends in Trier, Germany. In Minneapolis, you will meet German business students via e-mail and begin the process of negotiating a contract.
You will then travel to the heart of the EU - Brussels, Belgium - where you will meet with the German students and learn through on-site interactive visits, cultural immersion, discussion and reflection. This adventure includes meetings with executives from multinational companies, government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and will address business, legal, business ethics and corporate social responsibility issues as well as economic, socioeconomic, political and cultural issues within the European Union and their impact on conducting business in a global economy. The course ends in Trier, Germany, where you will attend classes and finalize your contracts.
The University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business and the Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC) jointly offer this three-credit MBA course.
Prerequisite: BLAW 600
You must submit an application in order to participate in this study abroad opportunity. Applications are being accepted now. Go to the course Web site to find a link to the application as well as more information about this fabulous educational experience: http://www.cebcglobal.org/Services/StudyAbroad2009.htm
Course Instructors: Professor Susan Marsnik, 651-962-4147, sjmarsnik@stthomas.edu or Dr. Douglas Jondle, 651-962-4117, djjondle@stthomas.edu