Social Responsibility & Ethics

Practice social responsibility and demonstrate ethical behavior

To lead productive and meaningful lives, students should develop within and across disciplines a strong sense of intellectual integrity and moral behavior, recognize ethical issues in a variety of settings, enhance social and civic responsibility, and gain an awareness of and sensitivity for their physical and social environment. 

Required Credit Hours: 0 

Completed credit hours count toward the Arts & Humanities goal. Students are strongly encouraged to take one Social Responsibility & Ethics course to fulfill their 6 hour arts & humanities requirement.

Courses that satisfy the goal:

  • CLSX 171: Ancient Ethical Problems
  • CLSX 384: Ethics in Greek Tragedy
  • EALC 142: Ethics in Chinese Philosophy
  • GIST/SLAV 205: Muslim Lives: Politics, Culture & Society
  • GIST/HIST 376: Immigrants, Refugees, Diasporas
  • HIST 337: History, Ethics, Modernity
  • HIST/JWSH/GERM 341: Hitler and Nazi Germany
  • HIST/JWSH/EURS 396: Hitler and Nazi Germany, Honors
  • HNRS 250: Citizen Philanthropy: An Introduction to the Nonprofit World
  • HUM 320: Being Human in the Workplace
  • JWSH/HIST 343:The Holocaust in History
  • JWSH 347: Jewish Ethics
  • PHIL 160: Introduction to Ethics
  • PHIL 161: Introduction to Ethics, Honors
  • PHIL 180: Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 181: Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy, Honors
  • PHIL 355: Moral Issues in Political Governance
  • PHIL 360: Moral Issues in Business
  • PHIL 375: Moral Issues in Computer Technology
  • PHIL 380: Environmental Ethics
  • REL 100: Introduction to Religious Ethics
  • REL 102: Violence and Religious Ethics
  • REL 137: Religious Ethics and Moral Decisions
  • REL 357: Women and Gender in Islam
  • REL 379: Prophets and Profits
  • SLAV 230: The Vampire in Literature, Film, and Television

KU Core 34 Learning Outcome:

Upon reaching this goal, students will be able to identify universal and/or discipline-specific ethical challenges, critically analyze and discuss the application of relevant ethical codes, evaluate the ramifications of their and others' actions, and articulate their position within an ethical dilemma.  

Institutional Learning Goal (Ethical & Professional Responsibility):

Demonstrate integrity and act responsibility with the interest of the larger community, environment, discipline, or profession in mind.