This course will examine the way things are in the “real world” and whether there is a better alternative. Can you conduct yourself with ethical dignity and integrity to achieve professional excellence? The course will focus equally on ethical performance in law, business and medicine in an attempt to find the constant themes that underlie professional ethics in all walks of life. Lying and deception will be a constant theme throughout the class and the notion of trust will be dissected and analyzed. Students will actively participate in an interactive class environment and in small group discussions. A number of knowledgeable guests from the business and legal world will visit and contemporary films as well as videos of prior guest appearances will be shown.