"In the 18th century, British philosopher Jeremy Bentham founded the ethical, legal, and political doctrine of utilitarianism, which states that correct actions are those that result in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. For Bentham, happiness is precisely quantifiable and reducible to units of pleasure, less units of pain. Bentham was strongly opposed to then-dominant theories of natural rights, in which human beings are believed to possess certain inherent and unalterable social requirements."Encarta

Jeremy Bentham

Introduction to Business is a high school course designed for the high school student to research relavent business practices in the workplace and decide if it is feasable for them to open their own business one day in the future. Part of this research of today's businesses includes research in the Codes of Ethics written by each business for the training of their employees. These Codes of Ethics not only pertain to the companies employees, but also to the management and administration and the leaders of the business.

With the use of the Internet, students can research certain businesses Codes of Ethics and therefore, collect data and from that data come to their own conclusions as to which codes they might be able to apply in starting their own business.