PRTO1000 · Undergrad Management Honors/Ethics
Carroll School of Management
This course is required for all Carroll School students and must be taken in the fall semester of their first year at BC. Portico fulfills the Carroll School ethics requirement.. This is the introductory course for Carroll School of Management's first year students. Topics will include ethics, leadership, globalization, economic development, capitalism, innovation, entrepreneurship, vocational discernment, and the functional areas of business. This will be an interactive three-credit seminar, serving as one of the five courses in the fall semester and fulfilling the ethics requirement for the Carroll School. The instructor will serve as academic advisor during the student's first year.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.8 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.8 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Associate Professor of the Practice, Business Law and Society, Carroll School of Mgmt
4.8 / 5
4.6 / 5
Administrative Assistant, Management & Organization · CSOM
4.9 / 5
4.6 / 5
Professor of the Practice, Business Law and Society, Carroll School of Mgmt
4.9 / 5
4.7 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Business Law and Society, Carroll School of Mgmt
4.8 / 5
4.5 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Business Law and Society, Carroll School of Mgmt
4.5 / 5
4.3 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Business Law and Society, Carroll School of Mgmt
4.2 / 5
4.1 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Business Law and Society, Carroll School of Mgmt
4.6 / 5
4.5 / 5
3 evaluations for this course
4.3 / 5
4.2 / 5
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Carroll School of Management
4.4 / 5
4.3 / 5
Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate Program, Carroll School of Management
4.7 / 5
4.7 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
May 3, 2026 · Historical comment
sensational. might be the nicest person at BC- as an advisor he isn't overly useful unless you are clueless but that is kinda what an advisor is supposed to do anyway- too nice and too fair to give you the inside scoop on stuff so don't expect it- my only grievance
Jan 15, 2026 · Historical comment
Professor Cioni is the GOAT.
Dec 31, 2025 · Historical comment
Great guy. SO nice. Office hours definitely help. Tough grader, but that's because Portico is very cutthroat, no matter who you have.
Dec 25, 2025 · Historical comment
Professor Mendelsohn is a great person. The actual day-to-day class is very easy with minimal work. However, his grading on exams is extremely inconsistent and unclear. Also, he does not allow computers, which means that notes on every reading (very long) are essential.
Dec 13, 2025 · Historical comment
Great professor. Very kind and engaging. Tough grader though (might be genuinely impossible to get an A). Impossible to get under a B+ though.
Dec 10, 2025 · Historical comment
Good heart. Emphasizes being a team. To get a good grade you have to talk in class so take notes on the main points of the readings he assigns.
Dec 5, 2025 · Historical comment
Just an absolutely awesome human being who has a genuine care for what he teaches. Maybe a rough workload if you work to actually understand what you're reading you'll do fine and learn a lot. The BEST Portico teacher regardless of how that reflects in your grade. Very personable as well
Dec 4, 2025 · Historical comment
Fantastic Professor, extremely engaging, great discussion facilitator. Very tough grader, A's are rare to come by, you will most likely end with a B+.
Nov 21, 2025 · Historical comment
Extremely nice, passionate about what she teaches, and really wants students to do well. That being said, she does have class favorites and the exams are very specific.
Oct 30, 2025 · Historical comment
Great proffessor. Very energetic and takes time to get to know every student. Lots of readings for homework but manageable if you stay on top of it. Makes class go by fast.
Dec 20, 2024 · Historical comment
Cioni is honestly the GOAT of Portico. He makes it exciting to learn about business ethics even at 9 in the morning. He takes time to learn about everyone and is always there to help out. Only criticism would be that he prefers paper over digital.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
32 sectionsFall 2023
33 sectionsFall 2022
31 sectionsSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
36 sectionsSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
35 sectionsSpring 2020
2 sections