29 September
01 October

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #18

Coase, R. H. `The Nature of the Firm'

Berle, A. A. & Means, G. C. The Modern Corporation and Private Property, pp 10-17; 119-125

Marsh, Barbara. `Piercing the Corporate Veil'

---. `The Expanding Liability of Corporate Directors and Officers'

Dunn, Craig P. `Are Corporations Inherently Wicked?'

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

CONTRACTS DUE

GROUP CASE PROJECT PROPOSALS DUE

GROUP SEMINAR PROJECT PROPOSALS DUE

06 October
08 October

Paine, Lynn Sharp. `Managing for Organizational Integrity'

Jensen, Michael C. `Eclipse of the Public Corporation'

Newton, Lisa. `Agents for the Truly Greedy'

Kaku, Ryuzaburo. `The Path of Kyosei'

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Chapter 2: `Recycling Clothes While Building Customer Loyalty'

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Section 1 Intro: `Blending Product Innovation with Social Concern'

Gun Denhart (Business Enterprise Trust video)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 DUE

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 EXEMPLARS

Susan Perry (perry@ruf.rice.edu)
John Stables (stables@rice.edu)
Christian Stitch (stitch@rice.edu)
Sarah Vice (vice@rice.edu)
Robby Winston (winstonr@rice.edu)

Simon Chan (chan@rice.edu)
Charles Varnel (cbvarnel@rice.edu)
Lori Black (blackl@rice.edu)
Karoline Duessel (dussel@rice.edu)

Darin Duncan (duncan@ruf.rice.edu)
Kevin Ervin (ervin@ruf.rice.edu)
Peter Shaddock (shaddock@ruf.rice.edu)
John Spurrell (spurrell@ruf.rice.edu)
David Warren (warren@ruf.rice.edu)

13 October
15 October

Rachels, James. The Elements of Moral Philosophy, Chapter 11: `The Idea of a Social Contract'

Avishai, Bernard. `What is Business's Social Compact?'

Lodge, George & Walton, Richard. `The American Corporation and Its New Relationships'

Hamd Alkhayat (alkhayat@ruf.rice.edu)
Esther Chang (change@ruf.rice.edu)
Greg Kim (kimg@ruf.rice.edu)
Greg Ray (rayg@ruf.rice.edu)
Kelly Scott (scottk@ruf.rice.edu)

Michael Acuff (alkhayat@ruf.rice.edu)
Oliver Jones (joneso@rice.edu)
Nancy Lee (leen@rice.edu)
Rob Wheeler (wheeler@rice.edu)

Kaes DeJong (dejong@rice.edu)
Jack Havens (havensj@rice.edu)
Gordon Richardson (richardg@rice.edu)
Michael Valentine (valentin@rice.edu)

(20 October--
MID-TERM RECESS)
22 October

Freeman, R. Edward. Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Perspective, pp 55-110.

Bowie, Norman & Lenway, Stefanie Ann. `H. B. Fuller in Honduras: Street Children and Substance Abuse' (CASE)

Anthony Barrett (barreta@rice.edu)
Scott Chandler (chandler@rice.edu)
Sonya Green (greens@rice.edu)
Emily Hoffman (hoffmane@rice.edu)
Michael Wu (wuc@ruf.rice.edu)

Laura Freisinger (freising@rice.edu)
Kenn Hall (hallj@rice.edu)
William Miller (millerw@rice.edu)

27 October
29 October

Stone, Christopher. Where the Law Ends: The Social Control of Corporate Behavior, Chapter 11: `Why the Law Can't Do It'

Leone, Robert A. Who Profits: Winners, Losers, and Government Regulation, Chapter 1: The Iron Law

Stigler, George J. `The Theory of Economic Regulation'

Wilson, James Q. `The Politics of Regulation'

Vogel, David. `The New Political Science of Corporate Power'

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4 DUE

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 EXEMPLARS

Tony Gray (grayt@rice.edu)
Scott Snell (snell@rice.edu)
Tom Chow (chow@rice.edu)
Jacob Johnson (johnsoja@rice.edu)
John Kiani (kiani@rice.edu)

Olympia Ammon (ammon@rice.edu)
Daron Chalk (chalk@rice.edu)
Jeanne Hoetzel (hoetzel@rice.edu)
Nathan Smalley (smalleyn@rice.edu)

Randy Brazzel (brazzel@rice.edu)
Damon Hall (hall@rice.edu)
Jack Havens (havens@rice.edu)
J. L. Marti (martij@rice.edu)
Mike Robertson (robertmm@rice.edu)

David Debalko (debalko@rice.edu)
Rob Gabel (gabel@rice.edu)
Jake Hadix (hadix@rice.edu)
Randy Ward (wardr@rice.edu)