03 November
05 November

RPI
University of Michigan
Brown University

Trevino, L. & Nelson, K. Managing Business Ethics, Chapters 8-10

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #38

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Chapter 7: `A Creative Alternative for the "Unbanked"'

Landsburg, Steven E. The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life, Chapter 6: `Telling Right from Wrong: The Pitfalls of Democracy'

Heilbroner, Robert L. The Nature and Logic of Capitalism, CH 5: `The Ideology of Capital'

Frank, Robert H. & Cook, Philip J. The Winner-Take-All Society, Ch 1: `Winner-Take-All Markets'

Rachels, James. The Elements of Moral Philosophy, Ch 2: `The Challenge of Cultural Relativism'

West, Ellen. `The Lake Pleasant Bodies CASE (A)

Wilson, James Q. `Adam Smith on Business Ethics'

Lou Krause (Business Enterprise Trust video)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Steven Engler (englers@rice.edu)
Jeffrey Lin (linje@rice.edu)
Kiyomasa Matsuda (matsudak@rice.edu)
Tso-Chien (Vincent) Wang (wangt@rice.edu)
Patrick Van Pelt (vanpelt@rice.edu)

Sasha Duncan (sconia@rice.edu)
Jeff Harfenist (harfenis@rice.edu)
Eric Podurgiel (podurgie@rice.edu)
Harriet Rosenberg (rosenbeh@rice.edu)
Tim Ruch (ruch@rice.edu)

Monica Bacallao (bacallo@rice.edu)
Erica Bess (bess@ruf.rice.edu)
Lena Li (---@ruf.rice.edu)
Kristine Olmstead (olmstead@ruf.rice.edu)
Danielle Williams (williams@ruf.rice.edu)

10 November
12 November

Trevino, L. & Nelson, K. Managing Business Ethics, Chapters 4, 5

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #45

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Chapter 20: `Quandaries in Developing a Wonder Drug for the Third World'

Dowie, Mark. `How Ford Put Two Million Firetraps on Wheels'

---. `The Price of Life: Why an American's Life is Worth Twice as Much as a Swede's'

Davidson, Dekkers L. & Goodpastor, Kenneth E. `Managing Product Safety: The Ford Pinto' (CASE)

Kelman, Steven. `Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique'

Harvey, Jerry B. The Abilene Paradox and Other Meditations on Management, Ch 2: `The Abilene Paradox: The Management of Agreement'

BLUEBIRD SMELTER CASE

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 5 DUE

Amanda Beard (bearda@ruf.rice.edu)
Gregory Haas (ghaas@ruf.rice.edu)
Jennifer Ngo (jengo@rice.edu)
James Vanreusel (vanreuse@rice.edu)
Martha Wenzel (wenzel@rice.edu)

Steven Engler (englers@rice.edu)
Aden Keeter (keeter@rice.edu)
Jeffrey Lin (linje@rice.edu)
Kiyomasa Matsuda (matsudak@rice.edu)
Tso-Chien (Vincent) Wang (wangt@rice.edu)
Patrick Van Pelt (vanpelt@rice.edu)

Rob Hudson (hudsonr@rice.edu)
Chris Martakis (martakis@rice.edu)
Doug Sewell (sewell@rice.edu)
Matt Worth (worth@rice.edu)
Ling Yang (yangl@rice.edu)

Farid Ali-zade (alizade@rice.edu)
Dana Benyo (benyo@rice.edu)
Derek Dooley (dooley@rice.edu)
Jeff Graham (grahamj@rice.edu)
Nicole Watson (watson@rice.edu)

17 November
19 November

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #52

Thomas, R. Roosevelt Jr. `From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity'

Dunn, Craig P. `The Normative Defense for Affirmative Action'

Barkan, Ilyse. `Ann Hopkins (A)' (CASE)

Marianne Dill (dill@rice.edu)
Eric Fournet (fournet@rice.edu)
Trisha Grisham (grisham@rice.edu)
Lisa Kennedy (kennedli@rice.edu)
Andrew Miles (milesa@rice.edu)

Kim Griffin (griffink@rice.edu)
Cindi Howson (howson@rice.edu)
Jonathan Hough (hough@rice.edu)
Bill Speakman (speakman@rice.edu)
Zhao Zhaoyang (zhao@rice.edu)

James Deborah (deborahj@rice.edu)
Maya Houston (houstonm@ruf.rice.edu)
Aditya Kapoor (kapoor@rice.edu)
Eduardo Prado (pradoe@rice.edu)
Ping Xu (xup@rice.edu)

Xiaozhen Chen (chenz@rice.edu)
Robert Evans (evans@rice.edu)
Anthony Franjie (franjie@rice.edu)
Susan Hoopes (hoopes@rice.edu)
Wendy Su (suw@rice.edu)

24 November
26 November

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Chapter 24: `A Values-Driven Business in a Global Marketplace'

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Chapters 3 & 11: `Death Benefits for the Living' and `Coping with AIDS in the Workplace'

561.2 STUDENTS: Please review the following links prior to class:

http://www.ifebp.org/ichotdom.html
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu

Chris Eklof (eklof@rice.edu)
Lyne Lin (linl@rice.edu)
Connelly McCreevey (mcgreevy@rice.edu)
David Mullins (mullins@rice.edu)
James Reed (reedj@rice.edu)

David Andrews (andrewsd@ruf.rice.edu)
Tom Matthews (matthewt@rice.edu)
Zack Sampson (sampson@rice.edu)

Dawn Hawkins (hawkinsd@rice.edu)
Steve Haddix (haddix@rice.edu)
Tim Hennessey (henness@rice.edu)
Tim Nieman (nieman@rice.edu)

Mike Hiney (hiney@rice.edu)
Jennifer Osterman (osterman@rice.edu)
Cynthia Schwierking (schwierk@rice.edu)