Legal and Governmental Processes I

Readings Packet Table of Contents

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #1

Landsburg, Steven E. The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life, Chapter 23: `New, Improved Football'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #2

Rachels, James. The Elements of Moral Philosophy, Chapters 5-6: `Psychological Egoism' and `Ethical Egoism'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #3

Lux, Kenneth. Adam Smith's Mistake, Chapter 4: `The Mistake'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #4

Rachels, James. The Elements of Moral Philosophy, Chapter 12: `The Ethics of Virtue'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #5

Tarr, Curtis W. `R. Foster Winans' (case)

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #6

Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene, Chapter 1: `Why Are People?'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #7

---. `Evo-Economics: Biology Meets the Dismal Science'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #8

Landsburg, Steven E. The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life, Chapter 1: `The Power of Incentives: How Seat Belts Kill'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #9

Landsburg, Steven E. The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life, Chapter 2: `Rational Riddles: Why the Rolling Stones Sell Out'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #10

Schwartz, Barry. The Battle for Human Nature, Chapters 2 & 6: `From Ought to Is: Science and Human Nature' and `The Limits of Economics'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #11

Lux, Kenneth. Adam Smith's Mistake, Chapter 8: `Gifts of Science'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #12

Friedman, Milton. `The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #13

Soros, George. `The Capitalist Threat'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #14

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Section 5 intro & Chapter 21: `The Rewards of Corporate Citizenship' and `The Rewards of Servant-Leadership'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #15

Heilbroner, Robert L. The Nature and Logic of Capitalism, Chapters 2-3: `The Drive to Amass Capital' and `The Regime of Capital'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #16

Blinder, Alan. Hard Heads, Soft Hearts, pp 14-31

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #17

Briskin, Alan. The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace, Chapters 5-6: `Enlightenment Born of Fear: Frederick Taylor and the Gospel of Efficiency' and `Separating Action from Meaning: The Legacy of Efficiency'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #18

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #19

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

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Marsh, Barbara. `Piercing the Corporate Veil'

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

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

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Paine, Lynn Sharp. `Managing for Organizational Integrity'

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #25

Newton, Lisa. `Agents for the Truly Greedy'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #26

Kaku, Ryuzaburo. `The Path of Kyosei'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #27

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #28

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #29

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #30

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

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

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

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #34

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #35

Wilson, James Q. `The Politics of Regulation'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #36

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #37

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #38

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #39

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #40

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #41

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #42

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #43

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

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #45

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #46

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

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

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #49

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #50

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #51

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #52

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #53

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #54

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #55

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #56

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

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #57

Sugg, Ike C. `Worried About That Owl on Your Land? Here's Good News'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #58

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Chapter 18: `Going Green at the Vermont Ice Cream Machine'

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Landsburg, Steven E. The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life, Ch 24: `Why I am not an Environmentalist: The Science of Economics Versus the Religion of Ecology'

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #60

Reinhardt, Forest L. `Champion International Corporation: Timber, Trade, and the Northern Spotted Owl' (Case)

ADMIN 561 Readings Packet #61

Boller, David. Aiming Higher, Chapter 6: `The Little School Bus Company That Could'

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