College of Business Administration

Social Responsibility:

The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

Class Schedule:

06 August 1999 8:00 am -- 12:00 pm	*Introduction and Court System Meiners Chapters 1-2 (emphasize pp 26-32, 51) Hesenthaller handout *Business and the Constitution; Commercial Speech Meiners Chapter 5 (emphasize pp 150-160)	Block
07 August 1999 1:00 pm -- 5:00 pm	*Business Torts and Liability Meiners Chapters 7-8 (emphasize all)	Block
20 August 1999 8:00 am -- 12:00 pm	*Contracts and Negotiable Instruments Meiners Chapters 10-11 (emphasize all)	Block
21 August 1999 1:00 pm -- 5:00 pm	*Contracts and Negotiable Instruments (con't.) *Debtor/Creditor Relations Meiners Chapter 12	Block
03 September 1999 8:00 am -- 12:00 pm	*Agency Meiners Chapter 13 (emphasize all) *Business Organizations Meiners Chapter 14 (emphasize all) Meiners Chapter 20	Block
04 September 1999 1:00 pm -- 5:00 pm	*Employment Law Meiners Chapter 15 (emphasize pp 530-533) Meiners Chapter 16 (emphasize all) *Carryover, Reveiw and Handouts In-Class Examination	Block
17 September 1999 8:00 am -- 12:00 pm	*Social Contract Theory *The 'Nature' of the Corporate Enterprise The Heroic Enterprise: Business and the Common Good, Chapters 1-2 - 'The Elements of Moral Philosophy/Social Contract Theory' (Readings Packet: Article 5-c.) - 'Ben's Big Flop' (September 1998 Inc. magazine cover story) - Friedman, Milton. `The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits' (Readings Packet:Article 5-b.) - 'Are Corporations Inherently Wicked?' (Readings Packet: Article 5-e.) - 'The Armchair Economist-New, Improved Football' (Readings Packet: Article 5-f.) - 'The Armchair Economist-The Power of Incentives' (Readings Packet: Article 5-g.) BLUEBIRD SMELTER CASE (Readings Packet: Case 3-b.) COMMONS GAME DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WEEKEND 1 SLIDE SHOW	Dunn
18 September 1999 1:00 pm -- 5:00 pm	*Corporate Social Performance *Critiques of Market Systems The Heroic Enterprise: Business and the Common Good, Chapter 3 The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Part A - `The Capitalist Threat' (Readings Packet: Article 5-i.) Anatomy of a Hostile Takeover (The Annenberg/CPB Project Ethics in America Series) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WEEKEND 1 SLIDE SHOW GROUP CASE PROJECT PROPOSALS DUE	Dunn
01 October 1999 8:00 am -- 12:00 pm	*Ethical Theory The Heroic Enterprise: Business and the Common Good, Chapter 9 Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How to Do It Right, Section II - 'The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility: Toward the Moral Management of Organizational Stakeholders' (Readings Packet: Article 5-h.) - 'Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique' (Readings Packet: Article 5-d.) - Le Guin, Ursula. `The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' - Dunn, Craig P. `The Normative Defense for Affirmative Action' JOHNSON CONTROLS CASE (Readings Packet: Case 3-a.) SURVEY OF ETHICAL THEORETIC APTITUDES (Readings Packet: Exercise 4-a.) EMBA Ethics Survey: Survey of Ethical Theoretic Aptitudes Score: ( -7 )( -6 )( -5 )( -4 )( -3 )( -2 )( -1 )( 0 )( +1 )( +2 )( +3 )( +4 )( +5 )( +6 )( +7 ) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Dunn
02 October 1999 1:00 pm -- 5:00 pm	*The Practice of Ethics within Organizations The Heroic Enterprise: Business and the Common Good, Chapter 7 Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How to Do It Right, Sections III & IV - 'Adam Smith to the ER' (Readings Packet, Article 5-j.) - 'A Question of Ethics: One CFO Wrestles with His Conscience' (Readings Packet, Article 5-k.) - Ford Pinto (Readings Packet, Case 3-c.) Gail Mayville (Business Enterprise Trust video) Lou Krause (Business Enterprise Trus video) DEADLY DECEPTION (INFACT video) NYNEX ('Code of Business Conduct' video) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Dunn
15 October 1999 8:00 am -- 12:00 pm	*Application: Case Presentations *The Meaning of Work The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Part B - What Comes Next? (Readings Packet: Article 5-a.) - The World According to Me DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WEEKEND 3 SLIDE SHOW	Dunn
16 October 1999 1:00 pm -- 5:00 pm	*Application: Case Presentations *The Meaning of Work The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapters 8 & 9 - Taylor, Fredrick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' - Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Carl Murray Bates, Walter Lundquist, Donna Murray, Roberta Victor, Nora Watson) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WEEKEND 3 SLIDE SHOW	Dunn
29 October 1999	TERM PAPERS DUE

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