College of Business Administration

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Fall 2001

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Class Schedule:


05 September MGT 356:
Syllabus Overview
12 September MGT 356:
The Corporation as Legal Institution
19 September MGT 356:
The Corporation as Social Institution
Bluebird Smelter
Newton & Ford's Taking Sides
Issue 12: Product Liability: Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto Case?
The Social Responsibility of Business... (Friedman)
CONTRACTS & SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT PROPOSALS DUE
26 September MGT 356:
The Corporation as Moral Institution
Overview of Ethical Frameworks
Brady's Survey of Ethical Theoretic Aptitudes
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Le Guin)
03 October MGT 356:
Anatomy of a Hostile Takeover (The Annenberg/CPB Project Ethics in America Series)
Newton & Ford's Taking Sides
Issue 16: Should We Encourage International Trade in Tobacco Products?

AFTER CLASS ASSIGNMENT: Watch tonight's installment of West Wing, and come prepared next week to discuss the application of the ethical frameworks we have discussed thus far in class to this television show.

10 October MGT 356:
Newton & Ford's Taking Sides
Issue 13: Are Multinational Corporations Free from Moral Obligations?

CLIENT CONTRACTS DUE

17 October MGT 356:
Newton & Ford's Taking Sides
Issue 1: Classic Dialogue: Is Capitalism the Best Route to Human Happiness
Midterm Review (student-directed)
24 October MGT 356:
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
31 October MGT 356:
Midterm Debriefing
Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes
Newton & Ford's Taking Sides
Issue 3: Does Ethics Matter in Business?
07 November MGT 356:
Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes
Newton & Ford's Taking Sides
Issue 14: Are Sweatshops Necessarily Evil?
14 November MGT 356:
Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes
DEADLY DECEPTION (INFACT video)
21 November MGT 356:
Social Change Project Preparation Day
[no formal class meeting]
28 November MGT 356:
The Meaning of Work

What Comes Next?
The World According to Me
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)

05 December MGT 356:
Social Change Project Presentations
*Breast Cancer Awareness*

Brewer/Martin/Slapo/Sumukti/Woldrich


*Toy Drive*

Cartagena/Quataker


*Sharpening Your Inverview Skills*

Plaice/Sandoval/Stephenson


*Youth Literacy Program*

Asaro/Cohen/Moreno/Soares

12 December MGT 356:
Social Change Project Presentations
*Project Mercy*

Mobley/Seward


*Financial Literacy Training*

Curry/Dominguez/Katoozian/Vorburger


*College Concerts for Charity*

Dulawan/Garvey/Rose


TERM PAPERS DUE

(Papers will not be accepted without SELF-EVALUATION form attached)

19 December MGT 356:
FINAL EXAMINATION


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