Social and Ethical Issues in Business: Fall 2004

Class Schedule:

01 September	Course Introduction
08 September	Syllabus Overview The Corporation as Legal Institution DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
15 September	Social Contract Theory DISCUSSION QUESTIONS The Corporation as Economic Institution DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
22 September	The Corporation as Social Institution Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Should Corporations Adopt Policies of Corporate Social Responsibility?' Bluebird Smelter The Social Responsibility of Business... (Friedman) 'Are Corporations Inherently Wicked?' (Dunn) The Corporation as Moral Institution Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto Case?' Overview of Ethical Frameworks Diamond, Jarod. 'Easter's End.' Discover, August 1995. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONTRACTS & SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT PROPOSALS DUE (Be certain to attach RELEASE OF LIABILITY FORM to Social Change Project Proposal)
29 September	The Corporation as Moral Institution Students enrolled in MGT 356 may access a Video Streaming lecture for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on 'Deontology/Utilitarianism' Brady's Survey of Ethical Theoretic Aptitudes - Kelman, Steven. `Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique' (PDF file) Students enrolled in MGT 356 may access a Video Streaming lecture for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on 'Justice/Caring/Libertarianism/Virtue/Land Ethic' Overview of Ethical Frameworks Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Are Pharmaceutical Firms Obligated to Cut Their Prices for Poor AIDS Victims?' - Le Guin, Ursula. `The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' - Dunn, Craig P. `The Normative Defense for Affirmative Action' DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
06 October	Midterm #1 Review Session Weiss Chapter 3.1-3.11; 5.5; 6.1-6.6 plus all web schedule readings (see above) Anatomy of a Hostile Takeover (The Annenberg/CPB Project Ethics in America Series) Information on key players in the video: T. Boone Pickens Sir James Goldsmith Warren Buffet Timothy E. Wirth Frederick H. Joseph Harrison J. Goldin Arthur Liman Lewis Kaden Joseph H. Flom Lester Thurow James Bere (Borg Warner) Robert E. Mercer (Goodyear Tire) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS EXAMINATION #1
13 October	EXAM #1 DEBRIEFING Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Are Multinational Corporations Free from Moral Obligations?' For pinkmonkey.com overview of Grapes of Wrath, click here For the text of Chapter 5 of Grapes of Wrath, click here DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 'SCOPE OF SERVICE' CONTRACTS DUE
20 October	EACH GROUP IS TO PROVIDE A FIVE TO TEN MINUTE UPDATE OF THEIR SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT. Refer to discussion questions below for areas to be addressed. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Classic Dialogue: Can Capitalism Lead to Human Happiness' Students enrolled in MGT 356 may access a Video Streaming lecture for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on 'Jackall Introduction' and 'Jackall Chapter 1'
27 October	Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes Students enrolled in MGT 356 may access a Video Streaming lecture for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on 'Jackall Chapters 2-4' Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Can Restructuring a Corporation's Rules Make a Moral Difference?' Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes Students enrolled in MGT 356 may access a Video Streaming lecture for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on 'Jackall Chapters 5-8' Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Are Sweatshops Necessarily Evil?'
03 November	Midterm #2 Review Session Weiss Chapter 4.1-4.5; 5.2-5.5; 7.1-7.5 plus all web schedule readings (see above) DEADLY DECEPTION (INFACT video) The full text of DEADLY DECEPTION can be found by clicking here. To better understand the concept of advocacy video, see the work of the Benton Foundation. EXAMINATION #2
10 November	EXAMINATION #2 Debriefing Read a synopsis of the book 'Aiming Higher.' The President's remarks during the 1994 Business Enterprise Trust Award Ceremony can be accessed by clicking here. The Meaning of Work The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapter 8 Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Donna Murray)
17 November	The Meaning of Work The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapter 9 Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Carl Murray Bates, Walter Lundquist, Nora Watson) Students enrolled in MGT 356 may access a Video Streaming lecture for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on 'Meaning of Work: Part 2' What Comes Next? Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter title: Roberta Victor) The World According to Me Students enrolled in MGT 356 may access a Video Streaming lecture for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on 'Meaning of Work: Part 3'
24 November	SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT PREPARATION DAY
01 December	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM and REFLECTIVE JOURNALS for following groups DUE TODAY *Balboa City School* *El Centro Community Garage Sale* *Children's Hospital Fundraiser* *Holiday Dinner Drive* *Mission Bay Blind Ski Fundraiser*
08 December	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM and REFLECTIVE JOURNALS for following groups DUE TODAY *Holiday Fairies* *SD Fire Natural Disaster Preparedness* *Day Spa Cancer Fundraiser* TERM PAPERS DUE (Papers will not be accepted without SELF-EVALUATION form attached)
15 December 7-9 pm	FINAL EXAMINATION
03 January	GRADES DUE FROM INSTRUCTORS

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