Seminar in Business Ethics and Social Institutions: Summer 2004

13 July 2004	Course Overview	Dunn
15 July 2004	Course Overview The nature of capitalism and the corporate enterprise Weiss, Chapter 4 Dienhart, Chapter 1 `Johnson Controls' Dienhart, Chapter 7, CASE (pp. 338-353) COMMONS GAME DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Dunn
20 July 2004	Overview of Ethical Theory Weiss, Chapter 3 Deinhart, Chapters 2, 3 Newton & Ford, Issues 3, 12 Ethics Frameworks Definitions Complete Guide to Ethics Management Ethics Updates (provides updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics) SURVEY OF ETHICAL THEORETIC APTITUDES SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: NASA's safety ethic wilted, probe says Lessons in organizational ethics from the Columbia disaster Lessons in organizational ethics from the Columbia disaster (Commentary) Experiential Exercise To Assess the Value Of Human Life CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Dunn Case Facilitators: David Harris Mike Merrill
22 July 2004	A Critique of Capitalism Dienhart, Chapter 4, 5 Newton & Ford, Issue 1 - `The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits' - 'Are Corporations Inherently Wicked?' - 'The Capitalist Threat' Anatomy of a Hostile Takeover (The Annenberg/CPB Project Ethics in America Series) SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: The corporate scandals and American capitalism Criminalizing capitalism Enron ethics: Culture matters more than codes CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 1 Due	Seminar Facilitators: Eddie Lameire Edgar Patino Ahmad Solomon Case Facilitators: Rob Bonner Van Nguyen Laura Shapiro
27 July 2004 CLASS MEETS AT THE KEN CINEMA AT 5:15 PM	MOVIE: The Corporation Ken Cinema: 4061 Adams Avenue, Kensington, CA 619-283-3227 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: --- SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
29 July 2004	Rights and Duties of Employees Weiss, Chapter 6 Newton & Ford, Issue 10 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Proxy Game Tailhook: Scandal time Employers Fail To Give Required Notice In Majority of Mass Layoffs and Closures SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Councilmen mixed on benefits Critics glad same-sex plan is out Some officers had moral concerns about same-sex benefits CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONTRACTS DUE	Seminar Facilitators: Jim Loiselle Adam Nielsen Matt Tucker Case Facilitators: Neda Asgharzadeh Jennifer Brock
03 August 2004	Rights and Duties of Consumers Weiss, Chapter 5 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Patient's Bill of Rights The tort tax Heal the law, then health care 13 things your health insurer doesn't want you to know Prop 64 (Pro) Prop 64 (Con) The following are informational ONLY: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Califronia Department of Consumer Affairs UCAN SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Jury verdict overturned on legal technicality Farmers' right to sue grows, raising debate on food safety Formula for disaster Former fox reporters win courage award for work on story which cost them their jobs CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 Due	Seminar Facilitators: Julie Johnson Kristy Munro C. Dean Richard Veronica Hoban Case Facilitators: Anna Hutter Tom Blankenhorn
05 August 2004	International Business, Domination and Exploitation Weiss, Chapter 7 Newton & Ford, Issues 15, 16 VIDEO FOR DISCUSSION: Realities of Labor Instructions: Access above link, then go to 'Realities of Labor' clip and click on appropriate Media. ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Backgrounder: Child labor in agriculture Let them sweat (PDF file) The bondage of poverty that produces chocolate (PDF file) SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Risky business: Grasberg gold mine Shareholder Activism - New York City funds push Freeport McMoran to improve human rights policy A pit of trouble--can the miners make peace with critics of its West Papua operation? CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Eyal Goldman Todd Wagner Ron Brooks Case Facilitators: Maria Oleary Yi-Chen Ho
10 August 2004	Rights and Duties of Nature Weiss, Chapter 5.5; 8.2 Newton & Ford, Issues 18, 19 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Genetically modified foods and organisms Panel sees no unique risk from genetic engineering Genetically modified foods: Are they a risk to human/animal health? Of public interest? A rice dilemma Genetically modified foods Genetically modified foods: Harmful or helpful? GM food quiz Monsanto Company Ocean Beach People's Organic Foods Market SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Thou shalt not make scientific progresss The future of medicine? CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 Due	Seminar Facilitators: Roy Segovia Timothy Ault --- Case Facilitators: Debra Bertram Barry Pawelek
12 August 2004	Codes of Conduct: Uses and Abuses Newton & Ford, Issue 2 PLEASE BRING YOUR COMPANY'S CODE OF CONDUCT TO CLASS - `Ethics Toolkit' - `Johnson and Johnson Credo history' - `Texas Instruments' (please read the related links on page) - `Guidance for writing a code of ethics' - `Interview with Price Waterhouse Coopers Ethics Director' NYNEX ('Code of Business Conduct' video) ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Johnson and Johnson Credo Johnson and Johnson Credo (Video) SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Broadcasters consider code of conduct Radio Chain Bumps Howard Stern Blame Game Over TV Indecency FCC Issues Steep Indecency Fines Pol Crusades Against Cuss Words Federal Communications Commission: Obscene, Profane, and Indecent Broadcasts Legal Information Institute: US Constitution, Bill of Rights CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Lynn Calhoon Chris Sanyster Moises Aguirre Case Facilitators: Milica Racic Shefali Narsee Jessica Antonel
17 August 2004	Contemporary Business Ethics Issues ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: How Gambling is Snookering America Sin Pays for the Vice Fund Lotteries How Can the Alcohol Industry Avoid the Fate Big Tobacco Suffered? The Weaning of America --- The Cigarette Papers Violent Video Games Under Attack State’s Violent Video Game Ban Overturned Game Blamed for Hammer Murder SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Give me a brother to save my life Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis Savior siblings: Commodity or boon? Newborns as involuntary donors Born to heal CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Cora Schexnayder Sabrina Hill Yury Pinsky Case Facilitators: Nick Teseros Joseph Spidle
19 August 2004	The Meaning of Work What Comes Next? Can Business Still Save the World? 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) The Search is Over: Thousand Have Given Up Looking for a Job Altogether SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Motorola angers (France) Part A CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4 Due	Dunn Case Facilitators: Timo Mueller Kevin Harty
23 August 2004	TERM PAPERS DUE