Seminar in Business Ethics and Social Institutions: Summer 2006

10 July 2006	Course Overview The nature of capitalism and the corporate enterprise Weiss, Chapter 4 Dienhart, Chapter 1 A Critique of Capitalism Dienhart, Chapter 4, 5 Newton & Ford, Issue 1 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: - 'Are Corporations Inherently Wicked?' - 'The Capitalist Threat' COMMONS GAME DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR COPY OF POWERPOINT HANDOUT, click HERE	Dunn
12 July 2006	Overview of Ethical Theory Weiss, Chapter 3 Deinhart, Chapters 2, 3 Newton & Ford, Issues 3, 12 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: 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 `Johnson Controls' Dienhart, Chapter 7, CASE (pp. 338-353) FOR COPY OF POWERPOINT HANDOUT, click HERE	Dunn
17 July 2006	Rights and Duties of Shareholders ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: - `The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits' --- SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: The Socially Irresponsible Portfolio CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Enayati/Damelio Case Facilitators: Schmitt/Slates
19 July 2006	Rights and Duties of Employees Weiss, Chapter 6 Newton & Ford, Issue 10 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Lawless Workplaces 2006 Workplace e-mail, im, and blog survey... SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Many executives' paychecks swelled... Spreading the Yankee way of pay An analysis of executive compensation CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Delta employee fired for blogging sues airline Warning: Your clever little blog could get you fired Beware of the workplace blogs CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 1 Due	Seminar Facilitators: Haddock/Hoffmaster/Gutzmer Case Facilitators: Bienati/Hong Case Facilitators: Ushiroda/Jacobs/Macdonald
24 July 2006	Rights and Duties of Consumers Weiss, Chapter 4.5-4.6 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Supply-side regulation needed for the US oil industry Government must ban fast food advertising to kids Does it [ethcial shopping] really make any difference? SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Apple faces another iPod lawsuit iPod nano lawsuits: who wins? Lawsuit claims Apple knew nanos would scratch CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Flatt/Chintawat/Lester Case Facilitators: Dawson/Moseley
26 July 2006	Rights and Duties of Nature Weiss, Chapter 4.7 Newton & Ford, Issues 18, 19 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Easter’s End Natural Capitalism Manufactured Doubt: Industries growing adept at manipulating science to suit their needs Swift Boating the Planet SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Lawsuit over Navy sonar near whales, dolphins Judge bars shrill Navy sonar Operations to continue without mid-frequency active sonar Navy attuned to whale songs CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: “Green-tagged” wood arrives in local port; it’s the 1st shipment from program aimed at protecting vulnerable rainforests Home Depot’s Wood Purchasing Policy Environmentalism as Religion Critique of the Pursuit of Green Home Depot – Greenwash? CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONTRACTS DUE	Seminar Facilitators Zajano/Dolan/Aston Case Facilitators: Defensor/Tiefenthaler Case Facilitators: Kelly/Little/Wimmer :
31 July 2006	International Business, Domination and Exploitation Weiss, Chapter 7 Newton & Ford, Issues 15, 16 ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Drug Trials: Beyond the Dark Side Pfizer Faulted-1996 Clinical Trials in Nigeria The Helsinki Agreement Child Labor Industry Child Labor in India SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: SeaCode Outsourcing: A sea change A plan to offshore . . . just 3 miles out Offshore outsourcing still a ship of dreams CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Reducing child labor U.S. retailers: Responsible for the global sweat shop crisis Rising above sweatshops CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Laddon/Graziano/Annamalai Case Facilitators: DeBell/McKay Case Facilitators: Starr/Corporales/Kearney
02 August 2006	NO CLASS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 Due
7 August 2006	Codes of Conduct: Uses and Abuses Newton & Ford, Issue 2 PLEASE BRING YOUR COMPANY'S CODE OF CONDUCT TO CLASS ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: - `Ethics Toolkit' - `Johnson and Johnson Credo history' - `Kraft Foods Code of Conduct' - `Texas Instruments' (please read the related links on page) - `Guidance for writing a code of ethics' - `Interview with Price Waterhouse Coopers Ethics Director' - 'Corporate Ethical Policies in Large Corporations in Argentina, Brazil and Spain' SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Duke Cunningham Plea Agreement House of Representatives Code of Ethics Defense Contracting Ethics From cash to yachts: Congressman's bribe menu CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Ferrel/Bell/Letourneau Case Facilitators: Klepsch/Bandu
9 August 2006	Contemporary Business Ethics Issues ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: Difficult decisions: Ethical issues for the national media... Surveillance under the US Patriot Act Media & Ethics BBB Code of Advertising Advertising (from Wikipedia) Ethics in Advertising Bush vetoes embryonic stem cell bill SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Oil-for Food Scandal The Sound, the Fury Monsanto fined $1.5m for bribery The Case of the Million-Dollar Decision CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 Due	Seminar Facilitators: Tenenini/Coleman/Bodine/Sainte-Claire Case Facilitators: Hastings/Velentine
14 August 2004	NO CLASS
16 August 2006	The Meaning of Work ARTICLES FOR DISCUSSION: 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) --- SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CASE FOR DISCUSSION: Work-Life balance...A case of social responsibility or competitive advantage? CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS	Seminar Facilitators: Dunn Case Facilitators: Helwig/Bickings
18 August 2006	WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4 Due TERM PAPERS DUE