San Diego State University

College of Business Administration

Week 01 30 August		Topic: Course Introduction
Week 02 06 September		NO CLASS-Labor Day
Weeks 03-04 13/20 September		Mindwalk: A film for passionate thinkers DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Topic: Environmental Ethics Session Facilitator: Dunn DISCUSSION QUESTIONS COMMONS GAME Reading Assignment: Diamond, Jarod. Easter's End. Discover, August 1995. Sagoff, Mark. Zuckerman's Dilemma: A Plea for Environmental Ethics. Hastings Center Report, September/October 1991, p. 32. Holmes, Ralston III. Global Environmental Ethics: A Valuable Earth. Kay, Jeanne. Concepts of Nature in the Hebrew Bible. Environmental Ethics, v10, n4, p309 Locke, John An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government. [CHAPTER V: Of Property] Weston, Anthony. Between Means and Ends. The Monist, v75, n2, p236. Brown, Lester R. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. [CHAPTER 1: The Economy and the Earth] Supplemental Course Materials: Armstrong, Susan J. & Botzler, Richard G. Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence Erdoes, Richard & Ortiz, Alfonso (eds). American Indian Myths and Legends Hoffman, W. Michael, Frederick, Robert, & Petry, Edward S. Jr. (eds). The Corporation, Ethics, and the Environment, Part I Johnson, Lawrence E. A Morally Deep World: An Essay on Moral Significance and Environmental Ethics Larusso, Carol Spenard (ed). The Green Thoreau Mander, Jerry. In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology & the Survival of the Indian Nations Nerburn, Ken & Mengelkoch, Louise (eds). Native American Wisdom Oelschlaeger, Max (ed). The Wilderness Condition: Essays on Environment and Civilization Rockefeller, Steven C. & Elder, John C. (eds). Spirit and Nature: Why the Environment is a Religious Issue Sachs, Aaron. Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and the Environment Stone, Christopher. The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Chapter X Suzuki, David & Knudtson, Peter. Wisdom of the Elders: Honoring Sacred Native Visions of Nature Watts, Alan W. Nature, Man and Woman Weatherford, Jack. Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America
Week 05 27 September		Topic: Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice Session Facilitators:Duitsman/Schexnayder DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Preface, Chapters 1, 2, 12 Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 2 Ecofeminism Website (Read section entitled "What is Ecofeminism?" Critical and Constructive Contributions of Ecofeminism Ecofeminism Meets Business Ecofeminism Economics A Challenge for Ecofeminism Cases: [SEMINAR LEADER CASE TO BE POSTED HERE] Supplemental Course Materials: Newton, Lisa H. & Dillingham, Catherine K. (eds). Watersheds 2: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics, Chapter 2 Warren, Karen J. The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism. Environmental Ethics Summer 1990, v12, n2, p125(22). Dubos, Rene. The Wooing of Earth: New Perspectives on Man's Use of Nature Stone, Christopher. The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Chapters I, II, III, IV, V
Week 06 04 October		Topic: Scarcity, Overconsumption, and the Market Session Facilitators:Dunn DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Ethics and the Economics Ecology Dilemma: Toward a Just, Sustainable, and Frugal Future Sustainability, Carrying Capacity, and Overconsumption, 16 August 2002 Sustainable Development: A Common Challenge for North and South Overpopulation and Overconsumption: Where Should We Focus? The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement What's Your Share?, Summer 2001 Cases: [SEMINAR LEADER CASE TO BE POSTED HERE] Supplemental Course Materials: Smith, Richard (ed). Overpopulation and Overconsumption: Combating the Two Main Drivers of Global Destruction. British Medical Journal, 15 May 1993, v306, p1285. Butler, Colin. Overpopulation, Overconsumption, and Economics. Lancet, 5 March 1994, v343, n8897, p582. Dickinson, Elaine. Cruise Ships Under Scrutiny. Boat US Magazine, September 2002, p36 CONTRACTS Due (Must be submitted electronically by accessing the link directly above) WRITING ASSIGNMENT 1 Due
Week 07 11 October		Topic: State of the World: The Science of the Environment Session Facilitators:Johnson/Jones DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Appenzeller, Tim. Signs of the Earth. National Geographic: September 2004 Glick, Daniel. Geo Signs: The Big Thaw. National Geographic: September 2004 Kaiser, Jocelyn. Caribou Study Fuels Debate on Drilling in Arctic Refuge. National Geographic: September 2004 Mia MacDonald with Danielle Nierenberg State of the World 2003. (Read Chapter 3: Linking Population, Women, and Biodiversity Some Observations on the State of the World's Environment, and the Prospects for the Future (PDF file) Brown, Lester R. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. [CHAPTER 2: Signs of Stress: Climate and Water] Brown, Lester R. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. [CHAPTER 3: Signs of Stress: The Biological Base] Cases: Ladenson, Robert F. “Global Warming” (Case #70).. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (IIT). (February 28, 2002).
Week 08 18 October		Topic: Costing the Earth: Efficiency and the Environment Session Facilitators:Wright/Van Dyke DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Chapters 5, 6, 7, 9 Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 17 Footprints for Sustainability: The Next Steps (PDF file) Resource Efficiency Natural Capitalism Rising fossil fuel prices boost prospects for renewable energy US Lags on Renewable Energy Indian Elephants Fight Losing Battle with Humans Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program Clean-Energy Trends 2003 Biomass Energy Green Building Loup Valley Dairy Case Study Cases: [SEMINAR LEADER CASE TO BE POSTED HERE] Supplemental Course Materials: Spash, Clive L. Economics, Ethics, and Long-Term Environmental Damage. Environmental Ethics, v15, n2, p117. Daly, Herman E. & Townsend, Kenneth N. Valueing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics Hoffman, W. Michael, Frederick, Robert, & Petry, Edward S. Jr. (eds). The Corporation, Ethics, and the Environment, Part IV Makower, Joel. The E Factor: The Bottom-line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business, Chapters 1-2 Stone, Christopher. The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Chapters VI, VII, VIII Tietenberg, Tom. Environmental Economics and Policy, Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 12
Week 09 25 October		Topic: Clean Technology Session Facilitators: Cheshire/Forsthoefel/Schweighart DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapters 9, 10, 11 Chea, Terence. Clean Technology Firms Attract Cash The Clean Revolution: Technologies from the Leading Edge Clean Coal Technology & The President's Clean Coal Power Initiative Dempsey, Dave. Earth protection begins with small things, like dry cleaning Fuel Efficient Vehicles Personal story of a Prius driver A Roving Ambassador for Clean Technology Cases: Genetically Modified Food and Organisms Case Study –Study Inconclusive on the safety of GM food Supplemental Course Materials: Katz, Eric. The Call of the Wild: The Struggle against Domination and the Technological Fix of Nature. Environmental Ethics, v14, p265. Managing Planet Earth: Readings from Scientific American, Chapter 8 (focusing on the development of new technologies that replace existing high energy and material consuming, and polluting technologies)
Week 10 01 November		Topic: Pollution Prevention (focusing on reducing pollution from existing plants and processes Session Facilitators: Knepper/Levine DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Chapters 3, 11 An Ounce of Pollution Prevention is Worth Over 167 Billion Pounds of Cure (PDF file) California Water Boards Launch Countywide... P2: The Pollution Prevention Experts... An Introduction to Pollution Prevention... Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center Sustaining Our Future: 3M's Progress toward Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability Environmental Management Issues in Corporate Strategy Business and Sustainable Development: A Global Guide (Pollution Prevention) Erase the Waste: Neighborhood Action Kit Cases: Two Tribes Play by New Set of Rules Video: Gail Mayville (Business Enterprise Trust video) Supplemental Course Materials: Nerburn, Kent, Ph.D & Mengelkoch, Louise, M.A. The Betrayal of the Land, Native American Wisdom. New World Library, 1991. p47. Bechtel, Stefan. Keeping Your Company Green Makower, Joel. The E Factor: The Bottom-line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business, Chapters 3, 6 Tietenberg, Tom. Environmental Economics and Policy, Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 Due
Week 11 08 November		Topic: Life-Cycle-Design (focusing on the inclusion of environmental considerations in the regular design of products and production processes) Session Facilitators: Seale/High DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 14 10 Ecodesign Tools Life Cycle Assessment Results from Examining Three Companies’ LCD Measures Provides Free LCA Software to Measure Environmental Impact of New Buildings Limitations of LCA – Only as Good as the Data Click here, and go to 'Companies Using Life Cycle,' then reference 'Dow – Goal 2005' Cases: Stadium Case Study Video: GLOBAL DUMPING GROUND (Frontline video) Supplemental Course Materials: Nerburn, Kent, Ph.D & Mengelkoch, Louise, M.A. The Ways of the Land, Native American Wisdom. New World Library, 1991. p1.The Responsive Communitarian Platform: Rights and Responsibilities. The Responsive Community. Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 1991/92.
Week 12 15 November		Topic: Environmental Management Systems (focusing on changes in management structure and the provision of information on impacts relevant to the environment) Session Facilitators: Fraser/Garrido DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapters 4, 5, 6 International Standards for Environmental Management Systems: A future promise for Environmental Policy? (PDF) 14K Does it Pay? Factoring Sustainability into the EMS Equation (PDF) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (see EMS) EMS Your Business Advantage (PDF) The Benefits of EMS (PDF) Q&A on ISO 14000 ISO 14000 Case Studies Cases: City of San Diego EMS Case Study (PDF) Supplemental Course Materials: Birch, Thomas H. The Incarceration of Wildness: Wilderness Areas as Prisons. Environmental Ethics, Spring 1990, v12, n1, p3(24) Martel, Ned & Holman, Blan . Inside the Environmental Groups, 1994. Outside. March 1994, pp 65 Martin, Michael. Ecosabotage and Civil Disobedience. Environmental Ethics, v12, n4, p291. Abbey, Edward (ed) The Best of Edward Abbey, From The Monkey Wrench Gang Buchholz, Rogene A. Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business, Part III Hoffman, W. Michael, Frederick, Robert, & Petry, Edward S. Jr. (eds). The Corporation, Ethics, and the Environment, Part III Makower, Joel. The E Factor: The Bottom-line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business, Chapters 4, 5, 7 Stead, W. Edward & Stead, Jean Garner. Management for a Small Planet: Strategic Decision Making and the Environment WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 Due
Week 13 22 November		Topic: Environmental Change Project Preparation Day (No formal class meeting)
Week 14 29 November		Topic: Loop-Closing (focusing on re-use and recycling of waste-products through the cycle of the product) Session Facilitators: Natemeyer/Tubman/Masure DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Reading Assignment: Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce, Chapter 4 Eco-Industrial Parks: The Case for Private Planning (PDF file) Schmidt-Bleek, Friederich. The Fossil Makers (Chapter 6 and “Does a Refrigerator Have to Travel?” from Chapter 7--PDF file) Closing the Loop with Recycled Products (PDF file) Dell Environmental Report (2004) (PDF file) Xerox Environmental Report (2004) (PDF file) Cases: Industrial Ecology: Paradigm Shift or Normal Science? Supplemental Course Materials: By-Product Synergy Supports Sustainable Development (PDF file) Zero waste system in paradise (PDF file) Applied Sustainability LLC: Making a Business Case for By-Product Synergy (PDF file) U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development Eco-Industrial Parks: A Case Study and Analysis of Economic, Environmental, Technical, and Regulatory Issues (PDF file) EPA Examples of Eco-Industrial and Resource Recovery Parks Simon, Julian L. and S. Moore. Chicken Little Was Wrong. The American Spectator, February 2001 (PDF file) Davis, Sheila and T. Smith. Corporate Strategies for Electronics Recycling: A Tale of Two Systems. Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, June 25, 2003 (PDF file) Recycling? It’s Really Reselling
Week 15 06 December		Topic: The Meaning of Work For a great 'read' on social justice and meaningful work: Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - What Comes Next? - The World According to Me - Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' (full text) - Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' (excerpts on meaningful work) - Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Carl Murray Bates, Walter Lundquist, Donna Murray, Roberta Victor, Nora Watson) Paperless Office Environmental Change Project Presentation (Fraser, Garrido, Van Dyke) TERM PAPERS DUE (Term Papers will not be accepted without SELF-EVALUATION attached)
Week 16 13 December		FINAL EXAMINATION Cases: Anynomous. A toast to eco-balancing at Hasseroder Brewery. WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4 Due

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