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| Week 01 01 September |
Film: Mindwalk: A film for passionate thinkers DISCUSSION QUESTIONS | |
| Week 02 08 September |
Topic: Environmental Ethics
Reading Assignment: Sagoff, Mark. Zuckerman's Dilemma: A Plea for Environmental Ethics. Hastings Center Report, September/October 1991, p. 32.MGT 740 Readings Packet #3 Kay, Jeanne. Concepts of Nature in the Hebrew Bible. Environmental Ethics, v10, n4, p309MGT 740 Readings Packet #5 Barker, Sir Ernest. Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau. Oxford University Press (1953) [pp 22-43]MGT 740 Readings Packet #7 Weston, Anthony. Between Means and Ends. The Monist, v75, n2, p236.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 03 15 September |
Topic: The Best of all Possible Worlds
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| Week 04 22 September |
Topic: Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice
Reading Assignment: Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 2 Warren, Karen J. The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism. Environmental Ethics Summer 1990, v12, n2, p125(22).MGT 740 Readings Packet #13 Harrison, Paul. Sex and the Single Planet. and Ross, Loretta. Why Women of Color Can't Talk About Population. The Amicus Journal. Winter 1994.MGT 740 Readings Packet #18 Erdoes, Richard & Ortiz, Alfonso. Earth Making & The Earth Dragon. American Indian Myths and Legends, Pantheon Books, 1984, p105.MGT 740 Readings Packet #19 Frost, Robert & Wordsworth, William. Assorted Poems. "Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter", A Boundless Moment", "Evening in the Sugar Orchard", and "Rural Illusions".Class Handouts: Brown, Lester R. The Acceleration of History.
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Supplemental Course Materials: Brown, Lester R. Who Will Feed China? Wake-up Call for a Small Planet Dubos, Rene. The Wooing of Earth: New Perspectives on Man's Use of Nature Durning, Alan. How Much is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth Stone, Christopher. The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Chapters I, II, III, IV, V Managing Planet Earth: Readings from Scientific American, Chapters 1-6 | |
| Week 05 29 September | Topic: Scarcity, Overconsumption, and the Market | |
| Week 06 06 October | Topic: State of the World: The Science of the Environment
Session Facilitators: Scott M. & Jason S. | |
| Week 07 13 October | Topic: Costing the Earth: Efficiency and the Environment
Session Facilitators: Danielle D. & Leslie W.
Reading Assignment: Welford, Richard & Starkey, Richard Business and the Environment: A Reader, Chapter 17 Spash, Clive L. Economics, Ethics, and Long-Term Environmental Damage. Environmental Ethics, v15, n2, p117.MGT 740 Readings Packet #16 Socially Responsible Investing: Review & Outlook. The GreenMoney Journal. Spring 1994. Vol. 2, No. 3. pp. 1.MGT 740 Readings Packet #17 Rice, Faye. Who Scores Best on the Environment. Fortune. July, 26, 1993. pp. 114.MGT 740 Readings Packet #20 Levine, Michael. The Environmental Address Book. EcoFacts. Perigee Book, 1991. pp. 227.Class Handouts: Abramovitz, Janet N. Valuing Nature's Services.
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Supplemental Course Materials: 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 08 20 October | Topic: Clean Technology (focusing on the development of new technologies that replace existing high energy and material consuming, and polluting technologies) Session Facilitators: Ericka J. & Sashi W.
Reading Assignment: Katz, Eric. The Call of the Wild: The Struggle against Domination and the Technological Fix of Nature. Environmental Ethics, v14, p265.Video: Gail Mayville (Business Enterprise Trust video)
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| Week 09 27 October |
Topic: Pollution Prevention (focusing on reducing pollution from existing plants and processes Session Facilitators: Tracy H. & Rob S.
Reading Assignment: Nerburn, Kent, Ph.D & Mengelkoch, Louise, M.A. The Betrayal of the Land, Native American Wisdom. New World Library, 1991. p47.
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Supplemental Course Materials: 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 | |
| Week 10 03 November |
Topic: Life-Cycle-Design (focusing on the inclusion of environmental considerations in the regular design of products and production processes) Session Facilitators: Julie M. & Ebru T.
Reading Assignment: Nerburn, Kent, Ph.D & Mengelkoch, Louise, M.A. The Ways of the Land, Native American Wisdom. New World Library, 1991. p1.MGT 740 Readings Packet #10 The Responsive Communitarian Platform: Rights and Responsibilities. The Responsive Community. Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 1991/92.Video: GLOBAL DUMPING GROUND (Frontline video)
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| Week 11 10 November |
Topic: Environmental Management Systems (focusing on changes in management structure and the provision of information on impacts relevant to the environment) Session Facilitators: Eddie H. & Laustin W.
Reading Assignment: Birch, Thomas H. The Incarceration of Wildness: Wilderness Areas as Prisons. Environmental Ethics, Spring 1990, v12, n1, p3(24)MGT 740 Readings Packet #14 Martel, Ned & Holman, Blan . Inside the Environmental Groups, 1994. Outside. March 1994, pp 65MGT 740 Readings Packet #15 Martin, Michael. Ecosabotage and Civil Disobedience. Environmental Ethics, v12, n4, p291.Class Handouts: Roodman, David Malin. Harnessing the Market for the Environment and Reforming Subsidies.
Supplemental Course Materials: 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 | |
| Week 12 17 November |
Topic: Loop-Closing (focusing on re-use and recycling of waste-products through the cycle of the product) Session Facilitators: Jim E. & Kamal S.
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Supplemental Course Materials: Managing Planet Earth: Readings from Scientific American, Chapter 9 | |
| Week 13 24 November | Group Project Preparation | |
| Week 14 01 December | Topic: Course Wrap-up/Careers in Environmentalism
Session Facilitator: Dunn
: Karen Cebreros, President, EcoCoffee Co.
Reading Assignment: Wenz, Peter S. Minimal, Moderate, and Extreme Moral Pluralism. Environmental Ethics, v15, n1, p61.MGT 740 Readings Packet #21 Cook, John R. Jr. A Perspective on Environmental Careers. EnviroLink. Winter 1994. pg. 1.MGT 740 Readings Packet #22 Basta, Nicholas. The Environmental Career Guide. "Introduction to the Green-Collar World". 1991. Chap. 1, pp. 1.Supplemental Course Materials: Tietenberg, Tom. Environmental Economics and Policy, Chapters 20, 21 Managing Planet Earth: Readings from Scientific American, Chapter 11 | |
| Week 15 08 December | Group Project Preparation Term Papers Due | |
| Week 16 15 December | Group Project Presentations | |
| Week 17 22 December | Final Examination |
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