Class Schedule 2007:

27 September	Course Introduction Syllabus Overview What is Service Learning?
02 October	The Corporation as Moral Institution Students enrolled in MGT 482 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' Bluebird Smelter Overview of Ethical Frameworks Diamond, Jarod. 'Easter's End.' Discover, August 1995. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
04 October	Opening Case Danger on the Highway: Bridgestone/Firestone's Tire Recall DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto Case?' REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Outline the deontological duties you have to your fellow group members. Additionally, comment on how your group project is connected to utilitarian ideals--that is, the way(s) this project contributes to specific 'goods,' either in society at large or in terms of the course learning objectives.
09 October	The Corporation as Economic Institution Students may access a PowerPoint handout for this and the following two class sessions by clicking here 'The Tragedy of the Commons' (Hardin) Commons Game DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Social Contract Theory Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Should Corporations Adopt Policies of Corporate Social Responsibility?' 'The Social Responsibility of Business... ' (Friedman) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT PROPOSALS or CASE PROPOSALS DUE WRITING ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE
11 October	The Corporation as Social Institution Steinbeck on Corporate Social Responsibility For the text of Chapter 5 of Grapes of Wrath, click here DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 'Are Corporations Inherently Wicked?' (Dunn) Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Classic Dialogue: Is Capitalism the Best Route to Human Happiness?' DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONTRACTS DUE REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Describe the way(s) in which the concept of social contract theory relates to either your interactions within your group or the organization(s) affiliated with your social change project or case analysis.
16 October	Corporation Governance Students may access a PowerPoint handout for this class session by clicking here 'The Myth of the Director's Duty' 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
18 October	EXAMINATION #1 Weiss Chapter 3.1-3.11; 5.5; 6.1-6.6 plus all web schedule readings (see above) and lectures Midterm #1 Study Guide Exam Tips REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Outline the 'deliverables' you will be including within the 'scope of service' contract due next week. If taking the case option, describe the 'moral dilemma' which will be the springboard for your case analysis, and relate this 'moral dilemma' to at least two of the ethical frameworks covered in this course.
23 October	The Corporation as Moral Institution Students enrolled in MGT 482 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' REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Describe how at least one of the ethical frameworks covered in the video streaming lecture for this week relates to your social change project or case analysis.
25 October	EXAM #1 DEBRIEFING 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 'SCOPE OF SERVICE' CONTRACTS DUE WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE
30 October	DEADLY DECEPTION (INFACT video) The full text of DEADLY DECEPTION can be found by clicking here. For current news regarding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, visit the Hanford Watch website. To better understand the concept of advocacy video, see the work of the Benton Foundation. Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Can Restructuring a Corporation's Rules Make a Moral Difference?' DISCUSSION QUESTIONS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Provide a brief overview of the dilemma your group addressed as part of your discussion of Deadly Deception. What recommendation did your group develop to resolve this dilemma, and how does this recommendation conform with the model of ethical decision-making?
01 November	International Dimensions of Business Ethics Global Dumping Ground Social Accountability 8000 (click on the 'PDF' link) Amnesty International's Universal Declaration of Human Rights An Excrutiating Dilemma Between Life and Law Want to know where and under what conditions your clothes are made? MADE-BY Your wallet is a mouth. When you spend money, you tell the world how you want it to be.Wallet Mouth Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Are Multinational Corporations Free from Moral Obligations?' Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Are Sweatshops Necessarily Evil?' DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
02 November 3:00-4:00 pm Fraser 4	Executive in Residence Business Ethics Lecture Erick Laine, CEO, Madrona Medical Group (for bio, click here) ONE PAPER 'BYE' FOR ATTENDANCE REFLECTIVE JOURNAL (only for those attending): What was the best ethics insight you gained from the session you attended today?
06 November	Sustainable Business Practices Case Presentation: Keep Maine Free From Genetically Altered Crops (40128) Anderson/Post/Shin Case Presentation: Big Oil's Big Stall on Ethanol (40129) Johnson/Thalasinos/Wersen Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Do Environmental Restrictions Violate Basic Economic Freedoms?' Zuckerman's Dilemma: A Plea for Environmental Ethics. Ethics and the Economics Ecology Dilemma: Toward a Just, Sustainable, and Frugal Future Natural Capitalism Environmental Management Issues in Corporate Strategy DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 DUE
08 November	Ensuring Ethical Behavior Case Presentation: Executives: Making it by Faking it (40128) Hill/Lengvenis Case Presentation: Inside the KPMG Mess (40129) Andersen/Krumdlack/Stewart Students may access a PowerPoint handout for this class session by clicking here 'The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility' (Carroll, Archie B.) Josephson Institute on Ethical Decision-Making Johnson & Johnson Credo VERIZON Code of Business Conduct: Connecting Through Integrity How Companies Can Avoid Federal Prosecution DISCUSSION QUESTIONS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Offer at least one recommendation specifically related to ensuring ethical behavior within your social change project client or donor organization, or the organization under review within your case analysis.
13 November	EXAMINATION #2 Weiss Chapter 4.1-4.5; 5.2-5.5; 7.1-7.5 plus all web schedule readings (see above) Midterm #2 Study Guide
15 November	EXAM #2 DEBRIEFING Case Presentation: Pharmacies Take Up Morning-after Pill Debate (40128) Thralls/Wells Case Presentation: This is Your Brain on Advertising (40128) Meele/Menard-Lalonde/Olsen/Poore Case Presentation: The Challenger Disaster (40128) Griffin/Lewis/Powers Case Presentation: Organ Donors Should Get First Priority for Transplants (40129) De Moss/Grant/Shreve
20 November	The Meaning of Work The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapter 8 Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Donna Murray) Students enrolled in MGT 482 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 1'
22 November	THANKSGIVING BREAK
27 November	The Meaning of Work The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapter 9 Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Carl Murray Bates, Walter Lundquist, Nora Watson) Collins, Jim. What Comes Next? Students enrolled in MGT 482 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' REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Draft a statement of personal purpose consistent with the parameters outlined in the article 'What Comes Next.'
29 November	The Meaning of Work Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter title: Roberta Victor) Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' The World According to Me Students enrolled in MGT 482 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' WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4 DUE
04 December	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM for following groups DUE TODAY *Donation Baskets for the Salvation Army* (40128) Bartee/Gowan/Kruse/Neal/Peterson/Tang/Yi *Unforgettable* (40128) Braund/Durnell/Fouad/Gallacher/Gochenour/Kasper *Turkey Shoot Golf Scramble and Food Drive* (40128) Collins/Marsh/White Case Presentation: 911 for Homeowners in Trouble (40128) Lockwood/Putnam/Van Dyke/Walden *Quit Playing Games with my Heart* (40129) Jones/Wiviott *WWU Tutors for the Future* (40129) Cope/Fay/Gregg/Hill/Tebelman/Upenieks *Turkey Lurkey Food Drive* (40129) Dickson/Emmick/Herberholt/Krause/Ly
06 December	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM for following groups DUE TODAY *Reaching for the Blue Sky* (40128) Green/Hendrickson/Huang/Nagler *3 on 3 Ball for the Boys and Girls Club* (40129) Allen/Budworth/Lawler/Maher/Niehoff/Pederson *Hunger Punch* (40129) Anderson/Cole/Pargas/Pettay/Riley/Waddell Case Presentation: A Body Blow to Illegal Labor? (40129) Dealy/Truong REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Provide your final reflections regarding the 'link' between your social change project or case analysis and the content of this course.
14 December 8:00 am 13 December 1:00 pm	FINAL EXAMINATION Final Exam Study Guide

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