Class Schedule 2005:

04 January	Course Introduction Syllabus Overview
06 January	Opening Case Danger on the Highway: Bridgestone/Firestone’s Tire Recall A representative of the WWU Center for Service-Learning will be making a brief presentation at the beginning of class
11 January	The Corporation as Legal Institution Students enrolled in MGT 482 may access a PowerPoint handout for this class session by logging into Blackboard and clicking on the 'Video Streaming' menu bar, then on the first link contained thereon DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 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)
13 January	The Corporation as Economic Institution DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Commons Game Steinbeck on Corporate Social Responsibility For the text of Chapter 5 of Grapes of Wrath, click here DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Social Contract Theory DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
18 January	The Corporation as Social Institution Read a synopsis of the book 'Aiming Higher.' The President's remarks during the 1994 Business Enterprise Trust Award Ceremony can be accessed by clicking here. Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Classic Dialogue: Is Capitalism the Best Route to Human Happiness?' Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Should Corporations Adopt Policies of Corporate Social Responsibility?' 'The Social Responsibility of Business... ' (Friedman) 'Are Corporations Inherently Wicked?' (Dunn) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
20 January	The Corporation as Moral Institution Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto Case?' Overview of Ethical Frameworks Diamond, Jarod. 'Easter's End.' Discover, August 1995. CONTRACTS & SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT PROPOSALS DUE
25 January	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' (PDF file) Bluebird Smelter DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
27 January	EXAMINATION #1 Weiss Chapter 3.1-3.11; 5.5; 6.1-6.6 plus all web schedule readings (see above) and lectures
01 February	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
03 February	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'
08 February	DEADLY DECEPTION (INFACT video) The full text of DEADLY DECEPTION can be found by clicking here. 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
10 February	Social Change Project Preparation Day
15 February	International Dimensions of Business Ethics Global Dumping Ground Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Are Multinational Corporations Free from Moral Obligations?' Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Are Sweatshops Necessarily Evil?' Read about an initiative known as S[ocial] A[ccountability] 8000 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
17 February	Sustainable Business Practices Spain: The Lawless Sea Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Do Environmental Restrictions Violate Basic Economic Freedoms?' Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Can Rain Forest Products Save the Tropical Rain Forest?' Zuckerman's Dilemma: A Plea for Environmental Ethics. Ethics and the Economics Ecology Dilemma: Toward a Just, Sustainable, and Frugal Future Natural Capitalism Case: Chainsaws of Greed DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
22 February	EXAMINATION #2 Weiss Chapter 4.1-4.5; 5.2-5.5; 7.1-7.5 plus all web schedule readings (see above)
24 February	EXAM #2 DEBRIEFING 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'
01 March	The Meaning of Work The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism..., Chapter 9 Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter titles: Carl Murray Bates, Walter Lundquist, Nora Watson) 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'
03 March	The Meaning of Work What Comes Next? Taylor, Frederick. `The Principles of Scientific Management' Terkel, Studs. 'Working'. (Chapter title: Roberta Victor) 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'
08 March	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM and REFLECTIVE JOURNALS for following groups DUE TODAY *Elementary School Recycling* (Section 10117) Caddey/Callaghan/Carlson/Matni/Nelson *WWU Secondhand Smoke* (Section 10117) Monroe/Suzuki/Elmer/Peterson/Orton/Steed *Cell Phone Recycling* (Section 10117) Alunni/Milfred/Heaton/Ness *Tsunami Dinner Fundraiser* (Section 13803) Lamp/VanderZee/Lund/Endriss/Hurst *Beach Clean-Up* (Section 13803) Towner/Erickson/McGill/Walden/Tenorio/Martin *Cafeteria Food Recycling* (Section 13803) Ginn/Davis/Beedle/Strebe/Walker/Buckingham/Jurado/Iwai/Conant
10 March	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM and REFLECTIVE JOURNALS for following groups DUE TODAY *Students for Charitable Business Aid* (Section 10117) Sessions/Corcoran/Tomlin/Alhuard/Mayfield *Winter Warmth Drive* (Section 10117) Bonner/Dorband/Carbonaro/Schuitemaker/Ott/Goldrick/Pirret *Power of Hope Bocce Ball Tournament* (Section 10117) Griggs/Rae/Westfall/Tsui/Williams *Bowl for Kids Sake* (Section 10117) Klimenko/Haney/Steffen/Wilson/Riddle *Boys and Girls Club Teen Room* (Section 13803) King/Walters/Binns/DeYoung/Meek/Quesnel/Smith *Playground Fundraiser* (Section 13803) Curtis/Carkeek/Reuhl/Pickett/Porter/Kendall/Dotson TERM PAPERS DUE (Papers will not be accepted without SELF-EVALUATION form attached)
14 March 8:00-10:00 am	FINAL EXAMINATION for 10:00 am class
15 March 1:00-3:00 pm	FINAL EXAMINATION for 2:00 pm class

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