Class Schedule 2008:

08 January	Course Introduction Syllabus Overview What is Service Learning?
10 January	Opening Case Danger on the Highway: Bridgestone/Firestone's Tire Recall Ford agrees to four-state settlement in rollover case DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto Case? YES: Mark Dowie, from "Pinto Madness," Mother Jones (September/October 1977) NO: Ford Motor Company, from Closing Argument by Mr. James Neal, Brief for the Defense, State of Indiana v. Ford Motor Company, U.S. District Court, South Bend, Indiana (January 15, 1980) Investigative journalist Mark Dowie alleges that Ford Motor Company deliberately put an unsafe car–the Pinto–on the road, causing hundreds of people to suffer burn deaths and horrible disfigurement. James Neal, chief attorney for Ford Motor Company during the Pinto litigation, argues that there is no proof of criminal intent or negligence on the part of Ford.' REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Outline the deontological duties you have to both your fellow group members as well as to your beneficiary organization. Additionally, comment on the way(s) in which your group project is connected to utilitarian ideals.
15 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' Bluebird Smelter Overview of Ethical Frameworks Diamond, Jarod. 'Easter's End.' Discover, August 1995. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
17 January	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?' YES: Robert D. Hay and Edmund R. Gray, from "Introduction to Social Responsibility," in David Keller, man. ed., Ethics and Values (Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002) NO: Milton Friedman, from "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits," in Thomas Donaldson and Patricia H. Werhane, eds., Ethical Issues in Business, 4th ed. (Prentice Hall, 1993) Business leaders now recognize, Hay and Gray argue, that in the long run, business will only be successful if it is directed to the needs of the society—and if it chooses to ignore that advice, government regulation is likely to fill the gap between business operations and the welfare of the people the government is sworn to protect. Friedman argues that businesses have neither the right nor the ability to fool around with “social responsibility;” they serve employees and customers best when they do their work with maximum efficiency. 'The Social Responsibility of Business... ' (Friedman) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT PROPOSALS or CASE PROPOSALS DUE WRITING ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE
22 January	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: Can Capitalism Lead to Human Happiness?' YES: Adam Smith, from An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1869) NO: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, from The Communist Manifesto (1848) If we will but leave self-interested people to seek their own advantage, Smith argues, the result, unintended by any one of them, will be the greater advantage of all. No government interference is necessary to protect the general welfare. Marx disagrees; leave people to their own self-interested devices, he replies, and those who by luck and inheritance own the means of production will rapidly reduce everyone else tovirtual slavery. The few may be fabulously happy, but all others will live in misery. 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.
24 January	The Corporation as Legal Institution 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
29 January	EXAMINATION #1 Weiss Chapter 3.1-3.11; 4.1-4.5; 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.
31 January	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
05 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 'Is Wal-Mart a Good Example for Retail Sales?' YES: Sam Walton with John Huey, from Made in America (Doubleday, 1992) NO: George Miller, from "Everyday Low Wages," http://edworkforce.house.gov (February 16, 2004) Wal-Mart has become a focus of controversy, but Sam Walton was absolutely convinced that he and his associates had set up a model company, totally dedicated to giving consumers what they want, which is what retail sales are all about, while treating their employees with the utmost respect. George Miller, congressman from California, is on the House Education and Workforce Committee, from the records of which this piece is taken. In his view, Wal-Mart abuses workers, impoverishes the American business scene, and ultimately places the burden of its low wages and benefits on the taxpayers. - 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.
07 February	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. 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?
08 February 3:00-4:00 pm Fraser 4	Executive in Residence Business Ethics Lecture Phil Hummel 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?
12 February	International Dimensions of Business Ethics GAP, Inc. Can one kid change the world? The GAP falls into child labor controversy A message to our customers Chiquita! Wastler: Chiquita's Raw Deal Chiquita Admits to Paying Columbian Terrorists Chiquita to Plead Guilty to Ties with Terrorists An Excrutiating Dilemma Between Life and Law Social Accountability 8000 (click on the 'PDF' link) Amnesty International's Universal Declaration of Human Rights 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?' YES: Manuel Velasquez, from "International Business, Morality and the Common Good," Business Ethics Quarterly (January 1992) NO: John E. Fleming, from "Alternative Approaches and Assumptions: Comments on Manuel Velasquez," Business Ethics Quarterly (January 1992) Ethicist Manuel Velasquez argues that since any business that tried to conform to moral rules in the absence of enforcement would cease to be competitive, moral strictures cannot be binding on such companies. John E. Fleming asserts that multinational corporations tend to deal with long-term customers and suppliers in the goldfish bowl of international media and must therefore adhere to moral standards or lose business. CASE: Investigators Raid Samsung Headquarters (Anderson, N., Montgomery) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Describe how the emergence of a 'global economy' impacts the ethical considerations within your social change project or case analysis.
14 February	Sustainable Business Practices Spain: The Lawless Sea Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Do Environmental Restrictions Violate Basic Economic Freedoms?' YES: John Shanahan, from "Environment," in Stuart M. Butler and Kim R. Holmes, eds., Issues ‘96’: The Candidate’s Briefing Book (Heritage Foundation, 1996) NO: Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, from "Brownlash: The New Environmental Anti-Science," The Humanist (November/December 1996) John Shanahan, vice president of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution in Arlington, Virginia, argues that many government environmental policies are unreasonable and infringe on basic economic freedoms. Environmental scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich argue that many objections to environmental protections are self-serving and based in bad or misused science. 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
19 February	Ensuring Ethical Behavior 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 Newton & Ford's Taking Sides 'Can Restructuring a Corporation's Rules Make a Moral Difference?' YES: Josef Wieland, from "The Ethics of Governance," Business Ethics Quarterly (January 2001) NO: Ian Maitland, from "Distributive Justice in Firms: Do the Rules of Corporate Governance Matter?" Business Ethics Quarterly (January 2001) Josef Wieland, director of the German Business Ethics Network’s Centre for Business Ethics, argues that the performative nature of communications like Codes of Ethics in a corporation gives moral impetus to the corporation that issues such a code. It announces its willingness to be held accountable to the code as to a promise. Ian Maitland, Professor of Business, Government and Society at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, thinks that such moral structuring has no effect at all on the corporation’s moral performance (for instance, in distributive justice), but if taken too seriously, might impair the efficiency of the corporation and therefore its ability to create wealth for all its stakeholders. CASE: The Issue: Using Sick Time for Interviews (Vinoya/Nakata/Kim) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Offer 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.
21 February	EXAMINATION #2 Weiss Chapter 5.1-5.4; 7.1-7.5 plus all web schedule readings (see above) Midterm #2 Study Guide
26 February	EXAM #2 DEBRIEFING CASE: BofA's Awesome Countrywide Tax Break Price/Grayston CASE: Marketing to Children: Junking Bad Advertising (Rodygina/Visser)
28 February	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' REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: No entry due this week
04 March	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.'
06 March	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
11 March	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM for following groups DUE TODAY *3-on-3 Basketball Tourney for BGCA* Snee/Bickler/Chylinski/Halstead *Concert for Junior Achievement* Watts/Eckman/Waldman/Zanck/Mittelstaedt/Olin *Western Students Helpoing Children Through OIC* Joseph/Goodman/Reichert/Rogge CASE: Board Requires Pharmacies to Fill All Orders (Kahnamouie/Dales)
13 March	Social Change Project Presentations TEAM EVALUATION FORM for following groups DUE TODAY *J. A. Awareness Project* Cesar/Lloyd/Petersen *Call for Help* Bruns/Ellis/Dillon/Stein *Gettin' Creative* Doolittle/Livingood/Johnson/Nguyen *A New Image for ReUse Works* Haas/Schroeder REFLECTIVE JOURNAL: Provide your final reflections regarding the 'link' between your social change project or case analysis and the content of this course.
17 March 8:00 am	FINAL EXAMINATION Final Exam Study Guide

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