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1. Introduction
A. Outline of the course
B. What is "business ethics"?
C. Newspaper-clipping assignment
From a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal, identify and
clip all articles that somehow involve ethics or an ethical issue in business.
Each student will present these articles to the class on 9.10. Typically,
you should be able to locate 10-20 articles from any issue.
D. "Is Business Ethics' an oxymoron?" or all the reasons you
always thought business ethics wasn't worth studying but were afraid to
say."
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E. Review newspaper clippings
F. Computer Training Session I: Kamm Computer Lab
· accessing Krueger's home page and electronic information necessary
for the course (syllabus, case studies, readings)
· accessing the world wide web
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G. Video Case: "The Parable of the Sadhu" |
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2. Foundations for Business Ethics: Theories,
Models, Sources of Morality
A. Libertarian Model
Reading: Milton Friedman, "The
Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits,"
from Donaldson and Werhane, Ethical Issues in Business, Third Edition,
Prentice Hall, pp. 217-223.
Computer Training Session II (second half of class)
· accessing interactive software
important to group assignments
· creating and sending messages and written assignments electronically
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B. Stakeholder Responsibility Model
Readings: "The Stakeholder
Management Concept," from Archie Carroll, Business and
Society, Second Edition, pp. 59-81.
John G. Simon, Charles W. Powers, Jon P. Gunnemann, "The
Responsibilities of Corporations and Their Owners," from Tom Beauchamp
and Norman Bowie, Ethical Theory and Business, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall,
pp. 86-93.
Case Studv: "Selling Engines
to a Third World Tyrant"
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C. Philosophy: Ethical Theory
Reading: Thinking
Ethically: A Framework for Moral Decision Making
Case Studv: "Peter Green's
First Day" |
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D. Corporate Cultures, Values, and Codes of Conduct
Electronic Report I due: Your task is to search the world wide
web and find a major U.S. or foreign corporation's corporate code of conduct
or ethics statement. This information might be embedded with a corporation's
mission or values statement or a document such as a "Code of Conduct"
or "Statement of Ethics or Values".
(1) Print a copy of the documents you find and bring them to class.
(2) Write a 2-4 page analysis of the material you find, highlighting
the key points in their content and indicating which of the ethical models
we have studied in class are best reflected in these corporate documents.
(3) Be prepared to summarize the corporate material and your analysis
to the class in a 2-3 minute presentation. (5 points)
For starters, please check the following web site: http
://www.ethics.ubc.ca/papers/business.html
Also, search for your favorite company with the Yahoo Search Engine
as well as other search engines. Try the ssearch word "companies".
Computer Training Session III (second half of class)
· review and any "loose ends"
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3. International Business
A. Multinational Business and Third World Development
Readings: Richard DeGeorge, Competing
With Integrity in International Business, Oxford University Press,
1993, Ch. 3--"Multinationals and Less Developed Countries: Seven Guidelines,"
pp. 42-58.
"Caux
Principles" @ http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/Ethical/Papers/caux.htm
Case study: Third World Child
Labor**
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B. White-collar Crime, Bribery and Corruption
Readings: Barbara Ettorre, "Crime
and Punishment: A Hard Look at White-Collar Crime, " Management
Review, May 1994, pp. 10-16.
Richard DeGeorge, Chs 6 and 7, Competing
With Integrity in International Business, pp. 96-138.
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Case study: "Moza Island Project"** |
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4. Obligations to Competitors: Proprietary Information
Video Cases: Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Competitive Intelligence
Reading: Ken Western, "Ethical
Spying," Business Ethics, Sept./Oct. 1995.
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5. Obligations to the Workforce
(1) Sexual Harrassment in the Workplace
Case Study: "Will She Fit In?"**
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Readings: Jan Bohren, "Six
Myths of Sexual Harassment," Management Review, May 1993
Stuart H. Brody and William Kinnally Jr., "Ten
Steps to Follow When Investigating a Sexual Harassment Complaint,"
Ethikos, Jan/Feb 1994
Rochelle Sharpe, "Women Make Strides,
but Men Stay Firmly in Top Company Jobs," Wall Street Journal,
March 29, 1994.
Video: Valuing Diversity
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(2) Discrimination and Diversity: Gays and Lesbians
Case study: "Is This the
Right Time to Come Out?"**
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Case studv: Ann Hopkins**
Reading: Bickley Townsend,
"Room at the Top for Women,"
American Demographics, Juuly 1996.
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6. Corporate Takeovers, Mergers and Acquisitions,
Insider Trading
Reading: "Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company," from S. Prakash Sethi and Paul Steidlmeier
(editors), Up Against the Corporate Wall, Fifth Edition, Prentice
Hall, pp. 82-101.
Film: "Anatomy of a Takeover," PBS
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7. Obligations to Consumers: Harmful Products
Case study: "Dow Corning and
Silicone Implants"**
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8. Workforce Reductions and Plant Closings: Balancing
Multiple Demands and Interests
Case study: Mason Industries
Readings: Kenneth Labich,
"How to Fire People and Still
Sleep at Night," Fortune, June 10, 1996.
Martha Groves, "Life after
Layoffs," Los Angeles Times,
March 25, 1996.
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9. Obligations to the Natural Environment
A. Ethical Approaches to the Environment
Readings: Garret Hardin,
"The
Tragedy of the Commons,"
and "Second Thoughts on 'Tragedy of the Commons"', in Herman
Daly (editor), Economics, Ecology, Ethics, W.H. Freeman and
Company,
1973, pp. 100- 115.
Peruse the following web site: Socially
Responsible
Business,
Sustainable
Development,
Socially
Responsible
Investing
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B. Social Response: How Can Corporations and Governments Respond to the
Challenge?
Readings: Paul Hawkins, "A
Teasing Irony," from The
Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, Harperbusiness,
1994, pp. 1-17.
Thomas Gladwin and Tara-Shelomith
Krause,
"Envisioning the Sustainable
Corporation,"; from Stakeholder Negotiations: Exercises in
Sustainable
Development, Irwin, 1996, pp. 9-24.
Electronic Report II due: Your task is to search the world wide
web, select a major corporation, and describe and analyze its electronic
written documents that outline its environmental policies and practices.
You might begin with the web site listed above for 10.20.
(1) Print a copy of any critical documents you find and bring them to
class.
(2) Write a 2-4 page analysis of the material you find, highlighting
the key points of their environmental philosophy, policies and practices.
Also provide some brief judgment about what you think about these policies
and practices.
(3) Be prepared to summarize the material and you analysis to the class
in a 2-3 minute presentation. (5 points)
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No Class |
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C. Climate and Pollution
Reading and simulation: "European
Union Carbon Tax",
from Stakeholder Negotiations: Exercises in Sustainable Development,
pp. 69-91.
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Reading and simulation: Rain
Forest
Negotiation Exercise |
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Rain Forest Negotiation Exercise (con't) |
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10. Ethics in Practice: The Role of Corporate
Leadership
guest presenter: local CEO to be announced |
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11. Levi Strauss
Team Presentations |
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Written Assignment due 11.7
Create a brief personal statement of business ethics that should reflect
[earnings and insights that you have gained over the duration of course.
This statement should be 3-5 pages in length and should discuss your own
philosophy of business ethics. What ethical norms, principles, or obligations,
if any, should guide (a) persons in business and (b) the corporations for
which they work? In your own words, what is the social purpose of business?
Do businesses have obligations to society? If so, what are they?
If not, why not? In your opinion, what, if any, are the most critical
ethical issues facing corporations and their managers? (5 points) |
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Written Final |
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