Schedule of assignments

Date	Topic	Reading (and links to explanatory handouts)	Discussion project

Aug. 26	Introductory Session	None	Identifying ethical Issues Cases for Discussion
Sep. 2	Theories of ethics and theories of business: Free market purism vs. stakeholder theory	ET&B, pp.45-69 and as much of Chapter 1 as you can stand	Applying Friedman's Free-Market philosophy and Stakeholder Theory Ethical vs. Non-Ethical Questions
Sep. 9	More debate over stakeholders and stockholders	ET&B, pp.69-105; Notes on Markets	Market Defects
Sep. 16	The real world of corporate managers?	MM, Chapters 1-3; Jackall's Rules	None - Look over Jackall's rules and think about whether there are any that you would be unwilling to follow in your own work life.
Sep. 23	Theories of justice and executive pay	CORRECTED: ET&B, Chapter 10 (through p. 702); my notes on Rawls and Nozick; Duncan's Rawls summary	Choosing Rules
Sep. 30	Do employees have a right to due process?	ET&B, pp. 107-109, 113-129, 159-163, 172 (Case 2); MM, Chapter 4	Employee Rights
Oct. 7	Discrimination and affirmative action	ET&B, pp. 184-190, 194-227, 244-257, 264-268	Affirmative Action Vote
Oct. 14	Sexual harassment	ET&B, pp. 190-193, 227-244, 258-264, 268-270; First exam	Possible exam questions
Oct. 21	Whistleblowing and the managerial conscience	ET&B, pp. 111-112, 147-159, 167-170, 175-180; MM, Chapter 5	Whistleblowing
Oct. 28	Occupational health and safety	ET&B, pp.109-110, 129-146, 164-166, 172-175 (Cases 3 and 4); MM, Chapter 6	Position Paper Assignment
Nov. 4	Multinational firms and 'Third World' labor	ET&B, pp. 571-577, 597-624, 633-644, 653-661	Sweatshops
Nov. 11	Finance and Accounting	ET&B, Chapter 6, PP. 352-373, 405-415; MM 105-112	In class movie: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (available from Netflix and our library)
Nov. 18	Environmental hazards	ET&B, Chapter 8, pp. 512-540 and 553-566; MM, Chapter 7, Rough draft of position paper due (Assignment guide)
Nov. 25	Lying, bluffing, and selling	ET&B, Chapter 5, Review MM Chapters 6 and 7	Bluffing
Dec. 2	Wrap up	MM, Chapter 8; Second exam	Possible 2nd exam questions
Dec. 9	No class	Submit position paper by email (Assignment guide)