Schedule of assignments

Note: these are carried over from last semester -- their will probably be some changes as we go along. Hit the refresh button on your browser to make sure you have the most current version.

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

Jan. 14	Introductory Session	None	Ethical vs. Non-Ethical Questions; Cases for Discussion; Identifying ethical Issues
Jan. 21	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
Jan. 28	More debate over stakeholders and stockholders	ET&B, pp.69-105; Notes on Markets	Market Defects
Feb. 4	The real world of corporate managers?	MM, Chapters 1-3; Jackall's Rules
Feb. 11	Theories of justice and executive pay	ET&B, Chapter 10 (through p. 702); my notes on Rawls and Nozick; Duncan's Rawls summary
Feb. 18	Do employees have a right to due process?	ET&B, pp. 107-109, 113-129, 159-163, 172 (Case 2); MM, Chapter 4 ; First paper due (Assignment here)	Employee Rights
Feb. 25	Discrimination and affirmative action	ET&B, pp. 184-190, 194-227, 244-257, 264-268	Affirmative Action Vote
March 4	Sexual harassment	ET&B, pp. 190-193, 227-244, 258-264, 268-270; First exam	Possible exam questions
March 11	Spring break - no class
March 18	Whistleblowing and the managerial conscience	ET&B, pp. 111-112, 147-159, 167-170, 175-180; MM, Chapter 5	Whistleblowing
March 25	Occupational health and safety	ET&B, pp.109-110, 129-146, 164-166, 172-175 (Cases 3 and 4); MM, Chapter 6
April 1	Multinational firms and 'Third World' labor	ET&B, pp. 571-577, 597-624, 633-644, 653-661	Sweatshops
April 8	Environmental hazards	ET&B, Chapter 8 , pp. 512-540 and 553-566; MM, Chapter 7
April 15	Finance and Accounting	ET&B, Chapter 6, PP. 352-373, 405-415; MM 105-112 , Second paper due (Assignment here)	In class movie: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (available from Netflix and our library)
April 22	Lying, bluffing, and selling	ET&B, Chapter 5, Review MM Chapters 6 and 7	Bluffing
April 29	Wrap up	MM, Chapter 8; Second exam	Possible 2nd exam questions