BUSINESS 3304
THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
FALL 2005
PROFESSOR:
OFFICE:
PHONE:
OFFICE HOURS:
Dr. J. R. Foster
Room 238
747-7769
10:00 - 11:30 A.M. MW; 03:00 - 04:30 P.M. MW;
10:30 - 11:30 A.M. TR; 03:00 - 04:30 P.M. TR
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
An examination of the issues confronting business enterprises in the global economy.
Topics will include understanding cultural and ethical issues, the influence of social,
political, and economic systems; and the impact of environmental and technological
issues in the perspective of a global business environment.
COURSE GOAL:
Your goal in this course should be to focus your study time on the following set of topics
that hopefully will maximize your success in preparation for course assessments: e.g.,
examinations and written assignments. These topics include the following:
1.
The external forces underlying the global transformation of organizations and
economic systems, and the social, political and economic consequences of
globalization.
2.
The ethical dilemmas and problems of cultural relativism created by business
operating in the global environment, and how these dilemmas place pressure on
managerial decision making and leadership to act unethically or illegally.
3.
The development of the techniques of ethical analysis and judgment that are
useful to managers in acting with integrity to make decisions and taking action.
TEXTBOOK:
Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005
Linda Trevino and Katherine Nelson Managing Business Ethics, John Wiley & Sons,
2004.
CLASS POLICIES:
1.
ATTENDANCE. Your attendance will be monitored. As both lecture and text
material will be included on the exams, you are advised not to miss class. The
last day to drop a class completely with an automatic AW@ is October 28. After
the student drop deadline, students can only be dropped from a course with a
grade of AF@.
A grade of AW@ can be assigned only under exceptional circumstances and only
with the approval of the instructor and academic dean. The student must petition
for the AW@ in writing and provide the necessary supporting documentation.
2.
MAKE-UP EXAMS. Make-ups will only be arranged upon approval of the
professor prior to the date of the exams. No exams will be given early.
3.
ACADEMIC HONESTY: IT=S EXPECTED; NO EXCEPTIONS
UTEP POLICY: AScholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating,
plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are
attributable in whole or part to another person, taking an examination for another
person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to
commit such act.@ Regents= Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Sect
3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22. Because scholastic dishonesty harms the
individual, all students, and the integrity of the university, policies on scholastic
dishonesty will be strictly enforced.
It is a violation of copyright laws to copy any portion of the text.
Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken
4.
STATEMENT ON DISABILITY: AIf you feel you may have a disability that
requires accommodations, contact the Disabled Student Services Office at 7475148, go to the Union Building, East, Room 106, or e-mail dss@utep.edu@.
GRADING POLICY:
Each exam will be weighted equally in calculating your grade, and will cover the
lecture material and readings assigned. Make-up exams and late assignments
will only be accepted with prior approval of the instructor.
First Hour Examination
Second Hour Examination
Third Hour Examination
Written Assignments
Final Examination
100 points
100 points
100 points
100 points
100 points
500
A = 450 B 500 points
B = 395 B 449 points
C = 345 B 394 points
D = 290 B 344 points
F = Below 290 points
Date
Topic
Aug 22
Aug 24
Aug 29
Aug 31
Sep 5
Sep 7
Managing Business Ethics
T&N Ch 1 (2-18)
Values, Norms & Moral Dilemmas Lecture
Importance of Business Ethics
T&N Ch 2 (22-30)
Business & Social Responsibiltiy
T&N Ch 2 (30-40)
Labor Day
No Class
The Best & the Worst
T&N Ch 2 (45-49)
Recent Scandals –Enron, WorldCom, etc Lecture
Criminal Liability; Sarbanes Oxley Act T&N Ch 2 (40-45)
How Fines are Determined
Appendix (56-57)
Common Ethical Problems
T&N Ch 3 (60-78)
Whistle blowing
T&N Ch 3 (78-86)
Prescriptive Approaches to Ethics
T&N Ch 4 (88-94)
Ethical Decision Making Steps
T&N Ch 4 (94-100)
Practical Preventive Medicine
T&N Ch 4 (100-104)
First Hour Examination
While I was sleeping
F – Ch `1 (3-47)
Ten Forces Flattening the World
F – Ch 2 (48-81)
1, 11/9/89
(48-55)
2. 8/9/95
(56-71)
3. Workflow Software (71-81)
4. Opensourcing
(81-103)
5. Outsourcing
(103-113)
6. Offshoring
(114-127)
7. Supply Chaining – Wal-Mart (128-141)
8. Insourcing (141-150)
9. In-forming (Google etc) (150-159)
10.The Steroids
(159-172)
The Triple Convergence
F – Ch 3(173-200)
The Great Sorting Out
F – Ch 4 (200-222)
Second Hour Examinati on
America & Free Trade
F – Ch 5 (225-236)
The Untouchables
F- Ch 6 (237-249)
The Quiet Crisis
F- Ch 7 (250-275)
This Is Not A Test
F- Ch 8 (276-306)
The Virgin of Guadalupe
F – Ch 9 (209-336)
How Companies Cope
F - Ch 10 (339- 367)
The Unflat World
F- Ch 11 (371-413)
The Dell Theory of Conflict Resolut
F-Ch 12 (414-438)
11/9 Versus 9/11
F – Ch 13 (441-469)
Moral Awareness & Judgment
T&N Ch 5 (110-120)
Cognitive Barriers to Ethical Judgments T&N Ch 5 (120-128
Third Hour Examination
Sep 12
Sep 14
Sep 19
Sep 21
Sep 26
Sep 28
Oct 3
Oct 5
Oct 10
Oct 12
Oct 17
Oct 19
Oct 24
Oct 26
Oct 31
Nov 2
Nov 7
Nov 9
Nov 14
Nov 16
Nov 21
Nov 23
Assignment
Nov 28
Nov 30
Dec 7
Managing for Ethical Conduct
Sears Auto Center Scandal
Ethical Problems of Organizations
Ethics as Organizational Culture
Changing the Ethical Culture
Creating an Ethical Culture
T&N Ch 7 (161-185)
T&N Case 7.1(186-189)
T&N Ch 8 (194-223)
T&N Ch 9 (225-256)
T&N Ch 9 ( 228-235)
T&N Ch 10 (246-283)
Final Examination (1:30 class)
Final Examination (6 p.m. class)
( 4 p.m- 5:45 p.m..)
(7 p.m.-8:45 p.m.)