UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT 3031 – Sections D & E
MANAGING RESPONSIBLY IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
Term: Fall 2007 Room: D630 Section D: TTh 10:50 – 12:05 Section E: TTh 12:15 – 1:30
Instructor:
Dr. John M. Usher
Office: E582
Telephone:
329-2759
Office hours: TTh 2:00 – 4:00
E-mail:
john.usher@uleth.ca
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Course Objectives:
This course is a core requirement in the Faculty’s curriculum, and it examines the forces shaping
management decision-making in an organizational environment characterized by the process of
globalization and a growing interest in corporate governance. In particular, students will be
asked to do the following:
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Become familiar with and be able to discuss critically the concepts of corporate social
responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder management
Be able to identify different theories of ethics and apply them to corporate decisionmaking in a global context
Examine critically the concepts of sustainability and social marketing
Look at some of the specific implications of globalization for various stakeholders
over time, and
Participate in a group research project and oral presentation.
Course readings:
Required text: Business and Society; by Karakowsky, Carroll and Buchholtz, (KCB)
First CDN Edition: Thompson-Nelson, 2005. ISBN: 0-17-641651-X
Additional materials will be passed out in class for current or subsequent use.
Course requirements:
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Exam #1
Exam #2
Exam #3
Exam #4
Group project and oral presentation
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
100%
Specific guidelines for the group project will be handed out early in the semester but will involve
choosing an industry with significant existing or potential social impacts and documenting how
industry firms are working collaboratively to manage those impacts.
Course schedule:
Date
Topic
Reading
Sep 6
Intro / Overview
Sep 11
Business and society;
Corporate power
KCB, Chapter 1
Sep 13
Corporate power
Sexty summary of Mintzberg (handout)
Sep 18
Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR);
Corporate citizenship
KCB, Chapter 2
Sep 20
CSR in the B-School http://www.corporateknights.ca/reports/knight_schools/
Sep 25
Issues Management
and Crisis Management
Sep 27
Exam 1
Oct 2
Business Ethics
KCB, Chapter 6
Oct 4
Personal & Org Ethics
KCB, Chapter 7
Oct 9
Bus Ethics & Technology
KCB, Chapter 8
Oct 11
Global business ethics
KCB, Chapter 9 (p. 271-301)
Oct 16
Exam 2
Oct 18
Business and Government
KCB, Chapter 10 + Canadian Business Ideology:
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~rsexty/business8107/Ideology.htm
Oct 23
Stakeholder Approach
KCB, Chapter 3
Oct 25
Consumer Stakeholders
KCB, Chapters 11 & 12
Oct 30
Environmental Stakeholders KCB, Chapter 13
Nov 1
Community Stakeholders
KCB, Chapter 5
KCB, Chapter 14
Date
Topic
Reading
Nov 6
Stakeholder Management
Simulation (in-class)
Nov 8
Exam 3
Nov 13
Strategy & Society
Porter and Kramer (handout)
Nov 15
Sustainability
Shrivastava (handout)
Nov 20
Social Marketing
Rothschild (handout)
Nov 22
Globalization
KCB Chpt 9 (p. 266-270) + Oslund (handout)
Nov 27
Globalization
Video + Debate
Nov 29
Exam 4
Dec 4
Group oral presentations
Dec 6
Group oral presentations
Grade Distributions
Excellent
A+
95-100
A
90-94
A86-89
Good
B+
82-85
B
78-81
B74-77
Satisfactory
C+
70-73
C
66-69
C62-65
Poor / Failing
D+
58-61
D
50-57
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00-49
Please note that alternate sittings for exams or extensions of assignment deadlines will only be
allowed in cases of documented illness or personal emergency.
With respect to the written course assignment, please pay attention to the University policy on
plagiarism, and document your sources correctly.
The appropriate style of citation according to the Faculty of Management is APA (American
Psychological Association). If in doubt, the University’s Library website contains a helpful
guide to APA citation: http://www.uleth.ca/lib/guides/research/display.asp?PageID=1#apa