MGT 440 Business, Government & Society
Dr. Meisenhelter
Course Outline Spring 2006 T/TH Section
Note: Readings are notated as follows:
LWP refers to the chapters from the Lawrence, Weber and Post Business & Society book
TS refers to the issue debates from the Taking Sides book
Date
Topic
Jan 19
Course Intro
Jan 24
Stakeholders
Assigned Reading
Taking Sides Issue Presentation
(Q1)
LWP: The Corporation & It’s Stakeholders
TS: Is Capitalism the best route to
Human Happiness? (everyone
participates)
Jan 26
Jan 31
Public Affairs
(Q2)
LWP: Public Affairs Management
Feb 2
Corporate Social Resp.
LWP: Corporate Social Responsibility
Feb 7
Ethics
Feb 9
Ethics
(Q3 )
LWP: Ethical Issues in Business
Instructor provided materials
Feb 14
Business & Government
Feb 16
Business & Government
TS: Should Corporations Adopt
Policies of CSR?
(Q4)
LWP: Influencing the Political Environment
TS: Does the Enron collapse show we
need more regulation of energy?
1
Feb 21
Exam I
Feb 23
Lobbying
Guest Speaker
Feb 28 and March 2: Vacation
(Q5)
LWP: Consumer Protection
Mar 7
Consumers
Mar 9
Consumers
Mar 14
Mar 16
Consumers & Advertising
Advertising
Instructor Provided Material
Mar 21
Employees
(Q6)
LWP Employees and the Corporation
Mar 23
Consumers
Mar 28
Mar 30
Employees
Whistleblowing
April 4
April 6
Exam II
Regulatory Compliance
Apr 11
Topic to be determined –
Apr 13
VACATION
TS: Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto
Case?
TS: Are Marketing and Advertising
Fundamentally Exploitive?
TS: Are Pharmaceutical Companies
Obliged to Cut Costs?
Instructor Provided Material
TS: Does Whistleblowing Violate
Company Loyalty?
Guest Speaker
“flex date” in case of snow cancellation –
if we’ve had no snow days, we’ll use this as a
video day and/or have a guest speaker
2
Apr18
The Natural Environment
Apr 20
Natural Environment
Apr 25
Globalization
Apr 27
Sweatshops
May 2
Globalization
May 4
Globalization
May?
Exam III
(Q7)
LPW: Ecology and Sustainable Development in
Global Business
TS: Do environmental Restrictions
Violate Basic Economic Freedoms?
(Q8)
LPW: The Challenges of Globalization
TS: Are Sweatshops Necessarily
Evil?
(Q9)
LPW: Antitrust, Mergers & Competition Policy
Articles provided by instructor
TS: Are Multinational Corporations
Free From Moral Obligations?
NOTE: Nine quizzes are scheduled – I will drop the lowest quiz grade when I calculate final grades.
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MGT 440 Business, Government & Society
Taking Sides Issues
NAME:____________________________________________________
NAME:____________________________________________________
Please rank-order the issues below. In other words, put a #1 by the issue you really want to research, #2 by your second
choice, etc. I will do my best to accommodate your preferences.
ISSUE
Preference
TS: Should Corporations Adopt Policies of CSR?
TS: Does the Enron collapse show we need more
regulation of energy?
TS: Was Ford to Blame in the Pinto Case?
TS: Are Marketing and Advertising Fundamentally
Exploitive?
TS: Are Pharmaceutical Firms Obligated to Cut Prices?
TS: Does Whistleblowing Violate Company Loyalty?
TS: Are Sweatshops Necessarily Evil?
TS: Do environmental Restrictions Violate Basic
Economic Freedoms?
TS: Are Multinational Corporations Free From Moral
Obligations?
THIS FORM MUST BE RETURNED BY JANUARY 25th
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