PHIL243, Business Ethics -- Fall 2009

Instructor: Professor Jerry Gravander

Textbook:
          Joanne B. Ciulla, Clancy Martin, & Robert C. Solomon, editors. Honest Work: A Business Ethics Reader. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 0-19-516168-8.

Syllabus

Part #1 Reading & Writing Assignments (Tuesday 8/25 - Thursday 11/12)

Grading Rubric for Written Homework

Study Guide for Exam #1 (to be given Tuesday, October 6)

Exam #2 -- Take-Home (Due Tuesday, November 24)

Team Lists & Contact Information (Names & Clarkson E-Mails only)

Schedule & Assignments for Team Case Presentations (during Part #2 of the course) -- Tuesday 11/17 - Thursday 12/3

Supporting Material for Team Presentations
        1. Template for the Case Presentation
        2. Case Presentation Evaluation Sheet (including an interpretive scheme)
        3. Case Presentation Peer Evaluation Sheet (including an interpretive scheme) -- Note: Peer evaluation sheets for each team will also be sent as e-mail attachments.

Supplementary Material
       1. Slides for Th, 8/27 -- The Meaning of Work
                a. Ciulla's Article (pp. 5-10)
                b. Quinn's Article (pp. 10-12)
                c. Cases 1.1 & 1.2
       2. Slides for Tu, 9/1 -- Moral and Immoral Bossing
                a. Kant's Ethics and Bowie's Article (pp. 19-21)
                b. Utilitarian Ethics and Orlando's Article (pp. 30-36)
      3. Slides for Th, 9/3 -- Moral and Immoral Bossing, continued.
                a. Superson's Article (pp. 26-29)
                b. Hochshild's Article (pp. 22-25)
                c. Cases 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, and 6.4 -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.
      4. Slides for Tu, 9/8 -- Truthfulness, Lying, and Trust in Business
                a. Carr's Article (pp. 59-63)
                b. Criticisms of Carr by Blodgett, Bowie, and Solomon (pp. 59-72)
      5. Slides for Th, 9/10 -- Truthfulness, Lying, and Trust in Business, continued.
                a. Solomon and Flores' Article (pp. 91-94)
                b. Case 3.5 (Columbia Shuttle Case)
      6. Slides for Tu, 9/15 -- Fairness and Justice in Business
                a. Rawls' Article (pp. 208-210)
                b. Singer's Article (pp. 210-212)
                c. Kristol's Article (pp. 213-218)
      7. Slides for Th, 9/18 -- Fairness and Justice in Business, continued.
                a. Ciulla's Article (205-208) -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.
                b. Cases 6.1 & 6.6
                c. Cases 6.2 & 6.7 -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.
      8. Slides for Tu, 9/22 -- The Social Responsibility of Business
                a. Friedman's Article (pp. 241-245)
                b. Critics of Friedman -- Stone and Arrow.
      9. Slides for Th, 9/22 -- No class.
    10. Slides for Tu, 9/28 -- No class.
    11. Slides for Th, 10/1 -- The Social Responsibility of Business, continued.
                a. Freeman's Article (pp. 255-261)
                b. Cases 7.3 & 7.4
    12. Tu, 10/6 -- Test (No Slides)
    13. Slides and links for Th, 10/9 -- Ethical Issues in Advertising
                a. Savan's Article (pp. 331-335) -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.
                b. Carson's Article (pp. 336-343) -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.
                c. Cases 9.3 and 9.5 -- No slides. The link is to images of women in advsertising, which relates to Case 9.3.
    14. Slides for Tu, 10/13 -- Ethical Issues in Product Safety
                a. Huber's, Fairlie's, and Nesmith's Articles (pp. 356-363 and  pp. 374-378)
                b. Cases 10.2 & 10.3 -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.
    15. Slides for Th, 10/15 -- No Class
    16. Slides for Tu, 10/20 -- Whistle-Bowing -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.
    17. Slides for Th, 10/22 -- Ethical Issues in Conducting Business in Other Cultures. No slides. Refer to your class notes.
    18. Slides for Tu, 10/27 -- Ethical Issues in Conducting Business in Other Cultures, continued. No slides. Refer to your class notes.
    19. Slides for Th, 10/29 -- Ethical Issues in Business and the Environment
                a.  Baxter's Article (pp. 481-485)
    20. Slides for Tu, 11/3 -- Ethical Issues in Business and the Environment, continued
                a. Two styles of ethics.
                b. Model for Case Analysis
                c. Cases 13.1 and 13.3 -- No slides. Refer to your class notes.

Ethics in the News Today
      

Two Sets of Criteria for Making Case Evaluations
        1. Adapted from Davis.
        2. Adapted from Parker.