Ethical Issues in Business
Philosophy
202
Rex Gilliland
Office: Norton 265 Phone:
226-7718
Home Phone: 930-0754
Email: rgillila@bsc.edu
Phil-Sci 108 MW
Office Hours: TTh
and by appointment
Syllabus Writing Center
Information
Tentative Schedule Click on dates for reading questions.
All changes in red.
W 2/6 Introduction to Course
I. Normative Theories
W 2/11 Donaldson and Werhane (EIB 7-11); Case Study: Kelly (EIB 98-100)
Topic: Normative Ethical Theories, especially Utilitarianism
M 2/13 Bowie (EIB 61-71); Kant (EIB 100-105)
Topic:
Kantian Ethics
M 2/18 Solomon (EIB 71-81); Film: The Trillion Dollar Bet
Topic: Virtue Ethics and the Complexity of Ethical Judgments
Take Home Quiz #1 due
II. Issues of Truthfulness and Disclosure
W 2/20 Carr (EIB 106-112); Gillespie (EIB 112-118); Case Study: Oaks (CS 239-243)
Topic: Lying and Disclosure
M 2/25 Bird
and Waters (EIB 302-314); Case Study: AICPA (EIB 269-284); Recommended:
Topic: Management Muteness
Group Project #1
W 2/27 Bok (EIB 335-342); Case Study: Vandivier (EIB 323-335)
Topic:
Whistleblowing
M 3/4 Crisp (EIB 503-510); Case Study: Fennel, Kalsow, and West (EIB 486-500)
Topic: Marketing
W 3/6 Exam #1 Study Guide
III. Justice and Social Responsibility
M 3/11 Friedman (EIB 33-38); Freeman (EIB 38-48); Case Study: McCoy (EIB 262-268)
Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility
W 3/13 Locke
(EIB 150-155); Smith (EIB 155-159); Marx (EIB 159-163); Case Study: Zimmerer
and
Topic: Profit and Property
M 3/18 Rawls (EIB 193-203); Nozick (EIB 203-209); Case Study: Ciulla (EIB192-193)
Topic: Distributive Justice
W 3/20 Radin and Werhane (EIB 343-352); Kanter (EIB 361-363); Film: Roger and Me
Topic: Job Security
3/25 – 3/29 Spring Break
M 4/1 McIntosh
(EIB 381-390);
Topic: Discrimination and Affirmative Action
W 4/3 Velasquez (Reading Packet)
Topic: Discrimination and Affirmative Action
Take Home Quiz #2 due
M 4/8 Case Study: Hasnas (CS 192-197); Case Study: Wicks (CS 198-202); Wicks (CS 203-204)
Topic: Sexual Harassment
Group Project #2
W 4/10 Velasquez (Reading Packet); Case Study: Hoffman (CS
207-215)
Topic: Acceptable Risk
M 4/15 Donaldson (EIB 471-481); Case Study: “What Price Safety?” (EIB 396-399); Case Study: Paine and Katz (EIB 432-457); Recommended: “Tipping” (EIB 429-431)
Topic: International Issues
W 4/17 Severance, Shapiro, and Werhane (EIB 399-409); “Merck and Co., Inc.” (EIB 238-243)
Topic: International Issues
M 4/22 Warren and Larson (EIB 550-558); Case Study:
Topic: The Environment
W 4/24 Prepare for Group Presentations
M 4/29 Frank (EIB 252-262); Case Study: Verespej (CS 325-329); Byrnes (CS 332-336)
Topic:
Organizational Values – Can Ethics be Profitable?
W 5/1 Exam #2 Study Guide
M 5/6 Group Presentations
W 5/8 Group Presentations