There will be a total of 442 pages of readings for the 12 week course.

Week 1 (May 12): Ethical Theory and Systems. [42 pages of reading]
   MM. Pages 194-201 ["Ethical Theory"].
    MM. Pages 209-239 ["Nichomachean Ethics: Book II," "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals," "What Utilitarianism Is."].
    Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Systems in Business Ethics."

Week 2 (May 19): Ethical Principles. [32 pages of reading]
    Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Principles in Business  Ethics."
    WUC. Pages 3-19 ["The Discipline of Ethics"].
    MM. Pages 49-60 ["The Nature of Business"] .
 

Chat Room 1: Friday, May 16, 7:30 pm EDT

Week 3 (May 26): The Possibility of  Doing Business Ethically. [46 pages of reading]
    MM. Pages 2-48 ["Introduction: Markets and Business," "How the West Grew Rich," "The Market," "The Ethical Limitations of the Market."]
 

Three (3) Short Essays 1: Due Date --- Saturday, May 31

Week 4 (June 2): Virtues, Character, and Classifications. [33 pages of new reading]
    MM. Pages 242-247 ["Commerce and Character"].
    MM. Pages 209-221 ["Nichomachean Ethics: Book II" (Review this reading. It is the same Reading as Week 1)].
    MM. Pages 254-267 ["An Aristotelian Approach to Business Ethics," "Bourgeois Virtue."].
    ERESERVE. [Werhane, PH. "The Ethics of Insider Trading." (5 pages)].
   ERESERVE. [Lippke, RL. "Justice and Insider Trading." (10 pages)].
 

Chat Room 2: Thursday, June 5, 7:30 pm EDT

Week 5 (June 9): Building Character Through Commerce. [30 pages of reading]
    MM. Pages 268-281 ["Selfishness," "Atlas Shrugged," "Business and the Economic Nexis."].
    MM. Pages 282-290 ["Prudence," "Of Prudence," "Prudence."].
    MM. Pages 303-304 ["Manners"].
    MM. Pages 311-318 ["Why Do it? Because That's What We Do: Manners in the Ruins of Community"].
 

Threaded Discussion 1: Tuesday, June 10 - M17day, June 16

Week 6 (June 16): Honesty,  in Commerce: Truth-telling, Advertising, and Whistleblowing. [39 pages of reading]
    MM. Pages 320-322 ["Honesty and Integrity in Business: Honesty"].
    MM. Pages 326-335 ["Truthfulness, Deceit, and Trust," "Is Business Bluffing Ethical?"]
    MM. Pages 336-364 ["Sales and Advertising," "Character and Caliber in Salesmanship," "A Moral Evaluation of Sales Practices,"
        "Advertising," "Advertising and Behavior Control."].
 

Chat Room 3: Tuesday, June 17, 7:30 pm EDT

Collaborative Writing Project 1: Due Date: Tuesday, July 2 (Revised Date)

Week 7 (June 23): Individual Responsibility: Integrity and Loyalty --- a Case of Whistleblowing. [32 pages of reading]
                                Corporate Responsibility: The Contributions of the Stakeholder Theory. [13 pages of reading]
   MM. Pages 365-367 ["Integrity, Loyalty, and Whistleblowing"].
    MM. Pages 388-390 ["Responsibility, Action and the Conduct of Business: Individuality"].
    MM. Pages 368-377 ["Integrity," "Loyalty," "Whistleblowing."].
    MM. Pages 379-386 ["Whistleblowing: Professionalism, Personal Life, and Shared Responsibility"].
    ERESERVE. ["The Aircraft Brake Scandal"].
    MM. Pages 402-404 ["Corporate Responsibility"]
    MM. Pages 405-416 ["The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits," "A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation."].
 

Threaded Discussion 2: Wednesday, June 25 - Tuesday, July 1

Three (3) Short Essays 2: Due Date --- Sunday, June 29

Week 8 (June 30): Dignity, Respect for Persons, Affirmative Action, and Sexual Harassment. [50 pages of reading]
   Ulrich, LP. ["Dignity as a Foundational Element in the Workplace"].
    MM. Pages 467-470 ["Freedom of Contract and Affirmative Action"].
    MM. Pages 485-504 ["Moral Perspectives on Affirmative Action," "The Moral Status of Affirmative Action."]
    ERESERVE. [Dodds, SM et al. "Sexual Harassment." (12 pages)].
    WUC. Pages 119-130 ["How to Deal with Hostility? The Right to Equal Respect: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"]
 

Chat Room 4: Monday, July 7, 7:30 pm EDT

Week 9 (July 7): Business Practices and Technology. [15 pages of reading]
    MM. Pages 646-648 ["Modern Science and Technology."]
    MM. Pages 654-667 ["Technology and Wisdom," "What Use? The World of Gadgets."].
 

Threaded Discussion 3: Tuesday, July 8 - Monday, July 14

Week 10 (July 14): Business Practices and the Environment. [43 pages of reading]
    MM. Pages 644-646 ["Business, Technology, and Environmental Ethics: Western Attitudes to Nature."]
    MM. Pages 648-653 ["Kinds of Environmentalism," "Markets and the Environment," "Protecting the Environment."].
    MM. Pages 667-681 ["Business and Environmental Ethics," "The Economic Common Sense of Pollution."].
    Ulrich, LP. "We Are Late Arrivals."
    WUC. Pages 133-150 ["How Clean? Obligations to a Great Lake: Reserve Mining at Silver Bay"].
 

Three (3) Short Essays 3: Due Date --- Sunday, July 20

Week 11 (July 21): Applying Course Concepts to the Global Marketplace; Human Rights as a Foundation. [31 pages of reading]
   ERESERVE. [Facione, PA "Rights and Duties." (22 pages)].
   UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
   Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (French Revolution) (1789).
   Rights of Women (1791)
   Constitution of Virginia (1776)
   US Bill of  Rights (1789)
   English Bill of Rights (1689)
   Magna Carta (1215)
   Aboriginal Charter of Rights (2000).
 

Chat Room 5: Wednesday, July 23, 7:30 pm EDT

Collaborative Writing Project 2: Due Date --- Sunday, July 27

Week 12 (July 28): The Moral Effects of Commerce: Capitalism and Theories of Profit. [37 pages of reading]
    MM. Pages 510-519 ["The Moral Effects of Commerce"].
    WUC. Pages 19-24 ["Capitalism and the Business System"].
    MM. Pages 527-543 ["Manifesto of the Communist Party," "The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism,"]
    MM. Pages 453-460 ["Why Profits are Deserved"].
 

Chat Room 6: Monday, July 28, 7:30 pm EDT