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]
    Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).

       MM. Pages 194-201 ["Ethical Theory"].
    MM. Pages 209-239 ["Nichomachean Ethics: Book II," "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals," "What Utilitarianism Is."].

                Kant on Lying [Slides].

    Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Systems in Business Ethics."

Week 2 (May 19): Ethical Principles. [32 pages of reading]
    Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).

        Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Principles in Business  Ethics."
    WUC. Pages 3-19 ["The Discipline of Ethics"].
    MM. Pages 49-60 ["The Nature of Business"] .

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]
    Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).

    MM. Pages 242-247 ["Commerce and Character"].

    "NASDAQ Credo" from The Wall Street Journal, 2/21/02. [Slides]
    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."].

        Virtues of Managers. [Slide]

        Hume's catalogue of Virtues. [Slide]

        Virtues (Robert Solomon). [Slide] 

   ERESERVE. [Werhane, PH. "The Ethics of Insider Trading." (5 pages)].
   ERESERVE. [Lippke, RL. "Justice and Insider Trading." (10 pages)].

   "Standards for Determining Insider Trading" from The Wall Street Journal, 12/31/02. 

    "Martha Stewart Insider Trading" from The Wall Street Journal, 6/14/02.

    "Martha Stewart's Possible Indictment" from The Wall Street Journal, 6/4/03.   

     "Martha Stewart, Broker Indicted" from The Wall street Journal, 6/5/03.

    "Mayham over Martha" Editorial from The Wall Street Journal, 6/5/03.

    The United States of America v. Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovic: Legal Indictment.

LEGAL DEFINITION OF INSIDER TRADING: Trading in possession of material, nonpublic information obtained in breach of a duty.

    The United States of America v. Samuel Waksal. Legal Indictment on Insider Trading.

    The United States of America v. Samuel Waksal. Legal Indictment on Tax Evasion.

    "Sam Waksal Sentencing" from The Wall Street Journal, 6/11/03.

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"].

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"].

   "Integrity: A Statement of PriceWaterHouseCoopers" from The Wall Street Journal, 1/16/03. [1page] 
    MM. Pages 326-335 ["Truthfulness, Deceit, and Trust," "Is Business Bluffing Ethical?"]

         Trust [Slides]

    "Tyco's Accounting Practices" from The Wall Street Journal, 12/31/02. (3 pages).

    American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). (Reference)

   "Executives' Conflict of interest at Sprint" from The Wall Street Journal, 2/10/03.

   "Accounting Conflict of Interest" from The Wall Street Journal, 2/7/03.

   "Sprint Tax Breaks" from The Wall Street Journal, 2/13/03.

   "Ethics and Anderson" from The Wall Street Journal, 3/20/03.

    "Bernard Ebbers and Accounting Fraud from The Wall Street Journal, 6/6/03.

    "Staff Accounting Fraud at WorldCom" from The Wall Street Journal, 6/23/03.

    "SEC Settlement for WorldCom is Approved" ($750 Million) from The Wall Street Journal, 7/8/03. 

    SEC v. WorldCom. $750 million Settlement Decision, 7/7/03.

    MM. Pages 336-364 ["Sales and Advertising," "Character and Caliber in Salesmanship," "A Moral Evaluation of Sales Practices,"
        "Advertising," "Advertising and Behavior Control."].

    "Nexium and Prilosec" from The Wall Street Journal, 6/6/02.

    "Marketing and Telling the Whole Truth: The Case of Viagra and AIDS" from The Wall Street Journal 3/7/03.
 

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]

    Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).
   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"].

    "The Complex Goals and Unseen Costs of Whistle-Blowing" [The story of Ted Beatty] from The Wall Street Journal, 11/25/02 page A1. (4 pages)

    "Whistleblowing and HealthSouth Fraud" from The Wall Street Journal,  5/20/03.

    Introduction to the Unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).
    MM. Pages 402-404 ["Corporate Responsibility"]

   "How Enron Bosses Created a Culture of Pushing Limits" from The Wall Street Journal, 8/26/02. (3 pages).

    MM. Pages 405-416 ["The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits," "A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation."].

 

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]

    Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).

    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."].

    "Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan" from The Wall Street Journal, 2/10/03.

    "US Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action at University of Michigan from The Wall Street Journal 6/23/03.

    "US Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action at University of Michigan from The Wall Street Journal 6/24/03.

    "Gruttner v. Bollinger."  US Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan (Law School). 6/23/03.

    "Gratz v. Bollinger." US Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan (Undergraduate School). 6/23/03.

    Excerpts from US Supreme Court Decisions on Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan from The Wall Street Journal, 6/24/03

    "Corporate Goal: Ethnic Variety, No Quotas." Impact of the US Supreme Court's decision on Affirmative Action from The Wall Street Journal,6/24/03.

    "Affirmative Action and the Wealthy" from The Wall Street Journal, 2/20/03.

    ERESERVE. [Dodds, SM et al. "Sexual Harassment." (12 pages)].

    "Sexual Harassment at Salomon Smith Barney" from The Wall Street Journal, 12/17/02.
     WUC. Pages 119-130 ["How to Deal with Hostility? The Right to Equal Respect: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"]

     "Job Security: What Could Happen Without It" from The Wall Street Journal  3/5/03.

     "Employee Termination to Save Health Care Costs" from The Wall Street Journal, 7/14/03.

 

Collaborative Writing Project 1: Due Date --- Tuesday, July 2

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."].

    "Information Technology and Privacy" from The Wall Street Journal, 3/7/00.

   "California Supreme Court Decision [Intel v. Hamidi]about Intel: Computer Privacy and Technology" from The Wall Street Journal , 7/1/03.

     Intel v. Hamidi. California Supreme Court, 6/30/03.

Week 10 (July 14): Business Practices and the Environment. [43 pages of reading]

    Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).

    MM. Pages 644-646 ["Business, Technology, and Environmental Ethics: Western Attitudes to Nature."]

    "Information Technology and Privacy" from The Wall Street Journal, 3/7/00.

    MM. Pages 648-653 ["Kinds of Environmentalism," "Markets and the Environment," "Protecting the Environment."].

   "Dupont and Greenhouse Gases" from The Wall Street Journal, 1/16/03.

   "Chemical Manufacturers Elude Crackdown on Toxic Materials." from The Wall Street Journal, 5/21/03.

     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]

  Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).
   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).
 

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]
    Introduction to the unit (Streaming Video --- 2 minutes).   

   "Bernard Ebbers and the Acquisition of Wealth" from The Wall Street Journal, 12/31/02. (5 pages).

    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,"]

    "Free Market Drugs" from The Wall Street Journal, 2/28/03.

    "Profits for Generic Drugs" from The Wall Street Journal, 3/31/03.

     MM. Pages 453-460 ["Why Profits are Deserved"].