Business &
Economics
CBU Summer 2002 - Spring 2003
Students' Discussion Forum for MBA Business Ethics
Instructor's Discussion Forum for MBA Business Ethics
Mar 4: Related to our readings and ethical investing, click on this link for a brief Comment on Visa's battle with Porn from the editor of InformationWeek magazine.
Feb 12: Click on these links for brief notes on Utilitarian moral theory, Pareto and Kaldor-Hicks economic analyses of distributions of social assets, and a news item of general interest on Jeremy Bentham, the "father" of Anglo-American utilitarianism. You may find them of some use with regard to Hartman's critique.
Thr, 8 Aug: The result was unanimous -- you will be taking the final exam in groups. (Again, let me strongly advise groups of 2-3.) More details during next week's class. Also note that there is still time to gain participation credit for use of the Discussion Forum on the web. If you haven't been participating regularly in class, consider your options as the class comes to a close.
Mon, 29 Jul: Thank you for your contributions to the Assessment survey for our course. That survey link is now closed. I truly appreciate the time taken and responses/comments given by 10 of you to help gauge the progress of the class.
Tue, 23 Jul: For an opportunity to provide anonymous feedback about the course to date, click on this link. You will need a password, which I will give during class tomorrow night. The link will be active through Sunday evening. Macroeconomics Assessment
Wed, 17 Jul: There seems to be some confusion about how to reach the appropriate online quiz on the publisher's website. I will address the matter tonight, but in any case do be careful to attempt the proper quiz for our chapters by confirming that the quiz you take is for the chapter with the correct name. For example, don't confuse a quiz for chapter 10 on externalities with our chapter 10 on measuring a nation's income: the former belongs to the study of microeconomics, the latter belongs to our study of macroeconomics.
Friday, Jul 12: For an interesting review of how economic theory applies to understanding everyday like, see the Interview with Gary Becker, Nobel Laureate and Professor or Economics & Sociology at the University of Chicago, conducted and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Tue, 9 Jul: A room change has been confirmed. We will meet for the remainder of the term in James 375. Also, if you are still without a copy of the text, the Bookstore just put 12 used copies on the shelf this morning. Call 343-4259 for their hours.
Mon, 8 Jul: For an interesting discussion on the foundations of capitalism--that follows in some important respects our handout on wealth networks--see the Carnegie Council transcript of a recent speech by Hernando de Soto, The Mystery of Capital, honoring Hans Morgenthau.
Discussion Forum for BUS218
CBU Summer 2001 - Spring 2002
Discussion Forum for BUS520
Per our syllabus, I am providing additional information for your individual projects this week. You can collect the material in class this Friday evening, Sep 21st. The packet of material includes a 2-page instruction sheet (also accessible here) along with a brief essay giving background information on ethics codes and programs. I am also putting a book on limited reserve in the Library for general review and reference. Finally, for those of you who would like to see an example of very nice work from a previous class, click here for a .pdf file (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) of an ethics code for a software business--many thanks to the author for permission to post it once again for you all.
Tue, 19 Jun: Per the syllabus, I am providing additional information for your individual projects this week. You can collect the material from the Business Administration office after tomorrow, Wed, Jun 20th. The packet of material includes a 2-page instruction sheet along with a brief essay giving background information on ethics codes and programs. I am also putting a book on limited reserve in the Library for general review and reference.
Question of the Week Congratulations! You've completed the weekly assignments.
Students' Discussion Forum for MBA Business Ethics
Instructor's Discussion Forum for MBA Business Ethics
Click here for a slideshow concerning How To Choose? between the various ethical theories we have discussed. It will be shown in class, and is available for viewing here until the evening of the final exam.
Discussion Forum for OM Ethics students
CBU Summer 2000 - Spring 2001
At your insistence, I am immediately posting the 3 exercise sets for your review. Due dates have not changed.
Re: Nath reading for Aug. 1 -- you do not have pages 44-47. Just read through the top of 43 and pick up at 49 with the section on management style. Apologies for any confusion.
Click here for the Final Project Sampling N.B. This archive site is now closed.
Click here for a Slide Show on How to Choose? N.B. This slide show is now closed.
Click here for Archives to the Students' Discussion Forum and the Instructor's Forum N.B. These discussion and archives sites are now closed.
CBU Summer 1999 - Spring 2000
Note that we will meet on Thursday, Oct 28, in the Mission Hall Conference Room. But we will begin meeting on Wednesdays as of Nov 3, and for the remainder of the semester.
Changes made to syllabus on 9/6/99 concerning attendance and video presentation
CBU Fall 1998 - Spring 1999
Web Resources Keyed to Text at Dryden Press Website
The College Payoff Illusion from American Outlook
Trade in Pollution Credits from WSJ Interactive
This is an open Forum for all students in my ISM and OM courses at CBU to post their
comments, questions, and observations about any aspect of the courses - whether sparked by thoughts or events in or out of the classroom. Robust peer exchanges are encouraged, but civility should always guide your contributions. You may simply "lurk" and read what others have contributed to the Forum, post comments to introduce new topics, or answer questions posed by your classmates.
Selected Web Readings -- see syllabi for links to all assigned readings
Reports on Nike's and Reebok's Overseas Business Activity
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To review Nike's continuing announcements and explanations of its activities, both in the U.S. and overseas, see the company's public relations website
To review a letter and other links concerning academic economists' response to the anti-sweatshop movement, see the Academic Consortium on International Trade (ACIT) website.
For a recent (9 May 2001) review of the human rights records of Nike and Reebok, and why the latter is getting better publicity than the former, see Advantage Reebok from Law.com
For reference list of my publications in business ethics: click here
External Links of Interest
The image above is a cropped portion of Quinten Metsys's Money-changer and his
Wife (1514), The Louvre, Paris