Denise Kleinrichert

Philosophy Dept. - FAO 230

Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 12:30 – 1:30 pm

ETHICS and BUSINESS

PHI 2631 – Fall 2003

Monday/Wednesday 11 am – 12:15 pm CPR 454

Course Objectives:

The purpose of the bi-weekly discussions is to provide additional explanation of the ethical and business arguments, perspectives, and roles of various theories and traditions presented in the course texts. The discussions will be active, participatory dialogues requiring your prior assigned reading preparation, case study analysis, and group participation. You will be expected to think critically about each of the readings; your comprehension will be further developed through both written and verbal assignments using the RESOLVEDD strategy. The goal will be to sustain an understanding of the importance for professional ethics, as both an individual and member of the community.

Course Assignments:

Reading responses: Weekly written critical response to assigned question/s on the week’s readings and case studies, handed in at start of class. Format: Your name, course name, reading assignment/case study, and due date must be in the upper right hand corner, single-spaced. The assigned question/s or case study must be stated first, with your response following. One page (white paper) of double spaced text, Times New Roman black, 12 pt font, 1” margins all the way around, spelling and grammar corrected. Photos, diagrams, or graphics are not permitted.

Grading: + / P / F (0 for late/missed response; NO emailed responses permitted.) – 25%

Verbal participation gains + for critical responses to the day’s discussion – 10% bonus

Case Study projects: Two case studies will be assigned per student:

o Thesis/arguments: Case study group project presented in class. (20 min.)

Written analysis of case thesis/argument, 5-7 pages per Format above.

Grading: Letter grade (0 for missing presentation or failure to submit project) – 25%

o Q & A panel: Student led panels on case studies. (20 min.)

Written 5 questions/ responses, 5 pages per Format above.

Grading: Letter grade (0 for missing assigned panel or failure to submit Q&A) – 25%

*If you are not assigned to a case study that day, you will turn in the 1 pg reading response.

Quizzes: Four cumulative short answer quizzes plus case study analyses.

o Short answer questions: Ethical theory and application from text/lecture.

o Analysis: Construct arguments on a case study - develop and summarize thesis, evaluate with justification, establish refuting views, and finally determine a concluding statement.

Grading: Letter grade (0 for missing quiz) - 25%

Rules of the Game:

Quizzes, reading, written, and discussion assignments are due on the date assigned, no exceptions and no make-ups except per below.
Come to class prepared to talk about the assignments.
Absences will not be excused, except in extreme situations (funeral for immediate family member, serious illness requiring medical intervention, jury duty) with advance approval plus documentation for absence submitted at next class meeting.
If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain assignments and notes from a classmate. I do not email my lecture notes or assignments to students. My syllabus is online: http://www.cas.usf.edu/philosophy/fall2003classes.htm
Respect your colleague’s personal views, culture, gender, ethnicity, political, and religious convictions. There will be an expectation of the use of appropriate language for the subject matter under discussion.
No audio, video, electronic, or technological taping/monitoring of class discussions permitted. If you have a documented medical condition that necessitates special accommodations in class, you must notify me in writing prior to the second discussion meeting.

Grading:

Letter grades and per following:

+ ….. 4 pts

P ….. 2 pts

F ….. .5 pts

I will use the USF grading scale in converting your average to the appropriate letter grade, including pluses and minuses, i.e. A is 4 pts, B is 3 pts, C is 2 pts, D is 1 pt. Your attendance and active participation will factor to round up/down your grade appropriately.

· Plagiarism and academic dishonesty policies of USF are applicable to all papers, quizzes, reading responses, and course assignments. I do check outside sources. Misrepresented work will receive the appropriate grade sanctions, including FF for the course. http://www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs/0203/adadap.htm

Required Course Texts:

Ethics for the Professions. John Rowan & Samuel Zinaich, Jr. (Wadsworth, 2003)

Ethics on the Job: Cases and Strategies. R. Pfeiffer & R. Forsberg. (Wadsworth, 2000)

Scheduled Topics/Assignments:

Mon 8/25: Introduction & CNN video: Malden Mills, Al Dunlap, Time Warner

Wed 8/27: Moral Theories / Chap 1; Cases #11

Mon 9/1: Labor Day holiday

Wed 9/3: Perspectives on Professional Ethics /

Chap 2; Cases Ch 3 Strategy of Ethical Decision Making and Ch 4.9

Mon 9/8: Employee Rights / Chap 3; Cases #13, 14, 17, 20

Wed 9/10: Quiz 1 / case study group analysis

Mon 9/15: Professional-Client Relations / Chap 4

Wed 9/17: Business and the Professions / Chap 5 (pp 165-88); Cases #1, 18

Mon 9/22: Health Care & CNN video: Bioethics / Chap 7

Wed 9/24: Counseling / Chap 8; Cases #37

Mon 9/29: Case studies A: - Cases #4, 19, 21, and

“Deceptive Marketing by Parke-Davis,”

http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/ip-health/2003-March/004529.html

Wed 10/1: Quiz 2 / case study group analysis

Mon 10/6: Engineering & CNN video: Whistleblower / Chap 6

Wed 10/8: Case studies B: Cases #11, 25, 28, 32

Mon 10/13: Law / Chap 9

Wed 10/15: Case studies C: Cases #6, 15, 38, 40

Mon 10/20: Journalism / Chap 10 and

“Ethical Issues for the American Media in Times of National Emergency,” http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/ethicalperspectives/elder.html

Wed 10/22: Case studies D: Cases #22, 27, and

“Commentary on Jayson Blair,” http://www.trottergroup.com/jayson_blair.htm

“Public Journalism and Deliberation,” http://www.puaf.umd.edu/IPPP/levine_pubjourn_delib.htm

Mon 10/27: Education / Chap 11

Wed 10/29: Military

“Does the Military Still Fit in Contemporary Culture?”

http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/JSCOPE01/Kennedy01.html

“Citizenship: A Lockean Solution to the Military/Civilian Values Gap,” http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/JSCOPE01/Tiel01.html

“Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics & Conduct,” http://www.dii.org/training/video1/studies1.html

Mon 11/3: Case studies E:

“Cheating Themselves,” http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v9n1/cheating.html

“Ethical Me – Is That Dr. or Mr. Craft,” http://www.globalethics.org/dilemmas/dilemma_list.tmpl

“Breaking the Army,” The Washington Post, July 3, 2003,
http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/ohanlon/20030703.htm

“Ultimate Responsibility,” http://www.globalethics.org/dilemmas/dilemma_list.tmpl

Wed 11/5: Quiz 3 / case study group analysis

Mon 11/10: Unions / “The Legitimacy of Labor Unions,” http://www.peterlevine.ws/hofstra.pdf

and Cases #30, 31, 39

Wed 11/12: Case studies F: Cases #2, 5, 7, 17

Mon 11/17: International Markets /

e-reserve: “Human Rights and International Business”

Wed 11/19: Case studies G: Cases #26, 33, 43, 44

Mon 11/24: Ecological Management & CNN video: Redwood Logging, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, Whales /

“Greening U.S. Foreign Aid…” http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/comm/policybriefs/pb119.pdf

Wed 11/26: Case studies I: Cases #35, 41, student selection, and

“Who Owns the Moon?” http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v10n1/moon.html

Mon 12/1: Leadership

Plato’s Republic, Book I http://ball.tcnj.edu/pols270/plato/republic_1_1_490.htm

Aristotle’s “Virtue Ethics,” Nicomachean Ethics, Book II

http://nothingistic.org/library/aristotle/nicomachean/nicomachean05.html

UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

F.G. Bailey’s, “The Lintel”

http://rhetoric-culture.sowi.uni-mainz.de/exbailey.htm

Wed 12/3: Quiz 4