Denise Kleinrichert

Philosophy Dept. - FAO 230

Office Hours: 11:30-12:30, Tuesday/Thursday

email: kleinrichert@ij.net

ETHICS and BUSINESS

PHI 2631 – Summer 2004

Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 – 4:00 pm SOC 154

Course Objectives:

The purpose of the bi-weekly discussions is to provide additional explanation of ethical and business arguments, perspectives, and roles of various theories and traditions related to business and the professions. The discussions will be active, participatory dialogues requiring your prior assigned reading preparation, case study analysis, and class participation. The goal will be to sustain an understanding of the importance for professional ethics, as both an individual and member of the community.

Course Requirements:

• Case Study panel project: Written analysis 5-7 pages and presentation using RESOLVEDD.

Format: Your name, course name, and due date must be in the upper right hand corner, single-spaced. The selected case study is your title, centered on the page. You must use the RESOLVEDD method and cite how a particular moral theory applies to your case. Written work must be: on white paper, 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. All written work is due at start of class on date assigned.

o NO emailed papers permitted.

Grading: Letter grade (0 for missing presentation or failure to submit written analysis) – 50%

o Q & A panel: Student led question panels on case studies. (Extra Credit)

• Midterm: Multiple choice questions: Ethical theory and application from text/lecture.

Grading: Letter grade (0 for missing exam / no make-up exam) - 25%

• Final: Multiple choice questions: Ethical theory and application from text/lecture.

Grading: Letter grade (0 for missing exam / no make-up exam) - 25%

Grading:

· Letter grades will follow the USF grading scale, 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 and exams. I do check internet and online sources. Misrepresented work will receive the appropriate grade sanctions, including FF for the course. USF academic dishonesty policy is found at:

http://www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs/0203/adadap.htm

Rules of the Game:

• Exams, 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, your serious illness requiring medical intervention, jury duty) with advance email 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. Blackboard, through your myUSF account, will allow you to email your classmates as needed. I do not email my lecture notes or assignments to students. My syllabus is online: USF Blackboard or Philosophy Dept. website http://www.cas.usf.edu/philosophy/syllabi.html
• 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.

ETHICS and BUSINESS - PHI 2631

Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 – 4:00 pm SOC 154

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, 2004)

Scheduled Topics/Assignments:

Tues 6/29: Introduction & CNN video: Malden Mills, Al Dunlap, Time Warner

Cases: Strategy of Ethical Decision Making Ch 3, Ch 4.9

Thurs 7/1: Moral Theories / Chap 1 – Utilitarianism, Deontological Ethics, and Virtue Ethics

Tues 7/6: Perspectives on Professional Ethics / Chap 2 – Bayles, Davis, McDowell articles

Employee Rights / Chap 3

Thurs 7/8: Professional-Client Relations / Chap 4 – Faber, Alexandra/Miller

Business and the Professions / Chap 5 (pp 165-88)

Tues 7/13: Case Study panel A

Engineering / Chap 6 - Moriarty, Martin articles

Accounting / http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/ethicalperspectives/accountingethics.html and http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcom.html

Whistleblower / http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/whistleblowing.html & CNN video

Thurs 7/15: Midterm Exam

Health Care / Chap 7 – Emmanuel, Salem articles & http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/morreim/prescribing.html & CNN video

Tues 7/20: Case Study panel B

Law / Chap 9 – Taylor, Cohen, Gutman articles

Journalism / Chap 10 - Detmer, Cohen-Almagor, and

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

Thurs7/22: Education / Chap 11 – Gutman, Brockett

Military / “Does the Military Still Fit in Contemporary Culture?”

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

Tues 7/27: Case Study panel C

Labor Unions / http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/legal/manuals/rules/act.asp & http://www.cceia.org/viewMedia.php/prmID/701

Thurs 7/29: Globalization / e-reserve: “Human Rights and International Business” & http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/relocation.html

Ecological Management / Chap 5 (pp. 189-196) & “Greening U.S. Foreign Aid…” http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/comm/policybriefs/pb119.pdf & CNN video

Tues 8/3: Case Study panel D

Leadership /

Plato’s Republic, The Allegory of the Cave http://www.plotinus.com/plato_allegory_of_the_cave.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

Thurs 8/5: Final Exam