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BA 3102 015 Syllabus Fall 2014 4 2 1
BUSINESS, SOCIETY & ETHICS

BA 3102, 015 Prof. Stuart M. Schmidt
Fall 2014 Office: Alter 351 [Main Campus]
Temple University MWF 2-4:00 & by Appt.
W 5:30-8:00 Voice: (215) 204-1621 Virtual Office: schmidt@temple.edu
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COURSE
OBJECTIVES: 1. To increase your awareness of the mutual ethical responsibilities existing between the contemporary business organization and its internal and external stakeholders.

2. To expose you to some of the ethical dilemmas confronted by employees within business organizations, and to improve your skills in resolving these types of dilemmas.

3. To enable your critical thinking about a powerful institution - BUSINESS - of which you are a part so that you can help to create positive change
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COURSE FORMAT:
Short lectures, quizzes, discussions, films, case analyses, team debates, experiential exercises, and thought papers.

READINGS:
Articles & cases are hyperlinked and/or posted on Blackboard [Bb]. See syllabus and Bb under “Assigned Readings”

Book: Stout, Lynn. The Shareholder Value Myth. San Francisco:Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-60509-813-5 (Widely available from online and physical book sellers)

ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION:
This course requires you to challenge commonly held assumptions about primary indicators of individual, corporate, and societal success such as “all is fair in love, war, and business,” “maximize shareholder value,” “ profit maximization,” and “business is different than regular life.”

Informed and active engagement in discussion and debate during class is vital to grasp the often conflicting, disconcerting, and/or controversial subject matter. So you need to share your ideas and informed opinions with the class in an open-minded, nonjudgmental,

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