| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Course introduction | ||
| 1 | What is business ethics? | Dees, J. Gregory, and Jaan Elias. "The Normative Foundations of Business." Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-897-012, June 10, 1997. Werhane, Patricia H. "A Note on Moral Imagination." Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, Darden Case No.: UVA-E-0114-SSRN, 1997. |
| Personal and professional practice | ||
| 2 | The theory | Nanda, Ashish. "Who Is a Professional?" Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-904-047, December 16, 2003. Carr, Albert Z. "Is Business Bluffing Ethical?" Harvard Business Review 46 (1968): 143-153. |
| 3 | The reality | Badaracco, Joseph, and Jerry Useem. "Kathryn McNeil (A)." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-394-111, February 10, 1994. ———. "Kathryn McNeil (B)." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-394-112, February 10, 1994. |
| 4 | A question of character | Badaracco, Joseph. "Personal Values and Professional Responsibilities." Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-304-070, January 12, 2004. ———. "The Discipline of Building Character." Harvard Business Review 76, no. 2 (1998): 115-124. |
| 5 | Reports from the field | |
| Corporate social responsibility | ||
| 6 | Definitions and strategies | Paine, Lynn Sharp. "Corporate Purpose and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-396-201, December 08, 1995. |
| 7 | Clash of values | Khurana, Rakesh, Joel Podolny, and Jaan Elias. "Veridian: Putting a Value on Values." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-406-028, February 09, 2006. |
| 8 | Constructing the global marketplace | Abrami, Regina. "Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-703-034, March 31, 2003. |
| 9 | Corporate culture and individual responsibility | Gibney, Alex. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. USA, 2005. Film.
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| The purpose of a corporation | ||
| 10 | Beginnings | Plato. The Republic, Part II, Book II (selections). Aristotle. The Politics, Book I: 9-10. |
| 11 | A new corporate life? |
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| 12 | A critique of capital |
Handy, Charles. "Toqueville Revisited: The Meaning of American Prosperity." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 1 (2001): 57-63. Soros, George. "The Capitalist Threat." The Atlantic Monthly 279, no. 2 (1997): 45-55. |
| Conclusion | ||
| 13 | Next steps | |
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