CONTENTS
Preface and Using the Manual
Teaching Tips and Suggestions
Teaching Methodology
Sample Syllabus
UNIT ONE – ETHICAL THEORY, PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS, OUR REASONING
FLAWS, AND TYPES OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS
Section 1A: Defining Ethics
Reading 1.1 You, Your Values, and a Credo
Reading 1.2 The Parable of the Sadhu: Pressure, Small Windows of Opportunity, and
Temptation
Reading 1.3 What Are Ethics? From Line-Cutting to Kant
Reading 1.4 The Types of Ethical Dilemmas: From Truth to Honesty to Conflicts
Reading 1.5 On Rationalizing and Labeling: The Things We Do That Make Us
Uncomfortable, But We Do Them Anyway
Case 1.6 “I Was Just Following Orders”: The CIA, Interrogation, and the Role of Legal
Opinions
Reading 1.7 The Slippery Slope, the Blurred Lines, and How We Never Do Just One
Thing
Case 1.8 Hank Greenberg and AIG, and Steve Cohen and SAC Capital
,Section 1B: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Reading 1.9 Some Simple Tests for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Reading 1.10 Some Steps for Analyzing Ethical Dilemmas
Reading 1.11 On Plagiarism
Case 1.12 The Little Teacher Who Could: Piper, Kansas, and Term Papers
Case 1.13 Dog Walkers and Scoopers
Case 1.14 Puffing Your Résumé
Case 1.15 Dad, the Actuary, and the Stats Class
Case 1.16 Wi-Fi Piggybacking
Case 1.17 Stuyvesant High School and the Cheating Culture of Excellence
Case 1.18 Speeding: You Can’t Survive on the Road Unless You Do
Case 1.19 Hazing Drinking, and Campuses
Case 1.20 The Pack of Gum
UNIT TWO – SOLVING ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND PERSONAL INTROSPECTION
Section 2A: Business and Ethics: How Do They Work Together?
Reading 2.1 What’s Different About Business Ethics?
Reading 2.2 The Ethics of Responsibility
Reading 2.3 Is Business Bluffing Ethical?
Section 2B: What Gets in the Way of Ethical Decisions in Business?
, Reading 2.4 How Leaders Lose Their Way: What Price Hubris?
Reading 2.5 Moral Relativism and the Either/or Conundrum
Reading 2.6 P = f(x) The Probability of an Ethical Outcome Is a Function of the Amount of
Money Involved: Pressure
Case 2.7 MF Global, Jon Corzine, and a Bankruptcy
Case 2.8 On Saying One Thing and Doing Another: Public Perception and Deception
Covering for the CEO
Section 2C: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Business
Reading 2.9 Framing Issues Carefully: A Structured Approach for Solving Ethical
Dilemmas and Trying Out Your Ethical Skills on Some Business Cases
Case 2.10 Galleon Hedge Fund: Expert Networks, Friendly Discussions or Insider
Trading?
Case 2.11 What Was Up with Wall Street? The Goldman Standard and Shades of Gray
Case 2.12 Making Believe We Are at Work or Being Loyal: The Alibis of Technology
Case 2.13 Make-Believe Reality TV: Storage Wars and Reconstructed Home Sales
Case 2.14 Travel Expenses: A Chance for Extra Income
Case 2.15 Do Cheaters Prosper?
Case 2.16 The Home Repair Contractor Tempted By Customers and Contracts
Case 2.17 Penn State: Framing Ethical Issues
UNIT THREE – BUSINESS, STAKEHOLDERS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND
SUSTAINABILITY
Section 3A: Business and Society: The Tough Issues of Economics, Social
Responsibility, and Business
, Reading 3.1 The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits
Reading 3.2 A Look at Stakeholder Theory
Reading 3.3 Business with a Soul: A Reexamination of What Counts in Business Ethics
Reading 3.4 Appeasing Stakeholders with Public Relations
Reading 3.5 Conscious Capitalism: Creating a New Paradigm for Business
Reading 3.6 Marjorie Kelly and the Divine Right of Capital
Reading 3.7 Schools of Thought on Social Responsibility
Section 3B: Applying Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory
Case 3.8 Skittles, Trayvon Martin, and Social Responsibility
Case 3.9 Guns, Stock Prices, Safety, Liability, and Social Responsibility
Case 3.10 The Craigslist Connections: Facilitating Crime
Case 3.11 Planned Parenthood Backlash at Companies and Charities
Reading 3.12 The Regulatory Cycle, Social Responsibility, Business Strategy, and
Equilibrium
Case 3.13 Fannie, Freddie, Wall Street, Main Street, and the Subprime Mortgage
Market: Of Moral Hazards
Case 3.14 Cruises, Comfort, and Costs
Case 3.15 Ice-T, the Body Count Album, and Shareholder Uprisings
Case 3.16 Athletes and Doping: Costs, Consequences, and Profits
Case 3.17 Back Treatments and Meningitis in an Under-the-Radar Industry
Section 3C: Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Reading 3.18 The New Environmentalism
Preface and Using the Manual
Teaching Tips and Suggestions
Teaching Methodology
Sample Syllabus
UNIT ONE – ETHICAL THEORY, PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS, OUR REASONING
FLAWS, AND TYPES OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS
Section 1A: Defining Ethics
Reading 1.1 You, Your Values, and a Credo
Reading 1.2 The Parable of the Sadhu: Pressure, Small Windows of Opportunity, and
Temptation
Reading 1.3 What Are Ethics? From Line-Cutting to Kant
Reading 1.4 The Types of Ethical Dilemmas: From Truth to Honesty to Conflicts
Reading 1.5 On Rationalizing and Labeling: The Things We Do That Make Us
Uncomfortable, But We Do Them Anyway
Case 1.6 “I Was Just Following Orders”: The CIA, Interrogation, and the Role of Legal
Opinions
Reading 1.7 The Slippery Slope, the Blurred Lines, and How We Never Do Just One
Thing
Case 1.8 Hank Greenberg and AIG, and Steve Cohen and SAC Capital
,Section 1B: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Reading 1.9 Some Simple Tests for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Reading 1.10 Some Steps for Analyzing Ethical Dilemmas
Reading 1.11 On Plagiarism
Case 1.12 The Little Teacher Who Could: Piper, Kansas, and Term Papers
Case 1.13 Dog Walkers and Scoopers
Case 1.14 Puffing Your Résumé
Case 1.15 Dad, the Actuary, and the Stats Class
Case 1.16 Wi-Fi Piggybacking
Case 1.17 Stuyvesant High School and the Cheating Culture of Excellence
Case 1.18 Speeding: You Can’t Survive on the Road Unless You Do
Case 1.19 Hazing Drinking, and Campuses
Case 1.20 The Pack of Gum
UNIT TWO – SOLVING ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND PERSONAL INTROSPECTION
Section 2A: Business and Ethics: How Do They Work Together?
Reading 2.1 What’s Different About Business Ethics?
Reading 2.2 The Ethics of Responsibility
Reading 2.3 Is Business Bluffing Ethical?
Section 2B: What Gets in the Way of Ethical Decisions in Business?
, Reading 2.4 How Leaders Lose Their Way: What Price Hubris?
Reading 2.5 Moral Relativism and the Either/or Conundrum
Reading 2.6 P = f(x) The Probability of an Ethical Outcome Is a Function of the Amount of
Money Involved: Pressure
Case 2.7 MF Global, Jon Corzine, and a Bankruptcy
Case 2.8 On Saying One Thing and Doing Another: Public Perception and Deception
Covering for the CEO
Section 2C: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Business
Reading 2.9 Framing Issues Carefully: A Structured Approach for Solving Ethical
Dilemmas and Trying Out Your Ethical Skills on Some Business Cases
Case 2.10 Galleon Hedge Fund: Expert Networks, Friendly Discussions or Insider
Trading?
Case 2.11 What Was Up with Wall Street? The Goldman Standard and Shades of Gray
Case 2.12 Making Believe We Are at Work or Being Loyal: The Alibis of Technology
Case 2.13 Make-Believe Reality TV: Storage Wars and Reconstructed Home Sales
Case 2.14 Travel Expenses: A Chance for Extra Income
Case 2.15 Do Cheaters Prosper?
Case 2.16 The Home Repair Contractor Tempted By Customers and Contracts
Case 2.17 Penn State: Framing Ethical Issues
UNIT THREE – BUSINESS, STAKEHOLDERS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND
SUSTAINABILITY
Section 3A: Business and Society: The Tough Issues of Economics, Social
Responsibility, and Business
, Reading 3.1 The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits
Reading 3.2 A Look at Stakeholder Theory
Reading 3.3 Business with a Soul: A Reexamination of What Counts in Business Ethics
Reading 3.4 Appeasing Stakeholders with Public Relations
Reading 3.5 Conscious Capitalism: Creating a New Paradigm for Business
Reading 3.6 Marjorie Kelly and the Divine Right of Capital
Reading 3.7 Schools of Thought on Social Responsibility
Section 3B: Applying Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory
Case 3.8 Skittles, Trayvon Martin, and Social Responsibility
Case 3.9 Guns, Stock Prices, Safety, Liability, and Social Responsibility
Case 3.10 The Craigslist Connections: Facilitating Crime
Case 3.11 Planned Parenthood Backlash at Companies and Charities
Reading 3.12 The Regulatory Cycle, Social Responsibility, Business Strategy, and
Equilibrium
Case 3.13 Fannie, Freddie, Wall Street, Main Street, and the Subprime Mortgage
Market: Of Moral Hazards
Case 3.14 Cruises, Comfort, and Costs
Case 3.15 Ice-T, the Body Count Album, and Shareholder Uprisings
Case 3.16 Athletes and Doping: Costs, Consequences, and Profits
Case 3.17 Back Treatments and Meningitis in an Under-the-Radar Industry
Section 3C: Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Reading 3.18 The New Environmentalism
