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  • 1.  Cases from the News - suggestion

    Posted 04-14-2016 20:19
    Dear SIMian colleagues,

    One idea, which I do every term, is to take a couple of the hot issues in the news, and have students co-create the case study themselves, right from the news article. Drawing from sources like the NYTs, I bring forward the fraud, deceit, and/or salient ethical issues of the day (Apple/FBI standoff, Flint MI/EPA, football injuries, too big to fail, doping, gen modified food labeling, equal pay, diversity in Silicon Valley tech firms, etc.). I have them deconstruct the "case", identifying key actors, issue(s), stakeholders, multiple perspectives, cross-cultural/global elements, implications, etc., just like a traditional case study (drawing from the HBS case study method). I complement this with relevant segments from Dan Ariely's "(Dis)Honesty: The truth About Lies." This works great, because it keeps the discourse fresh, and vibrant, and students become passionately engaged. Dan's work is tremendous and this documentary video is wonderful.

    Best,
    Leslie

    Leslie E. Sekerka, Ph.D.
    Professor of Management
    Director, Ethics in Action Research and Education Center
    Menlo College, Atherton, CA - USA
    650.543.3701
    1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, CA 94027-4301 


    On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Susana Velez-Castrillon <svelez@westga.edu> wrote:

    For in-class exercises, I like Stanford's "Leadership in Focus" video cases, which are free. The only problem is that not all of them have teaching notes.

     

    For ethical issues: https://www.leadershipinfocus.net/presentations/video-cases/topic-id/5/

     

    I have used:

    -          Right, Wrong, or Just, Business?

    -          Walking the Line (I like this one to learn about lay-offs)

    -          Policy or Principle (about Don't Ask, Don't Tell)

    -          Paying Bribes (very useful to teach about international context and ethics)

     

    Susana

     

    Susana Velez-Castrillon, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Management

    Richards College of Business

    University of West Georgia

    1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118

    svelez@westga.edu

    Phone: 678-839-4847

    Fax: 678-839-5041

    http://www.westga.edu/mgmtbus/

     

     

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    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv [mailto:SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda C. Rodriguez
    Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:08 PM
    To: SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [SIM] suggestions for an in-class case?

     

    I'm also scouting about for MBA cases.  I've not gotten around to building the course yet for my upcoming summer course.  I use the Lance Armstrong Case and How Will You Measure your Life?  Both from the Harvard collection and I employ them in my undergraduate course.  I'll have  to scout out the what George has recommended.  I appreciate that input as well. 

    Linda

     

     

    Linda C. Rodríguez, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Management

    University of South Carolina-Aiken

    471 University Pkwy, Box 27

    Aiken, SC  29801

    803-641-3203

    LindaR@usca.edu

    http://web.usca.edu/soba/faculty/dr.-linda-rodriguez.dot

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-c-rodríguez-6a4b0410

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Linda_Rodriguez4

     

     

       

     

     

     

     

    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv [mailto:SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Watson, George
    Sent: Thursday, 2016 April 14 12:01
    To: SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [SIM] suggestions for an in-class case?

     

    I recommend a Harvard Business Review Article titled : "The Parable of Sadhu" ... Ethical questions include: what is our responsibility to other people who are in need and effectively and unintentionally obstructing our preferred outcomes.  Usually creates good discussion.

    LeQuin's "Those Who walk Away form Omelas"  is another thought provoking collision of utilitarian and rights based thinking,  For that matter you can do the Trolley Problem itself, with the principle of double effect residing at the center.  All seem to engender good discussion and have application to business


    George


    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv <SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Stewart, Alex <alex.stewart@MARQUETTE.EDU>
    Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:25 AM
    To: SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [SIM] suggestions for an in-class case?

     

    Hi. I'm nearing the end of teaching three MBA sections of Strategy. I hadn't taught it in about 20 years and had little time to prepare. An emergency, as you'd gather.

    We haven't been using cases but rather the companies the participants work for (or, in a few instances, companies that can be researched).

    The last chapter in the text I'm sort of using (Rothaermel) includes ethics (and, to its credit there are ethics comments in each chapter).

    What I'd like to use next week is an in-class, hence short, account - from a magazine or some other free source - that has these properties:

    demonstrates some of the ways that moral choices face managers - in other words, that isn't an exemplar of an ethical theory but of ethics in practice;

    has shades of gray;

    should elicit discussion.

    I haven't listed "strategic." So long as it deals with something of consequence for the company that's fine. I have gravitated to the approach Richard Rumelt has been favoring: strategy is focused problem solving on key problems or opportunities - and required due to change.

    Thanks kindly for suggestions,

    Alex

     

    Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
    Professor of Management
    Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
    Marquette University
    Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
    Office: 414 288-7188

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  • 2.  Cases from the News - suggestion

    Posted 04-14-2016 22:05

    I use the UN Prme principles and have each group of student take one of those principles and find a company for that themselves. The students themselves emerge with the gray ethics issues and it is very powerful




    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv <SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Leslie E. Sekerka <lesekerk@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 8:18 PM
    To: SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [SIM] Cases from the News - suggestion
     
    Dear SIMian colleagues,

    One idea, which I do every term, is to take a couple of the hot issues in the news, and have students co-create the case study themselves, right from the news article. Drawing from sources like the NYTs, I bring forward the fraud, deceit, and/or salient ethical issues of the day (Apple/FBI standoff, Flint MI/EPA, football injuries, too big to fail, doping, gen modified food labeling, equal pay, diversity in Silicon Valley tech firms, etc.). I have them deconstruct the "case", identifying key actors, issue(s), stakeholders, multiple perspectives, cross-cultural/global elements, implications, etc., just like a traditional case study (drawing from the HBS case study method). I complement this with relevant segments from Dan Ariely's "(Dis)Honesty: The truth About Lies." This works great, because it keeps the discourse fresh, and vibrant, and students become passionately engaged. Dan's work is tremendous and this documentary video is wonderful.

    Best,
    Leslie

    Leslie E. Sekerka, Ph.D.
    Professor of Management
    Director, Ethics in Action Research and Education Center
    Menlo College, Atherton, CA - USA
    650.543.3701
    1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, CA 94027-4301 


    On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Susana Velez-Castrillon <svelez@westga.edu> wrote:

    For in-class exercises, I like Stanford's "Leadership in Focus" video cases, which are free. The only problem is that not all of them have teaching notes.

     

    For ethical issues: https://www.leadershipinfocus.net/presentations/video-cases/topic-id/5/

     

    I have used:

    -          Right, Wrong, or Just, Business?

    -          Walking the Line (I like this one to learn about lay-offs)

    -          Policy or Principle (about Don't Ask, Don't Tell)

    -          Paying Bribes (very useful to teach about international context and ethics)

     

    Susana

     

    Susana Velez-Castrillon, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Management

    Richards College of Business

    University of West Georgia

    1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118

    svelez@westga.edu

    Phone: 678-839-4847

    Fax: 678-839-5041

    http://www.westga.edu/mgmtbus/

     

     

    "This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are

    not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return mail, delete this message,

    and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the

    intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal or actionable by law."

     

    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv [mailto:SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda C. Rodriguez
    Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:08 PM
    To: SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [SIM] suggestions for an in-class case?

     

    I'm also scouting about for MBA cases.  I've not gotten around to building the course yet for my upcoming summer course.  I use the Lance Armstrong Case and How Will You Measure your Life?  Both from the Harvard collection and I employ them in my undergraduate course.  I'll have  to scout out the what George has recommended.  I appreciate that input as well. 

    Linda

     

     

    Linda C. Rodríguez, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Management

    University of South Carolina-Aiken

    471 University Pkwy, Box 27

    Aiken, SC  29801

    803-641-3203

    LindaR@usca.edu

    http://web.usca.edu/soba/faculty/dr.-linda-rodriguez.dot

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-c-rodríguez-6a4b0410

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Linda_Rodriguez4

     

     

       

     

     

     

     

    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv [mailto:SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Watson, George
    Sent: Thursday, 2016 April 14 12:01
    To: SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [SIM] suggestions for an in-class case?

     

    I recommend a Harvard Business Review Article titled : "The Parable of Sadhu" ... Ethical questions include: what is our responsibility to other people who are in need and effectively and unintentionally obstructing our preferred outcomes.  Usually creates good discussion.

    LeQuin's "Those Who walk Away form Omelas"  is another thought provoking collision of utilitarian and rights based thinking,  For that matter you can do the Trolley Problem itself, with the principle of double effect residing at the center.  All seem to engender good discussion and have application to business


    George


    From: Social Issues in Management Listserv <SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Stewart, Alex <alex.stewart@MARQUETTE.EDU>
    Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:25 AM
    To: SIM@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [SIM] suggestions for an in-class case?

     

    Hi. I'm nearing the end of teaching three MBA sections of Strategy. I hadn't taught it in about 20 years and had little time to prepare. An emergency, as you'd gather.

    We haven't been using cases but rather the companies the participants work for (or, in a few instances, companies that can be researched).

    The last chapter in the text I'm sort of using (Rothaermel) includes ethics (and, to its credit there are ethics comments in each chapter).

    What I'd like to use next week is an in-class, hence short, account - from a magazine or some other free source - that has these properties:

    demonstrates some of the ways that moral choices face managers - in other words, that isn't an exemplar of an ethical theory but of ethics in practice;

    has shades of gray;

    should elicit discussion.

    I haven't listed "strategic." So long as it deals with something of consequence for the company that's fine. I have gravitated to the approach Richard Rumelt has been favoring: strategy is focused problem solving on key problems or opportunities - and required due to change.

    Thanks kindly for suggestions,

    Alex

     

    Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
    Professor of Management
    Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
    Marquette University
    Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
    Office: 414 288-7188

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