The plan is based on the Confucian model used in Japan, where the focus is on personal attitudes, social virtues and behavioral consequences.
Controversy erupts when a citizens' group objects to the plan.
The citizens engage a team of attorneys, and the case is brought to trial. Sheila Suess Kennedy, assistant professor of law and public policy at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, will speak for the plaintiffs. She is the former director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. Barbara Weaver Smith appears on behalf of the defendants. Smith is president of Smith Weaver Smith, a consulting firm specializing in accelerating cultural transformations.