course calendar Seminar structure theme briefs and content Synopsis of Tentative Course Calendar Instructors may alter course content and/or adjust the pace to accommodate class progress. Students are responsible for keeping up with all adjustments to the course calendar. Week Content Reading/Preparation Activities/Due 1 Introductions Course overview The Carey Credo Syllabus Morality () Live Case Demo Freeman, 2 Personal Integrity Bazerman, Blind Spots Ariely, Why We Lie Brooks, If It Feels Right McCabe, MBAs Cheat Kidder, Good People/Tough Choices Case Session Lead: Blue Team Live Case/Open Forum Case: Psychology of Fraud Session Debrief: Purple Team 3 Social Conscience Haidt, Righteous Mind Appiah, Honor Code Narvaez, Moral Complexity Film, The Insider (Blackboard link) Session Lead: Gold Team Live Case/Open Forum Case: The Insider Session Debrief: Orange Team
Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages of Moral Development (continued) Source: Kohlberg (1975) from Ronald Duska & Mariellen Whelen. .(New York NY: Paulist Press) LEVEL 3: POSTCONVENTIONAL MORALITY Stage 6: Universal ethical principle A person at this stage of moral development: Is guided by a few basic, transcendent principles. Trusts the inner voice of conscience. Stage 5: Social contract A person at this stage of moral development: Believes that rules are social agreements. Adapts rules to circumstances. LEVEL 2: CONVENTIONAL MORALITY Stage 4: Law and order A person at this stage of moral development: Adheres to social norms. Believes that rules are fixed and absolute. Stage 3: Good person A person at this stage of moral development: Makes decisions to please important others. Seeks to maintain good interpersonal relations.
The Gulf Oil Spill SOURCE: NOAA, 2010 5 | CORPORATE INTEGRITY The good company THEME BRIEF The Moral Issue Public trust in business is at an all-time low. A recent task force organized by the Business Roundtable investigated the issue of public trust in business, concluding that trust is earned through an unwavering commitment to integrity. In exploring the concept of corporate integrity, transparency and shared value emerged as key factors in trust. Companies create sustainable value through stakeholder networks. If consumers, suppliers, employees, investors, and the public do not believe that a company is delivering on a value proposition for them, their trust in the company is diminished. A business strategy of offloading costs to unsuspecting stakeholders is no longer effective or even profitable in the long run. To earn trust, companies must demonstrate value integrity; managing competing stakeholder claims adeptly to account fully for stakeholder claims and contributions to value. Learning Goal: To build accountable, ethical business cultures of shared value creation. Knowledge/Skills: To understand, explain, and fully account for stakeholder roles and claims in value creation. Evidence of Learning: Class performance; Mini-Project; Final Case Brief (due Week 8) Mini-Project: The Company Report Card Required Reading Porter and Kramer. ‘Creating Shared Value” Harvard Business Review, January-February, 2011. Post, Preston, & Sachs. Redefining the Corporation: Stakeholder Management and Organizational Wealth, 2002. Ch 1 (2, and 4 if you are ambitious) Stout, Lynn. “The Shareholder Value Myth.” European Financial Review, April-May 2013. Public trust in business, Suggested Resources McKinsey, “,” July 2011 Fortune Global 500 “” Socially responsible investing: ; Forum for Sustainable/Responsible Investment
Learning Objective Articulate a thoughtfully reasoned personal values system as a human values framework for business leadership Learning Standards SCORING: 1(C)=Needs Improvement; 2(B)= Proficient; 3(A)=Exemplary 1 2 3 Score Command of course content, tools, and methods Does not follow the Moral Compass Essay framework or address questions as assigned Reflects a superficial understanding of the Moral Compass Workbook Follows the Moral Compass Essay framework to address assigned questions thoughtfully and completely Reflects a thorough understanding of the Moral Compass Workbook Imaginatively applies the Moral Compass Essay format and workbook content in developing a highly original and flawless essay Reflects a deeply critical and creative understanding of the Moral Compass Workbook Quality, depth, breadth, and originality of thought, discourse, and discernment about values and ethical challenges Draws superficially from personal experience and/or conventional norms in articulating a personal value system Demonstrates little or no insight about the role of human values in business leadership Draws thoughtfully from personal observation and experience, wisdom traditions, and other sources in articulating a personal value system Demonstrates insight about the role of human values in business leadership Synthesizes personal experience, empirical observation, independent inquiry, wisdom traditions, and other sources in articulating a uniquely personal value system Demonstrates deep thought and critical understanding of human values and the ethical challenges of business leadership Personal integrity and engagement with values Does not question personal values or social norms Upholds Carey personal conduct and academic integrity norms Critically scrutinizes personal values and social norms Upholds Carey personal conduct and academic integrity norms Thoroughly critiques personal values and social norms from multiple perspectives Exemplifies Carey personal conduct and integrity norms AVERAGE OF SCORES Individual Deliverable Assignment 2: The Final Case Brief LEARNING GOAL 3.2 Develop and justify an action plan to manage an ethical challenge.
leadership learning theory supplement Transformative Learning Theory: Core Principles Adapted from Jack Mezirow, “Learning to Think Like an Adult,”2000 Redacted via Transformative Learning Theory Transformative Learning is an idealized model of adult learning that distinguishes between learners as receptacles of knowledge versus learners who are actively engaged through critical reflection and discourse to question assumptions, expectations, and context to achieve deeper meaning and new perspectives to guide their actions.