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Can you think of an example where someone has been honest but not ethical, as Carter (assigned<br />

reading) says?<br />

What was your decision in "Desperate Air?" Sell? Not sell? Why?<br />

How far would YOU have gone in the obedience experiment?<br />

Reactions <strong>to</strong> the Jones Day report on the rankings scandal at the Fox School<br />

Can you apply ideas from the Bazerman and Tenbrunsel article <strong>to</strong> McCoy's dilemma in the Parable of the<br />

Sadhu?<br />

Will it be possible for you <strong>to</strong> maintain your ethical values yet succeed in the business world?<br />

Have you ever been in the "Endgame" scenario?<br />

What is your "home base" ethical theory? (from the Deckop chapter)<br />

Is THE social responsibility of business <strong>to</strong> increase its profits? -- Who's right: Friedman or Mackey?<br />

Were WalMart <strong>to</strong> increase its pay and benefit level <strong>to</strong> those of Costco (S<strong>to</strong>ne article) or TJ's (Wilke<br />

article), or LaColumbe (Carmichael article) would it be more or less financially successful?<br />

Have you ever had a "Sadhu" dropped at your feet (so <strong>to</strong> speak). If so, what did you do?<br />

Do you think corporations are living up <strong>to</strong> their original purpose in society?<br />

Identify an argument in an article, book etc. that does poorly on TWO or more of the 7 standards Paul &<br />

Elder say help assess critical thinking. Briefly discuss.<br />

Response <strong>to</strong> Posts about Descartes’ Evil Demon (my material in italics)<br />

Economics Quiz on Elasticity<br />

Summary of Video about Milgram Experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97VYdkHZK8<br />

Racism and Sexism<br />

Answers <strong>to</strong> (somebody else’s) Questions about Orwell’s “Shooting and Elephant” (My content in italics)<br />

When is it a good for a company <strong>to</strong> decentralize?<br />

A Tough Business Decision<br />

An Ethical Quandry<br />

Legitimate Line Extensions as an Alternative <strong>to</strong> Front-businesses<br />

The Solution <strong>to</strong> the Pizza Puzzle<br />

Why is Sartre’s later work so bad? Response <strong>to</strong> “Human all <strong>to</strong>o human: Sartre”<br />

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G4R_iAZWbQ)<br />

Summary and Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper<br />

Summary and Analysis of James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues<br />

Dialogue about Sonny’s Blues and The Yellow Wallpaper<br />

The Purpose of Fiction<br />

Summaries with Analysis of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Hawthorn’s Young Goodman Brown<br />

BCG Matrix Bulletin Points<br />

Accounting Cheat Sheet<br />

Dennett and Skinner on the Human Condition<br />

Response <strong>to</strong> “Reading Minds” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jc8URRxPIg) and<br />

“Neuroscience and Free Will” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnGDrc_s6KA)<br />

Do we have free will? Response <strong>to</strong> “Operant Conditioning”<br />

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ctJqjlrHA)<br />

“Consciousness and Free Will” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyWfVyoz7BQ)<br />

The Sociology of Epistemology<br />

Cartesian Skepticism<br />

Response <strong>to</strong> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE8dL1SweCw)<br />

What do I know with certainty?<br />

Response <strong>to</strong> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouk936EtkMc<br />

Internal vs. External Motiva<strong>to</strong>rs

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