FRIDAY 10/28

IC101
TODAY:
-We finished watching Bowling for Columbine

HOMEWORK:
-Reaction Paper #1 is due on Monday.  Make sure it is stapled & ready to be handed in at 9:00am sharp!

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-We continued discussing The Corporation Chapter 1.  Our discussion focused on how corporation became a legal "person."
-We ended class by taking Quiz #7.

HOMEWORK:
-Brittanie Reine will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read The Corporation Chapter 2 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) Business leaders today say their companies care about more than profit & loss, that they feel responsible to society as a whole, not just to their shareholders. Do you agree/disagree? Why?

2) Thanks to Pfizer, how is the Flushing Avenue subway station safer?
3) What is "capitalism with a conscience?"
4) Executives who choose social & environmental goals over profits--who try to act morally--are, in fact, immoral. Why?
5) Explain the Dodge v. Ford case.
6) What does the "best interests of the corporation" principle state?
7) What is the goal of the Kyoto Protocol?
8) What oil-drilling site do astronauts report being able to see from space at night?
9) What has made Anita Roddick's business, the Body Shop, unusual?
10) What does it mean to diagnose a corporation as psychopathic?

SR201
TODAY:
-Chapter 7 discussion questions due.
-Into The Wild: Chapters 12 & 13.
-We finished discussing Chapter 5 by discussing Nash's Pyramid.  We began a discussion of Chapter 6 by discussing ultimate goals.

HOMEWORK:
-Jefferson Rojas will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following (new) Chapter 7 Discussion Questions:
7) State & explain the physiological benefits of exercise.

8) What are some of the psychological benefits of exercise?
9) What is the real reason why most people do not exercise?
10) State & explain the components of health-related physical fitness?
11) What is one of the influences on recreational eating choices?

12) What % of a family's food budget goes toward meals eaten outside the home?
13) What is "portion distortion?"
14) In your opinion, why is alcohol related problems such an issue on college campuses?
15) In your opinion, what is "binge drinking?"