MONDAY 03/26

SR368
TODAY:
-Nothing was due.
-We discussed the group presentation assignment.

HOMEWORK:
-Ryan Leach will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read Chapter 8 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) Define "offer."
2) What are the material terms of an offer?
3) Define "acceptance."
4) The acceptance of an offer that has not been expressed in words or by actions is known as what?
5) Define "consideration."
6) Define "capacity."
7) When does breach of a contract occur?
8) What is it called when the courts may order the party in breach to fulfill the contract, when appropriate?
9) What is the difference between a bilateral & unilateral contract?
10) What are the 3 legitimate defenses for contractual breach?

IC212
TODAY:
-Nothing due.
-We continued our discussion of The Corporation Chapter 1.  Our discussion focused on Corporate Social Responsibility.

HOMEWORK:
-Natasha Ray will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read The Corporation Chapter 2 & answer the following Discussion Questions for Friday:
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?

MN371
TODAY:
-Nothing due.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 4 by discussing the Financial Feasibility Analysis.

HOMEWORK:
-Tom Reilly will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read textbook Chapter 14 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) Above all, an entrepreneur must place who first when considering a location?
2) Entrepreneurs generally prefer to locate in regions of the country that are experiencing what?
3) What is one of the first stops entrepreneurs should make when conducting a regional evaluation?
4) Every state has what type of office working to recruit new businesses?
5) Because of its location in the center of the country, what city has become home to many companies' distribution centers?
6) For many businesses, especially technology-driven companies, what is one of the most important characteristics of a potential location?
7) What is one consistent trend that the lists of "best cities for business" have revealed about successful small companies?
8) What are "clusters?"
9) What is the final step in the location selection process?
10) The one element common to all businesses is the need to locate what?
-Read BUAB Chapters 7 (Questions 1-5) & 8 (Questions 6-18) and answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) Who are becoming ambassadors for your brand?
2) Social media in the context of business is just another term for what?
3) How many people work at Dogfish Head?
4) Who is the queen of all media at Dogfish Head?
5) What year did Dogfish Head's website launch?
6) What is so much more important for a small company than advertising?
7) Nothing kills a bad product faster than what?
8) What is the greatest challenge for small businesspeople?
9) No matter how good a product or service is, it will remain irrelevant unless the buying public knows what?
10) If you thinking of holding a publicity event, what is the 1st question you have to ask?
11) Who is the CEO of Boston Beer Company?
12) What happens to the Sam Adams beer in the distributors' warehouses that is past the freshness code?
13) What happened to Sam Adams as a result of a radio segment called "Sex for Sam?"
14) What % of Dogfish Head's marketing & advertising budget is allocated for giveaway samples?
15) How long does a tour of Dogfish Head last?
16) To attract a younger crowd to the brewpub, Sam ran a promotion called B.Y.O.L.  What did BYOL stand for?  What happened?
17) What bar holds the Guinness Book of World Records' title for most beers available in the world?
18) The identity of the Dogfish Head brewpub is centered around what 3 things?