IC212
TODAY:
-Drucker Chapter 4 discussion questions due.
-Quiz #10.
-We discussed Drucker Chapter 3.
-We watched the following 2 clips from The Corporation documentary.
Externalities
Monstrous Obligations
HOMEWORK:
-Due next Wednesday:
For each of the 10 flatteners in TWIF Chapter 2, write 2 paragraphs.
Paragraph 1: Explain what the flattener is.
Paragraph 2: Explain why it is a flattener.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
WEDNESDAY 6/15
IC212
TODAY:
-This is a link to the article about testing in school.
-The Corporation Chapter 3 discussion questions due.
-Quiz #9.
-We discussed The Corporation Chapter 2.
-We viewed the following clip from The Corporation documentary:
Like A Good Neighbor clip
HOMEWORK:
-Please watch the following clip from The Corporation documentary:
Case Histories clip
-Read The Corporation Chapter 4 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) In 1933, FDR created the New Deal, aimed to strengthen government's control of what?
2) What American corporation provided the Nazis with tabulation machines used by them to track records in their extermination & slave-labor camps?
3) What was passed by Congress in 1952 to ensure coal mine safety?
4) How did "new social regulation" curb corporations power & freedom?
5) What fuel the political system & are a core strategy in business's campaign to influence government (Look for it. It's in the chapter.)?
TODAY:
-This is a link to the article about testing in school.
-The Corporation Chapter 3 discussion questions due.
-Quiz #9.
-We discussed The Corporation Chapter 2.
-We viewed the following clip from The Corporation documentary:
Like A Good Neighbor clip
HOMEWORK:
-Please watch the following clip from The Corporation documentary:
Case Histories clip
-Read The Corporation Chapter 4 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) In 1933, FDR created the New Deal, aimed to strengthen government's control of what?
2) What American corporation provided the Nazis with tabulation machines used by them to track records in their extermination & slave-labor camps?
3) What was passed by Congress in 1952 to ensure coal mine safety?
4) How did "new social regulation" curb corporations power & freedom?
5) What fuel the political system & are a core strategy in business's campaign to influence government (Look for it. It's in the chapter.)?
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
TUESDAY 6/14
IC212
TODAY:
-The Corporation Chapter 2 discussion questions due.
-We watched the following clip from The Corporation documentary.
A Legal Person
-We finished our discussion of The Corporation Chapter 1.
HOMEWORK:
-Michelle will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read The Corporation Chapter 3 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) Explain what an "externality" is.
2) Explain what happened in the Anderson v. General Motors case.
3) What is meant by "the science of exploitation?"
4) What happened in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disaster?
5) What was passed in 1938 by President Roosevelt's administration that banned sweatshops, child labor, & industrial homework?
TODAY:
-The Corporation Chapter 2 discussion questions due.
-We watched the following clip from The Corporation documentary.
A Legal Person
-We finished our discussion of The Corporation Chapter 1.
HOMEWORK:
-Michelle will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read The Corporation Chapter 3 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) Explain what an "externality" is.
2) Explain what happened in the Anderson v. General Motors case.
3) What is meant by "the science of exploitation?"
4) What happened in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disaster?
5) What was passed in 1938 by President Roosevelt's administration that banned sweatshops, child labor, & industrial homework?
Monday, June 13, 2011
MONDAY 6/13
IC212
TODAY:
-Quiz #6 due.
-The Corporation Chapter 1 discussion questions due.
-We discussed Drucker Chapter 7.
-We began a discussion of The Corporation Chapter 1.
-We watched the following clips from The Corporation documentary:
Clip 1
Clip 2
-You took Quiz#7.
HOMEWORK:
-Natasha P 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?
TODAY:
-Quiz #6 due.
-The Corporation Chapter 1 discussion questions due.
-We discussed Drucker Chapter 7.
-We began a discussion of The Corporation Chapter 1.
-We watched the following clips from The Corporation documentary:
Clip 1
Clip 2
-You took Quiz#7.
HOMEWORK:
-Natasha P 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?
Saturday, June 11, 2011
THURSDAY 6/9
IC212
TODAY:
-Drucker Chapter 7 discussion questions due.
-We discussed Drucker Chapter 5. We will discuss Chapter 7 at the beginning of class on Monday.
HOMEWORK:
-Quiz #6 is due at the beginning of class on Monday.
-Ashley will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read The Corporation Chapter 1 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) How did the corporation become so powerful (history & evolution)?
2) How is a corporation a "person?"
3) What is corporate "social responsibility?"
4) What is the history of corporate social responsibility?
5) What is "new capitalism" & what is its effect on corporate social responsibility?
6) How/Why do corporations use new capitalism & corporate social responsibility to soften their image?
7) On page 26 the author states that corporations use "branding" to create unique & attractive personalities for themselves. What is "branding?" To answer this effectively, you will need to research this further than just the short blurb in the book.
8) On page 26 the author quotes Clay Timon, CEO of Landor Associates the world's largest & oldest branding firm, as saying, "Corporations, as brands have souls." What does he mean?
9) In your opinion, what company does an effective job at creating a unique & attractive personality through branding? What is the personality that they portray? How do they do it?
TODAY:
-Drucker Chapter 7 discussion questions due.
-We discussed Drucker Chapter 5. We will discuss Chapter 7 at the beginning of class on Monday.
HOMEWORK:
-Quiz #6 is due at the beginning of class on Monday.
-Ashley will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read The Corporation Chapter 1 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) How did the corporation become so powerful (history & evolution)?
2) How is a corporation a "person?"
3) What is corporate "social responsibility?"
4) What is the history of corporate social responsibility?
5) What is "new capitalism" & what is its effect on corporate social responsibility?
6) How/Why do corporations use new capitalism & corporate social responsibility to soften their image?
7) On page 26 the author states that corporations use "branding" to create unique & attractive personalities for themselves. What is "branding?" To answer this effectively, you will need to research this further than just the short blurb in the book.
8) On page 26 the author quotes Clay Timon, CEO of Landor Associates the world's largest & oldest branding firm, as saying, "Corporations, as brands have souls." What does he mean?
9) In your opinion, what company does an effective job at creating a unique & attractive personality through branding? What is the personality that they portray? How do they do it?
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