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1. Participate in the Introduction Discussion. (I, U)
2. Participate in the Role of Business in Society Discussion. (I, G)
3. Participate in the Good and the Bad of the Free Market Discussion. (I, G)

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• Davis, K. (1973). The Case for and Against Business Assumption of Social Responsibilities. Academy of Management Journal, 16(2), 312–322.

1. Participate in the Arguments For and Against CSR Discussion. (I, G)

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• Jaffe, A. (2015). Why the World's Appetite for Oil Will Peak Soon: The Conventional Wisdom About Steadily Rising Demand Is Wrong. Within Two Decades, Global Oil Use Will Start to Fall. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., May 6, 2015.

1. Participate in the Future Oil Consumption and its Impact Discussion. (I, G)
2. Submit your Term Paper Topic. (I, G)

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• Ackerman, A. (2015). SEC Eyes Broadened "Clawback" Restrictions. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., June 2, 2015.
• Close Up Media (2015). The Wall Street Journal/Hay Group 2014 CEO Compensation Study Tracks Tends in CEO Pay. Close Up Media, Inc., June 30, 2015.

1. Participate in the Clawback Provisions Discussion. (I, G)

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• Bergin, B. (2015). Takata Debacle Exposes What's Wrong with America's Recall Process. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. June 29, 2015.
• Kobuta, Y. & Spector, M. (2015). Takata Air-Bag Failures Linked to Multiple Factors; Executive Says Company Is Moving Away from Propellant. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. June 2, 2015.
• Kobuta, Y. & Stoll, J. (2015). Takata's Future Clipped by Steep Air-Bag Costs. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. May 20, 2015.
• Rogers, C. (2014). Takata Forms Independent Review Panel On Air-Bag Defects. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. December 3, 2014
• RTTNews. (2015). Takata Boss Finally Apologizes for Air Bag Deaths. Global Network Content Services LLC, June 25, 2015.
• Spector, M. (2015). Senate Minority Report Faults Takata: Japanese Supplier Strongly Disputes Committee Staff's Findings. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., June 22, 2015.
• Stoll, D. (2014). Honda, Takata Recalls Began as Early as 2002: Honda Recalled Some Accords For Air Bags At Risk of Rupturing. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. November 27, 2014.

1. Participate in the Takata Airbag Crisis Discussion. (I, G)
2. Submit your Term Paper Outline (I, G)

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• Bowie, N. E. (1999). A Kantian Approach to Business Ethics. In R. Frederick (Ed.) A Companion to Business Ethics (pp. 61-71). Blackwell Publishers.
• Rachels, J. (1998). The Challenge of Cultural Relativism. In Elements of Moral Philosophy (pp. 410–419). McGraw Hill. (Also available on E-Reserve)
• Solomon, R. C. (1992). Corporate Roles, Personal Virtues: An Aristotelean Approach to Business Ethics. In T. Donaldson et al. (Eds.), Ethical issues in business: A philosophical approach (pp. 71–83). Prentice Hall, USA. (Also available on E-Reserve)
• Donaldson, T. & Werhane, P. (1983). Introduction to Ethical Reasoning. In Ethical Issues in Business (pp. 1–11). Prentice Hall. (Also available on E-Reserve)

1. Participate in Arguments for and Against Ethical Relativism Discussion. (I, G)

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• Australasian Science (2016). Second Genetically Modified Human Embryos Create. Vol 37(4) May 2016. 
• Hesman, T. (2015). Breakthrough Gene Editor Sparks Ethics Debate. Science News, Vol 188(13), December 26, 2015.

1. Participate in Genetic Modification Discussion. (I, G)
2. Submit your Term Paper Sample Paper Evaluation. (I, G)

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• The Economist (2015). Fuel on the Fire: Volkswagen’s Emission Scandal. Vol. 417(8963), November 7, 2015, p. 60.
• Thanawala. S. (2016). Several Car Owners Slam Volkswagen Emissions Deal. Chicago Tribune, October 19, 2016, p. 4. 
• The New York Times (2018). Volkswagen Settles Emission Lawsuit in U.S. February 25, 2018.
• Boston, W. (2018). Senior Porsche Executive Arrested in Connection with Volkswagen Scandal: The Sports Car Maker’s Possible Involvement Represents a Significant Widening of Volkswagen’s Emission Scandal. Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2018.
• Boston, W. (2018). Volkswagen Fined $1.17 Billion in Germany in Emissions-Cheating Scandal: The Auto-Maker said it wouldn’t Appeal the Penalty. Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2018. 

1. Participate in The Volkswagen Debacle Discussion. (I, G)

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• Ballhaus, R., Reinhard, B., & Stewart, C. (2015). Billionaires Put Their Stamp on 2016 Presidential Campaigns: Well-to-Do Backers Are Funding Super PACs Aligned with Several Candidates, Campaign Reports Show. Wall Street Journal Online, August 1, 2015.
• O'Connor, P. & Epstein, R. (2015). On Republican Hopefuls' Checklist: A Super PAC and Lots of Money: Expanding Roles of super PACs, Condensed Nominating Calender Are Set to Transform 2016 Primary Campaigns: A Well-Positioned Jeb Bush. Wall Street Journal Online. July 19, 2015.

• Wall Street Journal Online. (2015). Thank You, Super Pacs: Trump Agrees with Liberals Who Want to Regulate Politics. August 3, 2015.

1. Participate in Super PAC Discussion. (I, G)

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• Financial Express (2015). Is the Maggi episode an eye-opener? The Indian Express Online Media. June 18, 2015.
• Kumar, Vidyarthi (2015). Food Safety: The Maggi mess. Athena Information Solutions, July 22, 2015.
• Mint (2015). Nestle reports first quarterly loss in 15 years on Maggi ban. HT Media, July 20, 2015.
• The Economic Times Online (2015). Bombay High Court puts Maggi back on menu, but after 6 weeks of tests. Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited, August 14, 2015.

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• Insta Blog. (2016, February 23). The trouble in Maggi's story is more than MSG and lead. Retrieved from: https://web.archive.org/web/20170612150115/http://www.instablogs.com/the-trouble-in-maggis-story-is-more-than-msg-and-lead.html

1. Participate in Maggi/Nestle Controversy Discussion. (I, G)

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• Brody, L. (2015). Newark's $100 Million Education Debate: New Jersey's largest city is deeply divided over the impact of Facebook chief's education donation. Wall Street Journal Online, September 8, 2015.

1. Participate in Philanthropy in Newark Discussion. (I, G)

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• Johnson, T. (2015). Ambushing Employers' Speech Rights: The federal government is redoubling efforts to promote unions and keep companies quiet. Wall Street Journal Online. April 16, 2015.

1. Participate in Employee Voice, Unions, and NLRB Discussion. (I, G)

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• Dwoskin, E. (2015). How Social Bias Creeps Into Web Technology: Software can lead to unintended errors, potentially unfair outcomes. Wall Street Journal Online, August 21, 2015.

1. Participate in Bias in Web Technology Discussion. (I, G)

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1. Submit your completed Term Paper. (I, G)