GEC 3041/GEG3050 Business Ethics & Social Justice TEACHING PLAN William Sin 2016 Summer 1

2 Lecturer & Course Coordinator Dr. William Sin Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning Office: D1-1/F-01 Phone:

Course Intended Learning Outcomes By the end of the course, students will be able to: 1.Analyze the basic features of stakeholders theory; 2.Illustrate the ethical dimension in common business practices; 3.Examine the role of globalization in economy and its impact in ethical considerations; and 4.Apply the tools of ethical reasoning to complex cases of business decisions in real life. 3

JuneJulyAugust Week th Introduction. Milton Friedman’s Stockholder Theory Week th On Stakeholders’ Theory, Market Mechanism, and the Prisoners’ Dilemma *Confirmation of Group Members and Presentation Dates Week th Patents, Copyrights & Needs (First Blog Article) Week th Globalization & Multinational Corporations Week 3.1/3.227 th No Class / 29 th No Class (Special Arrangement) Week 4.1/4.24 th No Class / 6 th No Class (Special Arrangement) Week 5.1Guest Lecture20 th “Neoliberalism: Market Values as Moral Values” Week th Fast Fashion and Global Justice Week th Factory Farm & Animal Ethics Week 6.2Last Blog Article18 th Noxious Markets: Sex Labour and the Demands for Organs Week th No Class. Preparation for Presentation Week 7.2G1, G2, G327/7 Presentation (P1) Week 8.1G4, G5, G61/8 Presentation (P2) Week 8.2No Class10 th August 2014: Submission of Individual Papers 4

Assessments 1.Group Research Blog (20%) 2.Group Presentation (30%) 3.Participation (20%) 4.Individual Papers (30%) 5

1. Group Research Blogs (20%) 1.Number of students: 3-4 members 2.Period: 2.5 weeks (week 3.1 to week 5.1; 18/7 – 1/8) 3.Group Workload: At least ONE post per class. (5 Posts total) (20%) 4.Individual Workload: At least TWO comments per class on the works of any other group blog. (10 Comments total) (10%) 5.Both Comments & Posts are evaluated every three days, not totally. 6.Contents: Reading reports of the stories of your chosen character. You may add descriptions, comments, pictures or youtube videos on the blog. 7.Creativity and design of the blog will be relevant to the assessment. 6

2. Group Presentation (30%) 1.Date: P1 or P2 (24/3, or 31/3). 2.Duration: 20 minutes to 25 minutes 3.Content: A 15 minutes explanation of the Business Ethics Project, using the Blog as a basic reference. 4.You are expected to meet me in late July to tell me the rough ideas of your presentation thesis. 7

3. Participation (20%) a. Online Participation (10%): Individual performance in the process of Blogging. b. Class Participation (10%): Class performance, initiative of raising questions, engagement of class discussions, etc. 8

4. Individual Paper Deadline: 10 th August, pm. Word Limit: 1500 words in English Location: Softcopy upload to Moodle. Content: You must write on approved topics. If there is anything else you want to write about, you must seek my approval. You cannot write on your presentation topic. 9

A List of Sample Topics (for Presentations and Papers) A. Globalization 1.Coffee/Fruits 2.Smart Phones & Exploitation 3.Tax Evasion of Multinational Corporations (e.g. Apple, Starbucks, etc.) B. Selling Drugs or Milk Powders 4.Tobacco Industry 5.Milk Powders Industry 10

C. Monopoly and Hegemony 6.Supermarket Monopoly 7.The Link REIT Monopoly 8.A Description of a Small Business in Hong Kong D. Development and the Environment 9. Property & Community Development 10. Nuclear Energy E. Special Business Practices 11. Private Tuition Schools 12. Media Ethics/ The Ethics of Journalism 13. Bodies for Sale (Organs, Surrogate Motherhood, etc.) 11

Questions to address in your assignments: 1.NATURE: What is the nature of the business? 2.BACKGROUND: What is the background? 3.ACTS: What have been DONE by the company? To Whom? 4.PROBLEM: Why may the actions be morally problematic? 5.DEFENSE: How may the business owner defend their practice? 6.JUDGEMENT: Why are those possible justifications unacceptable? 12

Noteworthy Dates 1.Confirm Grouping: 15 th June 2.Blogging Begins: 20 th June 3.Paper Submission: 10 th August 4.Presentation Dates: P1 or P2 (27/7 or 1/8) 5.No Class: 27/6, 29/6 & 4/7, 6/7 6.Last Class: 1 st August,

References All books on “Business Ethics” from your Library are useful. 1. Slow Loading (but more materials) 1a2957caaeab%40sessionmgr4001&vid=1&hid=4102&bquery=(Business+AN D+Ethics)&bdata=JnR5cGU9MCZzaXRlPWVkcy1saXZlJnNjb3BlPXNpdGU%3d 2. A Quicker Link: =5&SORT=D Some Chinese References 1. 社會倫理通識, 頁, 莫家棟等編, 牛津大學出版社 14