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MGMT 420 Ethical Management and Sustainability: Readings

Resources recommended for MGMT 420.

Week One

Required Reading and Activity:

The 10 laws of trust: Building the bonds that make a business great by Peterson, Joel Clinton
Publication Date: 2016
Chapter 1 Start with Personal Integrity and Chapter 2 Invest in Respect
The Triple bottom line: How today's best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success - and how you can too by Savitz, Andrew
Publication Date: 2013
Chapter 1 A Bitter Aftertaste and Chapter 2 The Sustainability Sweet Spot

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Exploring ethical decision making in business management by Hvastova, Jozefína
Quality - Access to Success , Dec2016, Vol. 17 Issue 155, p136-142

Website

A history of business ethics
(Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University) The story I will tell has three strands, because I believe the term business ethics is used in at least three different, although related, senses. Which sense one chooses therefore gives priority to nature of the history of the topic.

Week Three

Required Reading and Activity:

The 10 laws of trust: Building the bonds that make a business great by Peterson, Joel Clinton
Publication Date: 2016
Chapter 5 Create a Common Dream and Chapter 6 Keep Everyone Informed
The Triple bottom line: How today's best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success - and how you can too by Savitz, Andrew
Publication Date: 2013
Chapter 5 The Backlash Against Sustainability, Chapter 6 Renewing the Penobscot, and Chapter 7 Where Do You Stand Today?

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Exploring trends in the codes of ethics of the Fortune 100 and Global 100 corporations by Ahmad Sharbatoghlie; Mohsen Mosleh; Taha Shokatian
Journal of Management Development, 2013, Vol. 32, Issue 7, pp. 675-689

Websites

Ways to Build Trust at Work
The Balance lists ways to build trust in an organization.
Transforming Organizations with Sustainability Management
Contributed by Steven Cohen, Executive Director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, to HuffPost. He discusses how sustainability is now being routinely incorporated into management.

Week Five

Required Reading and Activity:

The 10 laws of trust: Building the bonds that make a business great by Peterson, Joel Clinton
Publication Date: 2016
Chapter 9 Strive for Win-Win Negotiations and Chapter 10 Proceed with Care
A Case study of crisis communication, image restoration and utilitarian ethics: A recall of contaminated peanut butter examined by Roman, Kylie D.; Moore, Maria A.
Journal of Business Case Studies (Online)8.3 (2012): 311

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Confronting ethical dilemmas in the workplace by Boatright, John R.
Financial Analysts Journal; Charlottesville69.5 (Sep/Oct 2013): 6,8-9

Website:

Business ethics | The magazine of corporate responsibility
(Business Ethics) A free online magazine devoted to corporate responsibility which provides information, opinion and analysis of critical issues in the field.

Week Two

Required Reading and Activity:

The 10 laws of trust: Building the bonds that make a business great by Peterson, Joel Clinton
Publication Date: 2016
Chapter 3 Empower Others and Chapter 4 Measure What You Want to Achieve
The Triple bottom line: How today's best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success - and how you can too by Savitz, Andrew
Publication Date: 2013
Chapter 3 The Age of Sustainability and Chapter 4 Business Responds
Engaging employees to create a sustainable business by Polman, Paul
Stanford Social Innovation Review. Fall2016, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p34-39. 6p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Illustration.

Suggested Reading and Activity:

The Role of ethics in 21st century organizations by Bishop, William H.
Journal of Business Ethics. Dec2013, Vol. 118 Issue 3, p635-637

Website

The World's Most Ethical Companies 2017
Forbes reports on the Ethisphere's most ethical companies for 2017 and describes the methodology used to select them.

Week Four

Required Reading and Activity:

The 10 laws of trust: Building the bonds that make a business great by Peterson, Joel Clinton
Publication Date: 2016
Chapter 7 Embrace Respectful Conflict and Chapter 8 Show Humility
The Trusted advisor fieldbook: A comprehensive toolkit for leading with trust by 2012
Chapter 20 - Starting Off Right

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Ethics, reputation, and compliance gain as corporate priorities by Hagel, Jack
Journal of Accountancy. Mar2015, Vol. 219 Issue 3, p1-3

Website:

Corporate Ethics In The Era Of Millennials
From the NPR website, an opinion piece discussing how corporate social responsibility is now expected and demanded of companies

Week Six

Required Reading and Activity:

No readings required