| Course introduction |
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What is business ethics? |
Dees, J. Gregory, and Jaan Elias. "The Normative Foundations of Business." Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-897-012, June 10, 1997.
Werhane, Patricia H. "A Note on Moral Imagination." Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, Darden Case No.: UVA-E-0114-SSRN, 1997.
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| Personal and professional practice |
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The theory |
Nanda, Ashish. "Who Is a Professional?" Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-904-047, December 16, 2003.
Carr, Albert Z. "Is Business Bluffing Ethical?" Harvard Business Review 46 (1968): 143-153.
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The reality |
Badaracco, Joseph, and Jerry Useem. "Kathryn McNeil (A)." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-394-111, February 10, 1994.
———. "Kathryn McNeil (B)." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-394-112, February 10, 1994.
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A question of character |
Badaracco, Joseph. "Personal Values and Professional Responsibilities." Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-304-070, January 12, 2004.
———. "The Discipline of Building Character." Harvard Business Review 76, no. 2 (1998): 115-124.
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Reports from the field |
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| Corporate social responsibility |
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Definitions and strategies |
Paine, Lynn Sharp. "Corporate Purpose and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Note. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-396-201, December 08, 1995. |
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Clash of values |
Khurana, Rakesh, Joel Podolny, and Jaan Elias. "Veridian: Putting a Value on Values." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-406-028, February 09, 2006. |
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Constructing the global marketplace |
Abrami, Regina. "Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-703-034, March 31, 2003. |
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Corporate culture and individual responsibility |
Gibney, Alex. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. USA, 2005. Film.
 Bakan, Joel. The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. New York, NY: Free Press, 2005, pp. 56-59. ISBN: 9780743247467.
Schelling, Thomas C. "The Marketplace Is No Excuse." In Choice and Consequence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007, pp. 53-56. ISBN: 9780674127715.
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| The purpose of a corporation |
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Beginnings |
Plato. The Republic, Part II, Book II (selections).
Aristotle. The Politics, Book I: 9-10.
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A new corporate life? |
Frank, Robert H. "What Price the Moral High Ground?" In What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005, pp. 71-91. ISBN: 9780691124018.
Hawken, Paul, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins. "Once Upon a Planet." In Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. San Francisco, CA: Back Bay Books, 2000, pp. 309-322. ISBN: 9780316353007.
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A critique of capital |
De Tocqueville, Alexis. Democracy in America. Chicago, IL: University Of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780226805368.
Handy, Charles. "Toqueville Revisited: The Meaning of American Prosperity." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 1 (2001): 57-63.
Soros, George. "The Capitalist Threat." The Atlantic Monthly 279, no. 2 (1997): 45-55.
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| Conclusion |
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Next steps |
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