A set of related study questions are available for the readings and viewings in this course.
SES # | READINGS AND VIEWINGS | |
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Course Introduction: Wealth, Values, and Human Nature | ||
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Hobbes, Thomas. "Of the Natural Condition of Mankind As Concerning Their Felicity, And Misery." Chapters XIII–XIV in Leviathan. Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780192834980. [Preview with Google Books] Locke, John. "Of Property." Chapter V in The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration (Dover Thrift Editions). Dover Publications, 2002, pp. 25–37 and 48–51. ISBN: 9780486424644. | |
Personal and Professional Practice | ||
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Badaracco, Joseph, and Jerry Useem. "Kathryn McNeil (A)." Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9–394–111, February 10, 1994. Badaracco, Joseph, and Jerry Useem. "Kathryn McNeil (B)." Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9–394–112, February 10, 1994. | |
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Werhane, Patricia H. "A Note on Moral Imagination." Darden Case No. UVA-E-0114. Badaracco, Joseph. "The Discipline of Building Character." Harvard Business Review, January 2006. Mencius. Selections in Mencius. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. ISBN: 9781536867558. | |
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Khurana, Rakesh, and Nitin Nohria. "It's Time to Make Management a True Profession." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (2008): 70–77. Sharlet, Jeff. "MBA Ethics Oath." August 12, 2009. The Daily Show with John Stewart. | |
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Pinker, Steven. "The Moral Instinct." The New York Times Magazine, January 2008. Panel on Business and the ProfessionsPanelists:
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Corporate Social Responsibility | ||
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Stout, Lynn. Chapters 1, 2, and 8 in The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 9781605098135. [Preview with Google Books] Bakan, Joel. The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. Free Press, 2005, pp. 56–59. ISBN: 9780743247467. Schelling, Thomas C. "The Marketplace Is No Excuse." In Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist. Harvard University Press, 1984, pp. 53–56. [Preview with Google Books] | |
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Hafrey, Leigh, and Cate Reavis. "Corporate Personhood, Business Leadership, and the U.S. Presidential Election of 2012." MIT Sloan Case: 11–134. Inside Job. Directed by Charles Ferguson. Color, 105 min. 2010. | |
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Plato. Part II, Book II in The Republic. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016, pp. 55–61. ISBN: 9781535499576. Aristotle. Chapters 9 and 10 in The Politics. Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780192831095. Sharp Paine, Lynn."Corporate Purpose and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9–396–201. December 8, 1995. | |
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Elias, Jaan, and J. Gregory Dees. "The Normative Foundations of Business." Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9–897–012. June 10, 1997. Frank, Robert. "What Price the Moral High Ground?" In What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments. Princeton University Press, 2004, pp. 71–91. | |
Democracy, Meritocracy, Prosperity | ||
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Thoreau, H. D. "Economy." Chapter 1 in Walden and Civil Disobedience. Penguin Classics, 1983, pp. 45-64 and 112-123. ISBN: 9780140390445. Skinner, B. F. Walden Two. Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporation, 2005, pp. 246-260. ISBN: 9780872207783. Grandin, Greg. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. Picador, 2010, pp. 6-12, 21-26, 37-42 and 365-372. ISBN: 9780312429621. Heller, Nathan. "Google's Monastic Vision for the Future of Work." The NewYorker, June 13, 2015. | |
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Zakaria, Fareed. "A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew." Foreign Affairs, March / April 1994. Confucius. Selections in The Analects. Penguin Classics, 1979. ISBN: 9780140443486. | |
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Tocqueville, Alexis de. Chapters II, IV-VI, and X in Democracy in America, Volume II. Alfred P. Knopf, 1945. ISBN: 9781330253267. Handy, Charles. "Tocqueville Revisited: The Meaning of American Prosperity." Harvard Business School Reprint R0101C. Yunus, Muhammad. "Commencement Address." MIT, June 6, 2008. | |
Conclusion: Next Steps | ||
13 | Rich, Nathaniel. "Aspen and the End of Snow." Men's Journal, Feburary 2014. |