The Lam Family College of Business embraces business ethics in a variety of ways. Department faculty and classroom activities in support of Business Ethics Week 2015 are listed below as they are confirmed.
Department of Accounting
Tina Caratan
ACCT 818 Accounting Ethics and Fraud
- E-commerce Fraud
ACCT 504-02 Not for Profit/Government Accounting
- On September 28, Former CFO of the City of Stockton, Vanessa Burke discussed the various aspects of the bankruptcy of the City and the various ethical considerations the City leaders had to face as they worked through their debts
John Lord
ACCT 504-01
- Ethical Principles under GAGAS. ohn will include a real life story that happened to him while employed by the US Forest Service
ACCT 101-01 and 02 & ACCT 305 Managerial Accounting/ Cost Accounting
- IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice Guidelines
Bing Luo
ACCT 100-05 and 06 Financial Accounting
- How Internal Control Systems help prevent, detect and correct business fraud and the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
Theresa Hammond
ACCT 848 and ACCT 305 Seminar in Controllership/ Cost Accounting
- Tactics used by for profit universities to attract students. Students, as homework will watch a documentary that documents the fact that for profit universities account for only 10 percent of the student population in Higher Ed, but they account for 50 percent of the Federal student loans, and 90% of the defaults. The discussion will center around cost structures and revenue models for the various types of universities--public, not for profit and for profit.
Department of Decision Sciences
Hamed Hasheminia
DS212 Business Statistics
- A discussion of ethics in interpreting statistical results
Jamie Eng
DS212 Business Statistics
- A discussion of ethics in interpreting statistical results
Julia Miyaoka
DS412 Operations Management
- Discussion on ethics in quality
Ramesh Bollapragada
DS412 Operations Management
- Discussion on ethics in quality
Julia Miyaoka
DS412 Operations Management
- Discussion on ethics in quality
Theresa Roederer
DS412 Operations Management
- Discussion on ethics and decision sciences
Leyla Ozsen
DS212 Business Statistics
- Discussion on ethical issues in collecting and presenting data
Robert Saltzman
DS624 Quality Management
- Discussion on ethical Issues in hypothesis testing; p-hacking demo
Uday
DS412 Operations Management
- Ethical issues in using/interpreting data,examples from "How to Lie with Statistics"
Susan Cholette
DS412 Operations Management
- Guest speakers from ethical and sustainable food companies to discuss their supply chain challenges
DS412 Operations Management
- Presentation of sustainable supply chain concepts, including a carbon footprinting analysis
Sada Soorapanth
DS212 Business Statistics
- Presentation of sampling bias and resultant associated ethical issues
Department of Economics
Michael Bar
Econ 312 Introduction to Econometrics
- How to use dummy variables to measure gender-based and race-based discrimination in the labor market. We also study the effects of gender inequality on economic development of countries.
Venoo Kakar
Econ 102 Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis
- Unconventional monetary policy tool – Are central banks credible?
Econ 731 Econometric Theory
- Econometric/Statistical Inference using Multiple Regression Analysis with qualitative information for policy analysis and program evaluation.
Don Mar
Econ 400 Economic and Social History of the United States
- The Ethics of Monopoly Power and Regulation in the late 19th Century US Economy
Anoshua Chaudhuri
Econ 301-01 Intermediate Microeconomics
- Ethical Decision-making by Monopolies and the Role of Public Policy
Anoshua Chaudhuri
Econ 620 Development Economics
- Development Economics, we will discuss the Potential Conflicts between Free trade and National Ethical Standards as part of our discussion on Globalization that week.
Kirill Chernomaz
Econ 101 Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis
- Ethical implications of pricing strategies aimed at increasing the producers' profits at the expense of consumers.
Econ 616 Game Theory
- Feasibility and ethical implications of collusive pricing practices.
Zuzana Janko
Econ 612 International Finance and Macroeconomics
- Financial Crises and role of the IMF, including discussion of the article "The Economic Debacle in Argentina - The IMF Strikes Again"
Econ 302 Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis
- The ethics of monetary and fiscal policy
Department of Finance
Daniela Balkanska
Fin 350 Business Finance
- Frontline documentary “To Catch a Trader” and an exercise on insider trading
David Distad
Fin 351 Financial Management
- Brief review of ethical and unethical behavior in the profession
Tim Lee
Bus 785 Financial Management
- Failure in corporate governance
Fin 828 Seminar in Financial Markets and Institutions
- Sales and lending practices in financial services industry
Katherine Mattes
Fin 365 Real Estate Principles
- Using the Realtor Code of Ethics new member orientation program, prepared by the National Association of Realtors, as a foundation, Katherine Mattes will discuss the origins and basic concepts of ethics within the real estate industry. 1 or 2 case studies will be used to reinforce the concepts.
Department of International Business
Yikuan Lee
IBUS 590 International Environmental Analysis
- "Two classes will discuss two cases about Ethics and International Business.Case 5.1: Walmart and Its Critics.Case C: iPad and Foxconn Sweatshop"
Yim-Yu Wong
IBUS 815 Seminar in International Business
- "The ethical aspect of outsourcing will be discussed in class. How innovation can be applied unethically"
Nini Yang
IBUS 690.01/.02 Global Strategic Management
- "Two classes will discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and strategic CSR based on student team assignments: Wynn Macau: Gambling on the Edge of China. Private Equity Investment in China"
IBUS 681.02 Seminar in Comparative Management
- "The class will discuss two cases in relation to business ethics and local responsive CSR in international management: BlackBerry in International markets: Balancing Business Interests and Host Nation’s Security Concerns (Global and Middle East).MTV Networks: The Arabian Challenges (Global and Saudi Arabia)"
Bruce Heiman
IBUS 841 Creativity for Managers: A Global Perspective
- View/discuss the film "Extreme by Design" a 60 min. documentary on Stanford's "Design for Extreme Affordability" class, which is mostly about feasible, ethical ways for "privileged" 1st-world students/professors to really make a serious try at "making a difference" for under-served communities globally.
Department of Management
Michael Albert
MGMT 405 Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior
- Ethical implications for Managing Human Resources
Cary Silberman
MGMT 610 Human Resource Management
- We discuss the difference between Ethics and morals and if a business can be sustainable if it is just focused on profits and not human service. We pose some ethical questions and discuss them in groups such as: If you see a co-worker breaking a company rule or engaging in a dishonest act, what would you do? If a manager instructs you to do something unethical-what would you do?
Peter Melhus
BUS 682 Seminar in Business and Society
- Class will discuss sustainable development and global climate change
BUS 884 The Politcal, Social, and Legal Environment of Business
- Class will discuss corporate scandals of the first decade of the 21st century.
Mitchell Marks
MGMT 670 Seminar in Organizational Design and Change
- There will be discussions and case examinations of ethical issues in collecting and using employee data at the work place (e.g., employee attitude surveys).
MGMT 842 Seminar in Organizational Design and Change
- There will be discussions and case examinations of ethical issues in collecting and using employee data at the work place (e.g., employee attitude surveys).
Anne Koch
BUS 690 Seminar in Business Policy and Strategic Management
- will show a movie and have a class discussion on international sustainable business practices as part of the BE week.
John Dopp
MGMT 848 Leadership
- Discussing popular leadership books during this time. Almost all of these books cover ethical issues, and some discuss sustainability issues. Each student (30 students) read a different book and reports on the book in class to small groups for discussion and then highlights are shared with the whole group.
Denise Kleinrichert
BUS 440 Ethics at Work: Business Impacts
- Focus is on ethical issues related to various uses of technologies, including case study student presentations on Facebook and Drones, plus case analyses of software uses, privacy and safety (including data use and storage, Volkswagon vehicles, biotech).
BUS 682 Seminar in Business and Society
- Focus is on ethics related to diversity in the workplace, including a case study student presentation on Abercrombie & Fitch and additional employer case studies related to failures to recognize the ethics and compliance requirements of employment practices (based on gender, race, ethnicity, disabilities, sexual orientation, age, religion, etc.).
MGMT 850 Ethics and Compliance in Business
- Focus is on ethical issues related to consumer products/services including: case study analyses of clinical lab testing of pharmaceuticals on monkeys, product trademark infringements, fast food marketing, Facebook/social media consumerism.
Smita Trivedi
BUS 682 Seminar in Business and Society
- Lecture and discussion on sustainable development and global climate change, with a focus on Kimpton hotels' Earthcare program
Jason Harris-Boundy
IBUS/Mgmt 659 International Negotiations
- Required readings on Negotiation Ethics, Negotiating with Liars, and Three Schools of Bargaining Ethics; Negotiation simulation with confidential role preparation that involves confronting an ethical dilemma
BUS 788 Mgmt Principles & Org Behavior: Management Principles and Organizational Behavior
- Required reading that focuses on using power and influence ethically and effectively; Discussion of a video case that involves ethical dilemmas
Antoaneta Petkova
BUS 690 Seminar in Business Policy and Strategic Management
- Teams are interviewing their respective for-profit and non-profits, then bringing first-draft reports. We are also discussing a case specifically focused on environmental sustainability the week before TG break.
BUS 890 Culminating Experience in Strategic Management
- Teams have already been working with their respective organizations for a while and are submitting their first-draft analysis. We are covering in class a topic related to business ethics.
Department of Marketing
Bruce Robertson
MKTG 431 Principles of Marketing
- Lecture on marketing ethics and discussion on two ethical dilemmas faced by Coca-Cola and Target.
Gulnur Tumbat
MKTG 434, MKTG 632 Advertising, Consumer Behavior
- Deceptive and unfair practices in Advertising and how the related main government institutions FDA, FTC, FCC deal with them.
Ho Dac Nga
MKTG 469 Digital Marketing
- Consumer privacy issues and permission marketing on the web.
Mahmood Hussain
MKTG 649 Marketing Management
- One textbook chaper and one short case on Marketing Ethics.
Matt Fisher
MKTG 675 Brand Management
- "(1) Ethical Framework for the Marketing of Corporate Social Responsibility, (2) Brand Equity destruction: Volkswagon, and (3) Case Study discussion: Brand Associations and Certified B-Corps"
Sanjit Sengupta
MKTG 860 Strategic Marketing
- "Ethical and Social Implications of Marketing Decisions: (1) Chapter 18, Conducting Marketing Responsibly in the Global Economy from Kotler and Keller, Framework for Marketing Management, 6th edition, and (2) Analyzing Ethical Problems in Business from Chapter 4, Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy by Lawrence, Anne T., and James Weber."