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The Environments of the Organization
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The Environments of the Organization

by William Frey, Jose A. Cruz-Cruz
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This collection pulls together the modules used at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in the College of Business Administration required course, The Environment of the Organization, ADMI 4016. It's contents will vary depending on the orientation of the course.

William J. Frey is a Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

Jose A. Cruz-Cruz is a researcher at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and other places.

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Introduction. The Environments of the Organization
Chapter One. Course Materials: Syllabus, Rubrics, Jeopardies
1.1 - Derived copy of Rubrics for Exams and Group Projects in Ethics
Chapter Two. Ethical Environment
2.1 - An Exercise in Ethics Across the Curriculum
2.2 - Theory Building Activities: Mountain Terrorist Exercise
2.3 - Professional Ethics in Puerto Rico: Codes, Problem Solving, and Ethical Dissent
2.4 - Values-Based Decision-Making in Gilbane Gold
2.5 - Three Frameworks for Ethical Problem-Solving in Business and the Professions
Chapter Three. Collective and Corporate Environment
3.1 - Ethics of Teamwork
3.2 - A Short History of the Corporation
3.3 - Different Approaches to Corporate Governance
3.4 - Corporate Ethics Compliance Officer Report
3.5 - Three Views of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
3.6 - Moral Ecologies in Corporate Governance
Chapter Four. Case Studies in Property and Free Speech
4.1 - Toysmart Case Exercises - Student Module
4.2 - Biomatrix Case Exercises - Student Module
Chapter Five. Socio-Technical System Analysis
5.1 - Socio-Technical Systems in Professional Decision Making
5.2 - Theory Building Activities: "Responsibility and Incident at Morales"
Chapter Six. Technical Environment
6.1 - Responsible Choice for Appropriate Technology
6.2 - Case Analysis Module: Therac-25
6.3 - Gray Matters for the Hughes Aircraft Case
6.4 - Capability Approach
Chapter Seven. Statement of Values
7.1 - Value Profile: Justice
7.2 - Value Profile: Responsibility
7.3 - Developing Ethics Codes and Statements of Values
7.4 - Value Profile: Respect
7.5 - Value Profile: Integrity
7.6 - Value Profile: Trust
Chapter Eight. Moral Exemplars and Virtue Ethics
8.1 - Moral Exemplars in Business and Professional Ethics
8.2 - Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics
8.3 - Business and Moral Leaders
Chapter Nine. Attributions