This is a transcript in which business correspondent Paul Solman gets perspectives from three CEOs on their culpability in recent corporate and accounting scandals. Originally produced on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, there is a link to streaming video and to RealAudio to play the segment.
Type of Material:
Presentation.
Recommended Uses:
The best use of this materials will be as assigned homework or additional resource materials after the aforementioned learning goals have been introduced.
Technical Requirements:
Works on Windows 7- 64 bit, Chrome Version 61.0.3163.91, and Internet Explorer version 11.0.9600.18762
Identify Major Learning Goals:
• To introduce students who are not familiar with the corporate scandals of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
• To introduce and explain the need for ethical constraints in business.
• To give the student the prospective on why the corporate scandals are a cautionary tale that should be in the mind and behavior of every business person, including rank and file employees.
Target Student Population:
The disciplines are business law, ethics, corporate risk management and a general business introductory class. It could be used at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
General business understanding, awareness of various corporate scandals, and the ability to scroll through a website.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
• Good additional reference materials to be used when teaching ethics, ethics related or general business classes.
• It gives the student a first hand account from the C-suite level the ethical dilemmas and perhaps ethical blindness that many executives face and display in the management of large corporations.
Concerns:
• The actual audio of this resource is no longer available, only the transcript and that therefore this doesn't make this a "strict" electronic resource. It would be, in my opinion, a more powerful tool if the video actually accompanied the written transcript.
• Challenging to review 'cold' as there is little 'set-up' of the topics discussed.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
• Good resource to hone in on student understanding of why corporate ethical behavior is important.
• Offers wonderful considerations for debate/discussion/etc.
Concerns:
• Will need clear and established framing before assigning to students.
• Again, no video.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
• The ease of reading the transcript presents no problem for students and individuals who can read and comprehend. Should the video (and therefore audio) be available, it would meet the requirements for students who display blindness as a disability.
• Very simple
Concerns:
• Again, no video. If a permanent link to the video could be placed in the resource that would allow the material to rate a higher rating.
• No framework offered.
Creative Commons:
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