1. Yong Choi School of Business Administration CSU, Bakersfield
BA Business & Society
Yong Choi
School of Business Administration
CSU, Bakersfield

2. Instructor Name: Yong Choi, PhD Office: BDC 103
Office Hours: before and after class
Phone: (661)
Slow during weekend….

3. Required Course Material
Textbook
Caroll and Buchholtz, Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 9th Edition., Cengage, 2015, ISBN:
Rent or Buy thru the Internet
Amazon.com
Or sharing?? (just GE course for B students)

5. Course Objectives
To understand the role of corporations in American life.
To be aware of the responsibilities of business to the broader society.
To gain an increased understanding of environmental issues associated with the business.
To view corporations from the stakeholder perspective.
To understand the impacts of information technology on business and how business can utilize it to become more efficient and effective.
To reinforce oral presentation skill: required GE policy 5

6. Tour of Class Website! www.csub.edu/~ychoi2 Tour of Course Website
You can download almost all the class materials from the course website
Syllabus, instructions, lecture notes, etc.
Tour of Class Website!

7. Class Activity 1 In-Class Online Lecture of key topics
Discuss Ethics in Practice Case
Possibly assigned as a homework anytime
Online
End of text case discussion
Almost every Tuesday
Three exams and nine quizzes

8. Class Activity 2 Technology Ethics Report Group activity
Must submit the report
Oral presentation
Possible presentation dates on the website schedule
Week 13, 14, and 15
Presentation date will be assigned by your instructor.

9. Lecture of Key Topics Cover important topics you need to know
From textbook and other sources
Customized lecture notes
Lecture note of each chapter by the publisher
Ethics in Practice
Class discussion
Assignment

10. End of Text Case
The cases are available from the textbook page 569 (9th edition only!)
Answer “Questions for Discussion” at the end of each case.
Must turn in thru the BB submission link
Grading based on “quality of analysis.”
Review the instruction on the website!

11. Tech. Ethics Report Review the instruction on the website!
introduction with problem statement --> body of paper with your own arguments --> conclusion with solutions.
Make sure that it must be at least whole three pages (i.e., two and half pages are not acceptable).

12. Report Oral Presentation 1
Might be the most difficult activity
More difficult than individual presentation.
Create a group of min. 3 or max. 4 & me the list of group members.
Feb 26: create a group & discuss the report proposal
Must use Microsoft PowerPoint
CSUB official SW and avoid possible problems
me your slide a day before your presentation.

13. Report Oral Presentation 2
Group Presentation time
Should be exactly 10 minutes.
30 seconds deviation allowed
Severely penalized if finishing
early (less than 8 minutes) or late (more than 12 minutes)
No media file (e.g., YouTube Video) is allowed.
Reading your flash card or slides or full report
You will be stopped right away and you will be severely penalized.
Even distribution of presentation time

14. Course Blackboard (BB)
bb.csub.edu
You are already enrolled into Blackboard by instructor.
First time user: try “Blackboard Help for Students”
Tour of our course BB!

15. Online Quiz 1 Total 9 quizzes and each one is 3 points
Quiz 1 (ch 1 & 2), Quiz 2 (ch 3 & 4)……..
40 true/false questions and only two options, either "PASS" or "FAIL"
To pass each quiz, your score percentage must be AT LEAST 80% (32 out of 40 or greater than equal to 2.4 points).

16. Online Quiz 2
Pass the quiz  keep your passing score.
Fail the quiz  earn nothing (zero points). 
Allowed two times and each attempt must be completed in 60 minutes. 
Your quiz will be saved and submitted automatically by the system (BB) when time expires.

17. Exam Three Exams thru Blackboard Allowed to attempt two times
Must finish in 90 minutes
Your exam will be saved and submitted automatically by the system (BB) when time expires.
Each exam date is on the website

18. Evaluation and Grading
Points scales are subject to change
Quiz (nine, each 3 points) 27 points - total nine quizzes, each 3 points
End of Text Case Assignment 45 points
- each 5 points
Tech. Ethics Report 20 points
Tech. Ethics Report presentation 20 points
Exam points
Exam points
Exam points
Additional Assignment Vary
Possible Total points points

19. Submission Guideline 1
Make sure to submit your file thru Blackboard. Otherwise, it will not be accepted.
No submission is accepted
Before submitting thru Blackboard, make sure to CLOSE the Microsoft office application (i.e., Word) COMPLETELY.

20. Submission Guideline 2
Otherwise, ONLY title of you file will be submitted and processed without including actual contents of your file.
And if you need to submit more than one files, you must submit all files together at once.

21. Class attendance
Required and more than two absences will negatively impact your final grade (at least 30% penalty of total score).
Submission of a written excuse: doctor’s note, employer’s note, copy of flight ticket, etc.
“Partial Attendance” is also treated as “Absent.”
Missing “SOCI Day” class
May 7th (will be announced)
10% Penalty will be applied. 21

22. Policy
Every CSUB student has a CSUB issued address (just like mine!)
Official is CSUB .
If you me using your private , I will not reply! 22

23. Class Announcement
Post thru the class announcement page on the class website
Send by as well if necessary (e.g., cancellation of class)
Make sure to check the class announcement page and periodically
Especially, one day before the class 23

24. No Interference Policy
Surfing the Internet, typing ( , paper…) and cell phone texting
Private talking......
Bottom line…do not distract me and others
Up to 30 % of your total score can be deducted depending on the level of interference.

25. Late Policy All Students must be on time to the class.
If you late more than 20 minutes without any notification (at least 24 hours before), it will be considered as “ABSENCE.”
Also, if you leave early without my permission, it will be considered as “ABSENCE.”

26. Late Work Will not be accepted!
The link for assignment submissions, exams, and quizzes will disappear after due dates
Failure to submit an assignment by the deadline will result in a grade of 0.

27. Peer Group Evaluation
Peer Group Evaluation is a part of the grading scheme to prevent free riding in the group.
Download the form from the class website
Your evaluation is 100% confidential
Your case grade will be adjusted based on the peer evaluation.
Submit by by the end of term

28. Software Policy www.csub.edu/office365
Microsoft Office (PC version) is the ONLY official software for our university. Thus, no other SW tool is allowed.
Any work submitted not using Microsoft Office will not be accepted.
Download the most current MS Office thru CSUB Office 365.

29. CSUB Policy
“Faculty have a fundamental responsibility to maintain the integrity of the learning environment. When confronted by unreasonable disruption in the classroom, faculty are expected to initiate actions to correct such conditions. Such actions may result in disciplinary action ranging from removal from the classroom to formal disciplinary sanctions, including probation, suspension, or expulsion.”

30. Who are you? Introduce yourself… Name From where?
Standing (i.e., senior, junior…)
Transfer student?
International student?
Major

31. Last Words….
Always welcome your feedback…
Questions??