Experiential Teaching: THE INSIDE

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OL 326 Social Environments of Business examines the interrelationships among business, government and society  and how these relationships evolve over time and shape our world.  Through the use of readings, cases, and class discussions, students  examine a variety of important topics impacting the global business  environment, including business power, corporate social responsibility,  business ethics, regulation, multinational corporations, globalization,  pollution and environmental quality.  For the 2021 spring semester we  partnered with Second Chance Educational Alliance to produce a community  podcast series with the learners of the MacDougall-Walker Correctional  Facility enrolled in Project AIM. This partnership was made possible  with funding provided from the Shapiro Grant to establish a virtual  classroom to connect with learners participating in Project AIM.  Specifically, we will examine the impact of incarceration on businesses,  government, and society.  

THE INSIDE launched in April 2021 with OL 326. Listen here. The second season of THE INSIDE was delivered in connection with PHL 316 Business Ethics in Spring 2022. This  course is a philosophical study of moral issues in business. Topics  include corporate responsibility, conflicts of interest, morality in  advertising, preferential hiring (e.g., minorities and women), personal  morality versus employer loyalty, and cultural theoretical issues and  their impact on business decisions. For this semester again we partnered  with Second Chance Educational Alliance to produce a community podcast  series, THE INSIDE, with current and formerly incarcerated individuals.  Specifically, students explored the ethics of mass incarceration in the  United States using the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business  & Human Rights to set the context.