FWS - Corporate Controversies: Exploring Big Scandals in Big Business
TR 10:10- 11:25.
E. Peine. Fall. Spring.

Enron. Philip Morris. Martha Stewart. Wal-Mart. All of these companies have been at the center of recent "corporate controversies" that highlight the mystery and lack of public accountability that shroud the corporate world. Corporations are some of society's most powerful and least transparent institutions, but unlike governments, private companies are not accountable to the general public. This course will examine a series of "corporate controversies" including the arrival of Wal-Mart in Ithaca and controversial violations of environmental, labor, and antitrust laws. Students will also have the opportunity to explore controversies of their choice, and will engage in various types of writing on these issues, from letters to the editor of major newspapers and magazines, to research projects, to class debates.