We have had good results with several topics for debates:
 
Outsourcing
Companies' elimination of health insurance plans and govt. responsibility
Companies' elimination of retirement insurance and govt. responsibility
Pros and cons of philanthropy.
 
We started out with the classical Friedman vs. Carroll debate on CSR and then expanded the views to apply them to these specific topics.
 
The students do seem to take to the debate format.
 
Good luck with it!
 
Rosemary
 
 
Rosemary Hartigan, J.D.
Professor and Director, Business and Executive Programs
Graduate School of Management and Technology
University of Maryland University College
 

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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Daniel Warner
Sent: Wed 12/27/2006 1:01 PM
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Subject: Bus., gov't & soc. debate topics



Hi Colleagues:

 

I hope you are all having a good break and that the new year is happy for you.

 

This next term here I'm teaching "Business, Government and Society."  It's pretty much whatever I want it to be.  Heretofore I have, among other activities, had the students in teams of three make PowerPoint presentations on appropriate topics, and turn in a paper and so on.

 

Now this time I thought I'd have two teams make presentations in the form of debates.  The thing is, I am scratching around for topics that would be good.

 

If any of you have had good results with certain topics for such presentations, I would be grateful to know what some of the topics were.

 

Thanks and 'bye for now.

 

Dan Warner

 

Professor Daniel M. Warner

Department of Accounting (Business Legal Studies)

MS 9071, Western Washington University

516 High St.

Bellingham, WA 98225

(360) 650-3390

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