Dear Carolyn,
We are so frequently on the same corporate issues; one of Barbara George's
and my pending publications is on Parmalat, in part.
Thank you so much for your slides. They will help me argue at our graduate
curriculum committee that the Legal Environment/Ethics course should not be
eliminated in all of our MBA programs: core, executive and accelerated. And
this, at a time when our Ethical Center, of which I am Associate Director,
is offering faculty stipends across the curriculum, so that all university
disciplines can integrate an ethics module in their courses!
It does seem that we do keep getting into the same turf wars to protect our
business law courses, and I think it's an excellent idea to expand our
objectives to include a focus on why awareness of the legal and ethical
ramifications of corporate decision-making can enhance executive
performance. Since I am out in the business community all of the time these
days with my Center, it is clear to me that the Boeings and Verizons are
willing to support various ethics initiatives, but want to see it couched in
a more concrete way than just trying to "do the right thing".
CSULB does have a ranking of Business Law Journals that I am happy to share,
but I don't seem to have an electronic copy. I will request one from my
colleague. While I don't think ALSB should commit itself to any ranking, I
think sharing information among ourselves, can facilitate each member's
ability to tailor a policy that is relevant and persuasive in their
institution.
Best regards, Kathleen
Kathleen A. Lacey, Professor of Legal Studies
Associate Director Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership
Calif. State University, Long Beach
College of Business Administration
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
Phone: (562) 985-5668
Fax: (310) 541-2193
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Hi, all,
I now have a couple of requests for the "Perp Walk" Slides. Happy to
oblige-they're attached to this message. If the attachment is filtered out,
send me an e-mail and I'll send them to you. My colleague Eli Bortman
updated them last fall. I would say they're not complete, given the
continued emergence of scandals such as Health South and Parmalat.
It continues to amaze me that some of our colleagues think the study of
legal issues is only minimally important to business people. Marc Lampe's
really thoughtful article in the current JLSE suggests to me that one reason
we may be fighting the same battle over and over is that we need to be
thinking about our overall educational objectives for students; i.e., that
we tend to teach what we were taught when we learned law, rather than
keeping a managerial focus on problem prevention and managing conflict.
Connie Bagley has also re-envisioned the legal environment in Winning
Legally: How Managers Can Use the Legal Environment to Create Value, Marshal
Resources and Manage Risk. The title lays out a different way for us to
think about what we do (and the book is terrific, too).
Personally, I suspect a second source of our problem is the general dislike
business people have for lawyers (until they need them). This seems
particularly true as we draw faculty and students globally-we don't have
shared assumptions any more about the rule of law, and the vital role of
legal institutions and methods in economic development and capitalist
markets. Rick should send his colleagues to read Hernando de Soto's Mystery
of Capital (Or watch a brief but compelling interview with him here (at
Chapter 19):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/story/ch_menu_03.html.
On that note, a happy weekend to all.
Carolyn
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Professor of Law
Babson College
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Two suggestions:
1. Robert Prentice's article "Lessons Learned in Business School" in the
NY Times on Aug. 20, 2002. I don't have an electronic copy but I can fax it
to anyone who wants it, and maybe someone else can post the article to the
list.
2. Carolyn Hotchkiss's "perp walk" powerpoint presentation -- all those
CEO's in handcuffs ought to convince anyone of the importance of BLAW.
Liz
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Lizbeth G. Ellis
Department Head
Department of Finance
College of Business
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3FIN
Las Cruces, NM 88003
505-646-3201 (phone)
505-646-2820 (fax)
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Those of you at schools that offer Executive MBA programs that have law
couses, please advise on resources that I might use to convince my
colleagues to retain the legal environment course in our EMBA program.
The program is undergoing a curriculum review and the law course is on the
"chopping block". I would like to save it but need your advice.
Thanks in advance,
Rick
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