Bob,
        I tried to respond to you individually yesterday, but got it back
today.  At the U. of Wyoming we have a required three hour course in the MBA
program entitled "Law and Ethics."

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                From:   Lucy V. Katz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
                Sent:   Wednesday, September 29, 1999 9:53 AM
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        Re: MBA Law & Ethics Course

                At Fairfield we have had a core 3 credit MBA course for many
years called
                the Legal, Social and Ethical environment of Business.
Sometimes
                International gets added. I have taught this very
frequently, and, like
                Anne, feel that covering even law and ethics adequately is
very, very hard.
                I have been urging that this be split into at least two
modules, if not two
                courses. But the main point is these areas are solidly in
our curriculum,
                and we are AACSB accredited.
                Lucy Katz

                At 07:21 AM 9/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
                >[log in to unmask] wrote:
                >>
                >> Hi All,
                >>
                >> I need some input from those schools that offer a course
in "Law &
                Ethics" at
                >> the MBA level.  At UNLV we presently teach a 2 hour
course on the
                subject, but
                >> the dean is considering making it a 3 hour course, a move
which I obviously
                >> support.
                >>
                >> I need to know about programs out there that teach the
course as a 3
                hour course
                >> to show the powers to be that it is often taught this
way.
                >>
                >> Thanks in advance for your help.
                >It's interesting that you asked about this course because
here at
                >Michigan State University, we have been "playing around"
with law in the
                >MBA program for the past four years.  For a time, it was a
part of two
                >other courses and for the first time this year, it is a 2
credit Ethics
                >and Law class (the Associate Dean wanted the Ethics listed
first).  I am
                >teaching it and find that it is impossible to do justice to
the topics
                >with 2 credits.  I find, in fact, that the ethics is given
the least
                >amount of time as helping the MBA's understand the law and
how it works
                >in the workplace takes up at least the 3 1/2 hours I have
with them each
                >week (it's taught in a mini-mester style).  I assigned an
ethics reading
                >but we never seem to be able to get to it and are behind
even on the
                >legal material.  I mentioned to the MBA director just the
other day that
                >I am concerned about the ethics material being lost.  As
for material--I
                >have had to put together a custom text in order to
integrate the topics
                >in law and ethics that I want to cover.
                >
                >Anne Levy
                >