TERM: Fall (Pre-term)

COURSE #: 440A

SECTION: 66 & 68

COURSE NAME: Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: David Austen-Smith

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
On March 14, 2009 AIG’s CEO Edward M. Liddy sent a letter to Timothy F. Geithner, United States Secretary of the Treasury. The letter explains AIG’s position regarding previously agreed retention bonuses for employees in AIG's Financial Products unit that had housed AIG’s credit-default swap business. AIG was contractually obligated to pay about  $220 million in employee retention payments for 2008, $55 million of which were paid in December and $165 million required to be paid by March 15. 

Please review Ed Liddy’s letter (in the course packet) and two articles that provide some background information on AIG until the early part of March. You need to be prepared to comment on the letter and AIG’s position in class. You do not need to prepare any written materials or Power Point presentations.

 

Please DO NOT conduct any additional research on AIG other than the documents supplied in the course reader. Rather, as much as possible, I want to assume the position of AIG’s CEO when the letter was written, without the benefit of hindsight from subsequent developments.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: YES

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?  Recommended

AUTHOR:  David P. Baron

PUBLISHER: Pearson

TITLE: Business and Its Environment

ED./DATE: Sixth Edition

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TERM: Fall (Pre-term)

COURSE #: 440A

SECTION: 65 & 67

COURSE NAME: Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: Sandeep Baliga

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
On March 14, 2009 AIG’s CEO Edward M. Liddy sent a letter to Timothy F. Geithner, United States Secretary of the Treasury. The letter explains AIG’s position regarding previously agreed retention bonuses for employees in AIG's Financial Products unit that had housed AIG’s credit-default swap business. AIG was contractually obligated to pay about  $220 million in employee retention payments for 2008, $55 million of which were paid in December and $165 million required to be paid by March 15. 

Please review Ed Liddy’s letter (in the course packet) and two articles that provide some background information on AIG until the early part of March. You need to be prepared to comment on the letter and AIG’s position in class. You do not need to prepare any written materials or Power Point presentations.

 

Please DO NOT conduct any additional research on AIG other than the documents supplied in the course reader. Rather, as much as possible, I want to assume the position of AIG’s CEO when the letter was written, without the benefit of hindsight from subsequent developments.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: YES

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?  Recommended

AUTHOR:  David P. Baron

PUBLISHER: Pearson

TITLE: Business and Its Environment

ED./DATE: Sixth Edition

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TERM: Fall (Pre-term)

COURSE #: 440A

SECTION: 62 & 64

COURSE NAME: Values and Crisis Decision-Making

INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Diermeier

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
On March 14, 2009 AIG’s CEO Edward M. Liddy sent a letter to Timothy F. Geithner, United States Secretary of the Treasury. The letter explains AIG’s position regarding previously agreed retention bonuses for employees in AIG's Financial Products unit that had housed AIG’s credit-default swap business. AIG was contractually obligated to pay about  $220 million in employee retention payments for 2008, $55 million of which were paid in December and $165 million required to be paid by March 15. 

Please review Ed Liddy’s letter (in the course packet) and two articles that provide some background information on AIG until the early part of March. You need to be prepared to comment on the letter and AIG’s position in class. You do not need to prepare any written materials or Power Point presentations.

 

Please DO NOT conduct any additional research on AIG other than the documents supplied in the course reader. Rather, as much as possible, I want to assume the position of AIG’s CEO when the letter was written, without the benefit of hindsight from subsequent developments.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: YES

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?  Recommended

AUTHOR:  David P. Baron

PUBLISHER: Pearson

TITLE: Business and Its Environment

ED./DATE: Sixth Edition

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TERM: Fall 2009

COURSE #: 450

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Leading Mission Driven Organizations

INSTRUCTOR: Donald Haider

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:  YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

  • Read Ch #1-2 Course Text—“Five Life Stages of Nonprofit Organizations by Simon(2001 paperback)
  • Read Boys and Girls Club of America Case (2 paragraphs). Total club revenues grew from $362m( 1995) to $1.1b( 2005).  Explain? What actions/ steps did BGCA take to produce this growth?
  • Tax Exempt Organizations tax filings with IRS.  Go to www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f990.pdf to review IRS FORM 990. View page 1 (summary); page 2 (program accomplishments); and page 11 (Balance sheet) from the perspective of constructing 4 basic financial/accounting statements for nonprofits (cash, statement of activities; balance sheet, and functional expenses)
  • How are the 990 Forms used by charitable watchdogs such as the American Institute of Philanthropy?  Go to www.charitywatch.org  Click on “top rated,” “criteria,” and “FAQ and “Why is AIP’s Charity Rating Guide an indispensable tool for informed donors? Agree? How does AIP rate charities? Critique….

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: NO

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  REQUIRED

AUTHOR: Judith Simon

PUBLISHER: Fieldstone Alliance

TITLE: Five Life Stages of Nonprofit Organizations

ED./DATE: 2001

 

TERM: FALL

COURSE #: SEEK 460

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP

INSTRUCTOR: DAVID AUSTEN-SMITH

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  This class concerns values-based leadership, the ability to consider and integrate a variety of value propositions and perspectives. For the first class, please read the following short essays from the case packet and consider the discussion questions.

Readings.

  • Friedman: The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits
  • Arrow: Social Responsibility and Economic Efficiency
  • Friedman/Mackey debate

Discussion Questions

  • What social goals can market competition promote? 
  • Do you agree with Friedman that corporate managers have a moral imperative to maximize stockholder value?
  • What are the principle economic reasons that might undermine Friedman’s position? Do you find these reasons compelling?

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: YES

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