Issues in Organizational Behavior and Leadership

Spring 2007

Selected Readings for Fiser:

1/17 Introduction to the Course

1/24 Legal Ethics

McGann v. H&H Music Company, 946 F.2d 401 (5^th Cir. 1991)

Buchanan v. Ameristar Casino Vicksburg, Inc., 2002-CA-00529-SCT (Miss. 2003)

Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC, 563 S.E. 2d 178 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002)

Strategy for Ethical Decision Making

Watch e-mail for other information on Ethics.

1/31 Corporate Structure, Liability and Government Regulation

Dalton v. Austin, 432 A. 2d 774 (Me. 1981)

Entrepreneur.com Article

Agway, Inc. v. Brooks, 790 A. 2d 438 (Vt. 2001)

Watch e-mail for other information on Government Regulations

2/7 Legal Implications of Leadership

Case Paper Assigned

Fruit v. Schreiner, 502 P.2d 133 (Ak. 1972)

Clover v. Snowbird Ski Resort, 808 P.2d 1037 (Ut. 1991)

Santiago v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 794 P.2d 138 (Az. 1990)

Clement v. Clement, 260 A.2d 728 (Pa. 1970)

Review Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC, 563 S.E. 2d 178 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002)

Brehm v. Eisner, 746 A.2d 244 (De. 2000)

FDIC v. Castetter, 184 F.3d 1040 (9^th Cir. 1999)

In re MCI WorldCom, Inc., 93 F. Supp. 2d 276 (E.D.N.Y. 2000)

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 hand out

2/14 Employment Law I

Case Paper Due

42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 (a)

29 U.S.C. §§ 621, 623

Auto Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 499 U.S. 187 (1991)

Gaworski v. ITT Commercial Finance Corp., 17 F.3d 1104 (1994)

Schurr v. Resorts International Hotel, Inc., 196 F.3d 486 (3d Cir. 1999)

Grutter v. Bollinger, 123 S. Ct. 2325 (2003) (In Adobe)

Lins v. Children’s Discovery Centers of America, Inc., 976 P.2d 168 (Wa. Ct. App. 1999)

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., 118 S. Ct. 998 (1998)

2/21 Employment Law II

Electronic Monitoring

Ludtke v. Nabors’ Alaska Drilling Inc., 768 P.2d 1123 (Alaska 1989)

Maccord v. Christian Academy, 1998 W.L. 848067 (E.D. Penn. 1998)

Byrd v. Imperial Palace of Mississippi, 807 So. 2d 433 (Miss. 2002)

Bobbitt v. The Orchard, Ltd., 603 So. 2d 356 (Miss. 1992)

Texas Road Boring of Louisiana v. Parker, 194 So. 2d 885 (Miss. 1967)

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky v. Williams, 122 S. Ct. 681 (2002)

2/28 Midterm

3/7 Moral Leadership

3/14 Spring Break

3/21 Hiring a Competent Workforce

3/28 Building a Motivating Work Environment

Case Paper Assigned

4/4 Performance Management and Compensation

Case Paper Due

4/11 Leading Teams

Case Paper Assigned

4/18 Intersection of Law and Behavior

Case Paper Due

4/25 Intersection of Law and Behavior

5/3 Final Exam, 6:00PM