Nestled away, in the back corner of G.P. Vanier, you'll find room 115 (we used to be 611). Lurking in the shadows of this room is Mr. Young...waiting to pounce on unsuspecting students and natter on about volcanoes, hail, psychopathy, criminal law defenses, cultural diffusion, media theories, crime, and urban models of city development. He loves his job in 115 and can't wait to work with you this year.
D & A Blocks Human Geography - We are back in the library working on a language project. Don't forget, your job will be to create an information graphic poster on an endangered language. For your endangered language you’ll need to:
Show where the endangered language originated and diffused to (yes on a map).
Show the connection to the family, branch, and group of the endangered language. (Use your best judgment on this).
Show where the language is spoken today, indicate how many people speak it.
Show Unique features of this endangered language (What makes it different to and similar than others?)
Show examples of how the language is written and or spoken
Show why your endangered language is important to save
Show how your endangered language is both being threatened (contributing factors) and being saved
Show how people can find more info (links...sources cited)
What can your poster look like? Here are some stock vector examples for layout ideas
And then you could use this Spanish language infoposter as a guide as well
B Block Criminology - We'll watch the first eight sections of the movie "The Corporation". Please do not forget that the documentary is an opinion piece...it is trying to persuade you that a corporation acts like a psychopath. Not all business is bad but we do need to understand the "corporate view" of white collar criminal activity. What is it that makes a successful business person and what kind of ethical behaviour is valued by corporate culture? You will need to work on the following questions:
Should corporate executives be found guilty of murder if they fail to take
reasonable measures to protect their staff and an employee subsequently dies?
Is it fair to blame a single executive for the activities of a company that
has thousands of employees?
Can Corporations Commit Murder? If a corporation is considered as a person
in law (as it is in the US) who can be held liable (responsible) if a
corporation kills people?
Recall 10 or more brands, their logos, their jingles, slogans, and any memory of the product (think Nike = swoosh = "just do it"). Do you know who owns the brand? What is your perception of this "brand"?
According to individuals interviewed in The Corporation, the problem is with the corporations themselves, not necessarily with the people who run them. What evidence does the film use to make this point? Do you agree or disagree? Explain using examples from the film.
The documentary raises important questions about ethics and personal responsibility. One of the fundamental messages in the film is that corporations are irresponsible because in an attempt to satisfy corporate goals, everyone else is put at risk. To what extent is a person responsible for what they do even when within a company? Is a person morally culpable for their actions when satisfying the goal of profit within a corporation? Why or why not?
An outstanding in-depth article on the Value of Corporate Values can be found in an article by Reggie Van Lee, Lisa Fabish, and Nancy McGaw in this month's S+B. Based on a survey at 365 companies in 30 countries, the authors claim "increasingly, companies around the world have adopted formal statements of corporate values, and senior executives now routinely identify ethical behavior, honesty, integrity, and social concerns as top issues on their companies’ agendas". The highlights of the survey and article are:
A large number of companies are making their values explicit. That’s a change — quite a significant change — from corporate practices 10 years ago. The ramifications of this shift are just beginning to be understood.
Ethical behavior is a core component of company activities.
Most companies believe values influence two important strategic areas — relationships and reputation — but do not see the direct link to growth.
Most companies are not measuring their “ROV.”
Top performers consciously connect values and operations.
Values practices vary significantly by (continental) region.
The CEO’s tone really matters.
The article provides quantitative data about these 7 findings and concludes with "A commitment to corporate values may be in vogue, but the public will remain suspicious until corporations both understand and can demonstrate that they are committed to using values to create value". What we are looking at is what makes people abuse the public trust in corporations.
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