Courses
Seminar: CULANTH 80FCS
Globalization and Corporate Citizenship
Instructor: Margaret L. Brown
Education and Outreach Associate, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science
Are corporations citizens? And if so who defines their rights and responsibilities? To whom are they obligated? This course will critically examine the origins and diffusion of increasingly prevalent notions of corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility from an anthropological perspective. Particular emphasis will be upon corporate environmental and conservation policies in East Africa and the United States.
Seminar: ETHICS 190FCS Special Topics in Focus
Leadership, Social Change and the Ethics of Interconnectedness
Instructor: Christian Ferney
Student Programs Coordinator, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Visiting Assistant Professor, Canadian Studies
What are the obligations of global citizenship? What does it mean to be an ethical leader in the 21st century? This evening seminar is an opportunity for students to put the various disciplinary and normative perspectives into action by taking on a social problem in their new community of Durham. Students will exercise a critical sense of ethical leadership by working in small groups to identify a problem and then design and implement a community-based project in collaboration with a Durham organization. Students will be encouraged to apply both for “Beyond Focus” grants and the Institute’s Campus Grants to continue promising community-based projects.
Seminar: PHIL 129FCS
Acting Globally, Thinking Normatively
Instructor: Wayne Norman
Mike and Ruth Mackowski Professor of Ethics in the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
This course examines how normative ethical and political theories might help us to think more clearly about rights, obligations, and justice in a global context. It is also inquires into the limitations of some of these theories, which were originally developed for more local contexts. It will focus, in particular, on ethical challenges raised by international commerce. Do multinational corporations have obligations to maintain standards over and above those required by local regulations? How do we determine what these obligations and standards are? What duties do citizens and consumers in a corporation’s home country have to compel more responsible corporate behavior abroad?
Seminar: PUBPOL 81FCS
Migrants, Managers, and Multiple Citizens in a Global World
Instructor: Noah Pickus
Nannerl O. Keohane Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Associate Research Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy
This seminar examines the relationships among ethnic and national identities, market forces, and governmental institutions through the lens of comparative immigration and integration policy. It considers the political and policy responses to issues affecting immigrants, multi-national businesses and managers, and citizens situated in one or more locations. Specific policy issues include: selection criterion (family preference, skills, etc.), temporary worker programs, dual citizenship, naturalization, and assimilation and integration.
Seminar: SOC 99JFCS
The Limits of Obligation? World Refugee Policy and International Law
Instructor: Suzanne Shanahan
Associate Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Associate Research Professor, Sociology
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees there are approximately 35 million refugees and internally displaced persons in the world today. This course provides a comparative historical overview of international refugee policy and law dealing with this ever growing population. Through a series of case studies, students will grapple with the ethical challenges posed by humanitarian intervention on behalf of refugees and the often unintended consequences of such policies. How do the different models for dealing with refugee resettlement affect the life chances of refugees? This is a service learning course where students will work with refugees from Bhutan, Burma, and Iraq who have recently resettled in Durham.
