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A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space.  He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.  Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.  Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)  Mathematical Circles

Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them... for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing until it embraces the totality of men and the earth." 
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Dass Guided Imagery

"LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL"  St. Augustine

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9-1: THE ETHICS REQUIREMENT

If you have not already done so, BRING TO CLASS ALL VOLUMES OF THE COURSE ANTHOLOGY (REQUIRED) TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE PURCHASED THEM  (-5 PER DAY PER VOLUME UNTIL YOU DO + QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT ASSIGNED READINGS PP. 9-112

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TODAY'S GOALS:

 

 [2A2] ETHICS: The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: "have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems." Our ethics goals include    [   [2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience.    [2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.

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TODAY'S TOPICS: 

 

Why are you required to study ethics? What is ethics? To whom or what does it apply? Who has the best idea of business ethics: St. Paul, the Oxford Dictionary of Economics, Gordon Gecko (the  big Wall Street firms), Bernie Madoff, Kenneth Lay,  Billy Graham, or Pope Francis, ? or How does this all relate toDFW's commencement speech? How does all this relate to the quotes from Einstein, Chardin, Augustine?

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Answering questions about the course; QUIZ on Ethics Workbook and on Business Ethics and then Blog DISCUSSION of ethics.

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REQUIRED READING: COURSE ANTHOLOGY:

113-115                 Moral Dystopia"

Ideology 1 "Greed is Good"

116-117           Enron + Madoff

118-121           Enron vs. Empathy

122-127           Wall Street

Ideologies 2: Christianity and business ethics

128-129           Paul's First Letter to Timothy: Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas: (the root of evil is greed)?

130-132           Billy Graham et al

133-138           Pope Francis

University of Texas Ethics

139-145           Ethical Challenges selections

146-151                 Honor Code of U.T.  see  also  993-994 Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarism

 

BUSINESS ETHICS

 

152                Sisodia, Ethical Capitalism

153                Cox, Ethics in Business Education

154-159         Harvard students' MBA Ethics Oath

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REVIEW: PREPARE MORE QUESTIONS:

9-16                          Course Syllabus   17                              Experiential Learning 18                              Service Learning 19                              Discovery Learning 20                              Discovery Learning at U.T. 21-2                          Discovery Learning in Freshman English, Amherst 23                              My Teaching Philosophy & the Carnegie Report 24-28                       Course Goals   =================================================== 29                              Racial Harassment Policy;  30-31                       Sexual Harassment Policy;  32                              If I Am Heterosexual 33                              Ally Work 34-35                       LBGT Vocabulary 36-37                       Drug + Alcohol Policy;  =================================================== 38-39                       The Importance of Reading Directions in This Class 40                              Employer survey: writing, collaboration, ethics, reality 41-45                       Revenge of the Right Brain 46-8                          Flunking out of College  49-50                       The New Curriculum 51                              Moyers Rebirth at U.T. 52                              Concentration vs. “multitasking” 53                              Sleep Deprivation and Multitasking 54                              Negative vs. Positive Attitude [CF. Goleman on optimism in “Emotional Intelligence” 55-59                       Jacob Meyer: Suicide at U.T. 60-61                       U.T. Counseling Center 62                               Stress Test 63                              Tips for Reducing Stress 64                              U.T. Stress Relief Site 65                              Everything  I  Wish  Someone  Had  Told  Me  About College Before I Started: Why Are You Here? 66                              Texas Constitution: “for the promotion of literature” 67                              U. T. Seal 68                              U. T. CORE PURPOSE (Ethics) and Core Values: Freedom,  etc. 69                              Diversity 70-72                       Perfectionism 73-74                       Covey, Time Management form and example =================================================== 75                              Tower Motto: Ye Shall Know the Truth 76                              Blake, “London” 77-78                       Scallop Shell Symbolism =================================================== 79                              Five Characteristics of  a Good  Student: Postive Attitude...  80-81                      Willie Tichenor: Positive Attitude at U.T. 82-3                          Motivation; cf. Perfectionism 84                              Goal Setting =================================================== COMMUNICATION 85-86                       Covey on listening +reading, writing, speaking 87                              Class Discussion 88                              Listening 89                              Have You Tried Listening? 90-91                       Leading Class Discussion TIME MANAGEMENT + RESOURCES

92-93                       “Procrastination: How Adolescents Encourage Stress” 94-95                       Covey, Personal Planning System, from The Eighth Habit 96-97                       Overcoming Procrastination; 98-99                       Design Your Own Procrastination Plan 100-1                       Learning Skills Center 102                           Undergraduate Writing Center

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LOOKING AHEAD:

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9-3 Emotional Intelligence;

9-3 Convocation 4:30 get food from Zen, Taco Cabana or Chick-fil-A in SAC (or from dorms even if you want) and bring it to CLA 2.606 by 5 PM for Convocation meeting with mentors, alumni, photos of whole class, etc. Then to WEL 2.224.

 

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DUE BY MIDNIGHT 9-4: QUESTIONNAIRES DUE : -5 PER CLASS DAY UNTIL RETURNED BY EMAIL INTRODUCTION BLOG 15 PTS.

 

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9-5 EXTRA CREDIT driving with passengers: 10 pts.; 20 pts. for proof of attendance* at first event, 8 pts. each for proof of attendance at one other event

FOR GLOBAL CULTURES AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY FLAGS AND PREPARATION FOR SIDDHARTHA

Janmashtmi Utsav  Krishna birthday celebration at Radha Madhav Dam   400 Barsana Road, Austin, TX, 78737

• 6:30pm – Kirtan starts in Prayer Hall.  Dinner Prashad starts in Dining Hall

• 6:30pm – Food Booths, Games and Kids Craft Booths Open Outdoors

• 8:00pm – Speech on Krishna Leelas and Pastimes

• 8:30pm -  Cultural Program – Krishna Leelas – Dance Drama Production

• 9:00pm - Dahi Handi Breaking …. Govinda Aala Re Aala

• 930pm -  Dandia Dancing to Live Band singing

• 10:30pm – Kirtan Chanting begins

• 11:45-pm – Prakatya (Appearance) Leela of Baby Krishna

• 12:00 am – Midnight Janm Celebration and Baby Krishna Aarti

 

 

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9-8 Emotive Ethics

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: these texts and your own ethics and/or the DFW speech