Revised Schedule: Fall 2011

1. Revised Schedule: Fall 2011 Tentative!

2. October/November • October 31 • Responsible Dissent and Justice • November 2 and 4 • No class; Groups will prepare “What if” dramas on their own • November 7 • Drama Prep class • November 9 • Hughes “What if” drama enactments • November 11 • No class • November 14 and 16 • No class (Groups will work on mid/late semester audits and do debate prep on their own) • November 18 • Ethics of Team Work Audits (Groups 1-3 will meet with Frey) • November 21 • Ethics of Team Work Audits (Groups 4-6 will meet with Frey) • November 23 • Debate Preparation for groups

3. November/December • November 28 • Debate between groups 1 and 2: Polar Bear Gate (Environment vs. Development) • November 30 • Review for Third Partial Exam • December 2 Test • December 5 • Debate between groups 5 and 6: Should Trans Canada be allowed to construct its oil pipeline from Canada oil sands fields to refineries in Houston, Texas?) • December 7 • Debate between groups 3 and 4: Solyndra (Should government provide funds for start-up Green Businesses?)

4. Polar Bear Gate

5. Solyndra

6. Keystone XL Pipeline

7. Information about cases • Solyndra • http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec11/solyndra_09-14.html • Polarbeargate • http://www.npr.org/2011/10/14/141365935/polar-bear-researcher-to-be-re-interviewed-by-feds • Trans Canada XL Pipeline • http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec11/pipeline_10-10.html

8. Environment of Organization Environmental Debates • Assignment of cases has already taken place • Coin toss will determine who will present and who will comment • Presenting team has responsibility to develop and argue for a position. They have the opportunity of responding to the other team’s commentary • Commenting team has responsibility of listening to presentation, summarizing it, and constructively commenting on it • Your team can have more than one speaker during the presentation, commentary, response phases, and question and answer phases • But only one speaker at a time • During the presentation, the commenting team must listen; during the commentary, the presenting team must listen. • Teams will be penalized for interrupting one another

9. How you will be graded • Total of 25 points, group grade • Argument strength • Clear statement of position • Organization of position into premises and conclusions • Logical Strength (conclusions follow from premises) • Evidence offered (you have backed your claims with sound scientific and business principles) • Integration of values and ethics tests

10. Polar Bear Gate Questions • Is there any ethical basis for the endangered species act ? • Do Polar Bears merit moral consideration in the setting of business policy? Can this overrule economic development or energy development? • Do the proponents of Polar Bear Gate offer good scientific justification for their conclusions? • Polar Bears are dying • Caused by disappearance of ice floes • This testifies to global warming

11. Solyndra Questions • Should the United States and Puerto Rico promote new technologies for energy generation? • What kind of energy technology (hard or soft) should be promoted for the short, middle, and long term? • Should government provide start-up funds for companies specializing in green technology? Or should this be allocated to free markets? • Did Solyndra fail because of government inefficiencies which would be eliminated by allowing free markets to operate? • Or did Solyndra fail because Solyndra campaign contributions clouded the judgment of key Obama Administration officials?

12. Keystone XL Pipeline • Should the pipeline be constructed according to existing plans? Or should it, for example, be rerouted to avoid the Ogallala aquifer? • Should job creation, economic development, and energy production overrule environmental and community protection? • Is the environmental stress brought about by the production of crude oil from tar sands in Canada an environmentally acceptable activity? • What are the similarities and differences between the Via Verde and the Keystone XL Pipeline.

13. Roles in Debate Presenting Team Commenting Team Commenting team will listen carefully to presentation 1 minute to consult, 7 minutes to respond to commentary They can respond to presenting team’s response only during question and answer session Your job is to raise questions and suggest areas that can be strengthened Your job is not to show that the presenting team is wrong or misguided • Teams will receive debate question or topic • Presenting team will give a presentation • 1 minute to consult, 7 minutes to present • You can exchange minutes • Presenting team will respond to other team’s commentary • 1 minute to consult, 5 minutes to respond

14. Time Line (Summary) • Presentation by Team 1 • 1 minute to consult and 7 minutes to present (minutes can be traded) • Commentary by Team 2 • 1 minute to consult and 7 minutes to comment • Response to commentary by Team 1 • 1 minute to consult, 5 minutes to respond • Question and Answer • Professor will question both teams • Class will question both teams • Each team can pose a question to the other if there is time