Read the case (Patagonia-closing the Loop on Packaging Pollution). The case topic, your debating position (pro or con), my debating position is pro side, and the dates will be as below. The best way to prepare is to anticipate the arguments of the other side, so that you can develop well-researched counter-arguments in advance.
- Recognize your own ethical view point and its implications for decision-making.
- Decide how/when to resist pressure to violate your personal/professional moral codes.
- Critique and appreciate the value inherent in the ethical viewpoints of others.
- Construct a persuasive argument based upon Aristotle’s Means of Persuasion.