Assignment for October 8^th

• Question of the Day: Health & safety & the Tobacco industry: is it a matter of health versus profits? SPECIFICALLY: How do tobacco industry executives explain their actions?

• CHANGE in readings -- DO NOT read the Robert Miles' reading that is on reserve. Skip. Read only the following two readings:

• Reading 1: Roger Rosenblatt, "How Tobacco Executives Live with Themselves." In Coursepak.

• Reading 2: William Beaver, "The Marlboro Man Rides into the Eastern Bloc." In Coursepak.

  For more information about the tobacco industry, see the following hyperlinks:

  Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Web site

  And use any Web search engine to look for articles on the tobacco industry, ethics, advertising, etc. There are 100’s of pages of material.

  Be sure to look at the daily summaries!

   

  

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