1. Advocacy piece. Draft a shareholder proposal that comply with the legal requirements set by federal law and that you could potentially submit to a publicly traded company advocating the company take a specific course of action. In other words, the proposal must be intended for a real company dealing with a real issue. Bring the Proposal to class on Thursday as it will be the basis for the last class. Deadline: May 5, 2016, in class.
2. Op-ed. Write a 750 to 1000 words reflection paper discussing the question: "Corporations: Angels or Evils?" you can take any position but it's important that you reflections are organizes as an op-ed, meaning that you want to present a persuasive argument of the position that you state in the paper.
3. Research assignment. Read "The Overcriminalization of America: How to reduce poverty and improve race relations by rethinking our justice system" by Charles G. Koch and Mark V. Holden (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/overcriminalization-of-america-113991) and research who the authors are and why commentators think there is a hidden agenda behind the article, and how that hidden agenda connects to the course materials we have been reading throughout the semester. Write a 750 to 1000 words research report in which you discuss your findings.
4. Research assignment. A strategy that has been somehow successful in directing corporate conduct is consumer boycott. Research consumer boycott and write up a 750 to 1000 words research in which you briefly introduce the concept and then discuss one successful and one unsuccessful case of consumer boycott.