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Course title |
Government and Business |
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Semester |
113-1 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE |
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Instructor |
KUO CHIHSIEN |
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Curriculum Number |
PS4605 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
302E23500 |
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Class |
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Credits |
2.0 |
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Full/Half
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Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Wednesday 6,7(13:20~15:10) |
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Remarks |
Restriction: within this department (including students taking minor and dual degree program)
The upper limit of the number of students: 30. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
Commercial enterprise plays a fundamental role in the age of globalization both domestically and internationally interacting with state authorities as well as agencies of international organizations. Since the 1990s, the rise of multinational corporations in economic scale and political influence has massively empowered their agency in international relations, and thus made them indispensable transnational actors and inevitably included in the strategic calculation when geopolitical competition intensified. This course will introduce and establish an understanding of the intricate relationship between commercial enterprise and government at both international and local levels.
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Course Objective |
This course aims to offer students basic knowledge and insight of the relationship between business and government. Not only reviewing two traditional viewpoints: business lobby the government and government regulate businesses, the course will focus on how they interact with each other intentionally, as well as how both simultaneously are affected by the society. Students are expected to grasp the nuts and bolts of the intricate relationship between business and government.
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Course Requirement |
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Student Workload (Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class) |
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Office Hours |
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Designated reading |
1. Ed Thompson, Ian Worthington and Chris Britton (2023) The Business Environment A Global Perspective, 9th Edition. Pearson
2. Chris Miller (2022) Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. Scribner International
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References |
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Grading |
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No. |
Item |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
Participation |
20% |
Weekly news report
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2. |
Attendance |
20% |
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3. |
Group Report |
20% |
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4. |
Final Presentation |
40% |
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Week |
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Topic |
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Week 1 |
09/04 |
Introduction |
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Week 2 |
09/11 |
Topic: How businesses affect the society and the environment |
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Week 3 |
09/18 |
Topic: How businesses affect by its external environment |
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Week 4 |
09/25 |
Topic: How businesses lobby politicians and the government |
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Week 5 |
10/02 |
Topic: State regulation of the market and its impacts to businesses |
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Week 6 |
10/09 |
Topic: Corporate social responsibility |
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Week 7 |
10/16 |
Topic: Corporate image and identity |
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Week 8 |
10/23 |
Mid-term |
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Week 9 |
10/30 |
Topic: How NGOs influence business & governmental behavior |
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Week 10 |
11/06 |
Topic: Sustainability ,ESG, and SDGs |
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Week 11 |
11/13 |
Topic: Challenges of global supply chain
Guest Speech |
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Week 12 |
11/20 |
Topic: Trade war and de-globalization |
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Week 13 |
11/27 |
Topic: Great power competition and its impact on international businesses |
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Week 14 |
12/04 |
Topic: How businesses respond to geopolitical tension |
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Week 15 |
12/11 |
Topic: Future prospect of the businesses-government relations |
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Week 16 |
12/18 |
Final Presentation |