Undergrad Management Honors/Ethics · Boston College
By any number of measures, the American social fabric is fraying. Long before the exacerbations of a global pandemic, polarization was increasing, trust was plummeting, deaths of despair were on the rise, civic participation was down, and we heard talk of a growing epidemic of loneliness. All this amidst a world-historical expansion of wealth, and falling rates of crime. What is going on? This course begins with the suspicion that Americanbusiness plays a central, underappreciated role in the ongoing evolution of our social fabric. It aims to ask: how do the business community's deep assumptio
