Robert Hariman
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Hariman received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in Communication Studies. Holding positions as the Chair of the Communication Studies Department and as a communication professor, Hariman teaches rhetorical theory and the critical study of public culture. Hariman’s work focuses on the relationship between art and argument in the formation of political experience. His scholarship focuses on the role of style in human affairs, particularly with regard to political judgment and the discursive constitution of modern society. His publications include Political Style: The Artistry of Power, as well as edited volumes on Popular Trials, Post-Realism, and Prudence. Hariman has written numerous book chapters and journal articles in several disciplines with recent work including a book co-authored with John Louis Lucaites, No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. He and John also post daily at their blog on photojournalism and public culture, nocaptionneeded.com 
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Communication, Management & Ethics
This course provides a framework for systematic reflection on the ethical dimension of managerial communication. The course raises both "philosophical" and "practical" questions and focuses on the area of human interaction where is it difficult to be either wholly principled or merely practical. The course includes discussion of representative texts and case studies, including attention to predicaments encountered or observed during the term. The readings draw on several literatures on ethical judgment, the demands and evasions defining various communicative practices, the conflicting responsibilities of institutional work, the relationship between private and public interests, and so forth.
