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Sony Online Entertainment: EverQuest® or EverCrack? Oxford Style Debate Presented at Tenth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics

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Part C of this three part series is the presentation from the Oxford style debate held at the Tenth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics between Laura Hartman, J.D., and Dr. Moses Pava on topics related to the EverQuest® v. EverCrack case (Part B). In a traditional Oxford style debate, two debaters take opposing viewpoints and the third debater argues the neutral position. At the Conference, the modified format featured the two debaters presenting diametrically opposing views – corporate responsibility versus personal responsibility. This modified format was also used during the Ethics Awareness Week (Part A), with University professors presenting the debate before the student body. Ms. Hartman’s position focused on the personal responsibility by Mr Woolley while Dr. Pava opined that Sony Online Entertainment had corporate responsibility toward Mr. Woolley and all other individuals similarly situated.

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  1. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Business Ethics, College of Commerce, DePaul University, U.S.A, Chicago, IL

    Laura P. Hartman

  2. Professor of Accounting, Alvin Einbender Chair in Business Ethics, Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, U.S.A

    Moses L. Pava

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Hartman, L.P., Pava, M.L. Sony Online Entertainment: EverQuest® or EverCrack? Oxford Style Debate Presented at Tenth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics. J Bus Ethics 58, 17–26 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-005-1379-6

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