Trust and Non-Trust in Law, Business and Behavioral Sciences

Week	Lesson
02/07-02/13	Defining Trusting
02/14-02/20	Trusting v. Independence: Legal Models and Human Nature
02/21-02/27	Benefits, Costs, and Risks to Trusting and Non-Trusting, Part I
02/28-03/05	Benefits, Costs, and Risks to Trusting and Non-Trusting, Part II
03/06-03/12	Trusting in Commerce and E-Commerce
03/13-03/19	Methods of Creating Trust
03/20-03/26	Student Presentations, Summary, and 'Debriefing'

Each lesson includes:

1. Lecture: a short lecture read by Prof. Frankel via RealAudio, with slides available. This should give you a background in the issues for the week.
2. Readings: a few key readings with abstracts, and possibly questions interspersed. These may either be from the Web, "fair use" materials from Lexis/Westlaw, or other print and multimedia sources.
3. Questions: questions from which to begin discussion. The class will be divided into discussion sections. Depending on your section, you will be expected to reply to another student in the class via either the class 'bot or to the whole section via a WWW bulletin board.