<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>3517</rec-number><ref-type>Teaching Module</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Frey, William</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cruz-Cruz, Jose A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Short History of the Corporation</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">business</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BUSINESS ethics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Instructional Methods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teaching Modules</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teaching Modules</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Instructional Methods</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business Ethics</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teaching Module</style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">instructor</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/2011</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://cnx.org/content/m17314/latest/</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez</style></publisher><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This module explores the history of business corporations. It provides background information useful for a unit or course on business government and society, business ethics, and corporate governance. The corporation is presented as the practical solution to a series of related historical problems such as providing for orderly transfer of property, pooling capital, and spreading financial risk. This module has been developed as a part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, &quot;Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best Practices,&quot; NSF-SES-0551779.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Funded by the National Science Foundation: &quot;Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best Practices,&quot; NSF-SES-0551779</style></notes></record></records></xml>