Adonis Hoffman is an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University, where he
teaches at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in the Communication,
Culture and Technology Program.
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This is an upper-level course designed for students concentrating in business, management,
economics, law, or public policy. There are no prerequisites.
The course focuses primarily on large,
publicly-traded corporations and examines three main areas:
(1) The role of public corporations in the American and global economy; (
2) The duty of public corporations to shareholders versus stakeholders; and (
3) The range of corporate policy issues facing companies today, including mandates to advance or reflect greater sustainability; environmental integrity; human rights; diversity; inclusion; ethics, and fair labor standards globally, among other things.
In short, we examine the evolving set of societal expectations that corporations should behave
in a way that meets or exceeds the legal, ethical and social requirements imposed by our laws
and regulations. Related themes include corporate governance, corporate accountability and
corporate citizenship.
This is an inter-disciplinary course designed to provide students with a solid overview of
current themes in marketing, advertising and public policy. The course examines the impact
of public policy on commercial marketing and advertising practices in today's new media
environment. We review the role of government in the regulation and limitation of marketing
and advertising, particularly the roles and rulings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) on contemporary marketing issues. It also examines the
First Amendment as it applies to commercial speech and its evolving interpretation by the U.S.
Supreme Court.
This is an interactive course designed to provide students with a solid understanding
of contemporary corporate communications practices, methods and strategies.
It examines present-day challenges companies face in light of heightened expectations
from shareholders, stakeholders, policymakers, employees and the media. The course
also examines the importance of corporate communications to the implementation of
corporate strategy; investor relations; advertising; media relations and crisis management.
Adonis Hoffman, J.D.
Adjunct Lecturer
Georgetown University
Communication, Culture & Technology
3520 Prospect Street NW, Suite 311
Washington, DC 20057
202-452-1175 - office direct | 703-627-0400 - cell aeh8@georgetown.edu
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