My name is Dr. G. Howard Doty, and I'm a full Professor in Business Management
here at Nashville State Community College. Listed above are the various numbers
that you will need to get in touch with me this semester.
Whenever you have a problem with this course, please contact me ASAP; either by
e-mail within this course or by phone. I am available at my office at various
times Monday through Friday and my office hours are listed on my office door
each semester. You can always contact me through email. I check my e-mail
several times a day and sometimes on the weekend. Therefore, you should not have
to wait very long for a reply.
Professional Experience
My work and teaching experience covers many years. I am a lifelong resident of
Nashville and I attended local public school. I graduated from Hillsboro High
School and then attended Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee
where I received my Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration
(Economic and Pre-Law). I then attended law school at the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville where I received my Doctorate degree in Law. I have also
studied law in several foreign countries including Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark,
Canada, and Finland. I returned to Nashville where I was a practicing trial
attorney for almost 20 years and managing partner of Doty and Doty, Attorneys.
As a trial attorney, I have experience in business and the legal issues that
arise in this course. An opportunity came along for me to teach and I have now
been teaching the law and law related business courses here at Nashville
State Community College for over 32 years. I have taught 26 different courses
here but I mainly teach Business Law I and II, Legal Environment of Business,
Business Ethics, Investments, some of the paralegal courses such as Criminal Law
and Family Law, and Legal Issues for the Web/Internet.
My
Family
I have three sons with all three having recently graduated from
college. Therefore, I can appreciate what many of you students are going
through. All of us are very active. My picture above is of me cycling in the
Swiss Alps. We do a lot of white water canoeing, snow skiing, surfing, hiking,
and even serious mountain climbing. I have successfully reached the top of
several famous mountains including Mt. Rainier in Washington State, and Mt. Fuji
in Japan.
I travel extensively and have visited 97 different countries, all 50 states, and almost all of the Canadian Provinces. I recently visited the islands of Bermuda, Egypt in Africa, the Great Pyramids, Cairo, Luxor, the Aswan High Dam and all the Pharaoh's Tombs. Also the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa; Belize City, Belize; New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, India; Kathmandu & Mt Everest, Nepal; Anchorage, Alaska; Costa Rica: Warsaw, Poland; Prague, Czech Republic; Bratislava, Slovakia; Vienna, Austria, Berlin, Germany, Budapest, Hungary; the Grand Cayman Islands and Dominican Republic in the Caribbean; Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; Vilnius, Lithuania; Warsaw, Poland (again); Caribbean Islands of Turks and Caicos; Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Mazzini, Mbabane, Swaziland (a country in Africa); Dakar, Senegal; Jerusalem, Bethlehem, The Sea of Galilee, The Dead Sea, Haifa, Tel-Aviv/Jaffa, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, Israel. I was in London, England two Christmas' ago, Turks and Caicos Islands last Christmas and Grand Cayman Islands this past Christmas.
Last summer, I was in the Baltic countries including Russia. The summer
before, I was in Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. The summer before
that, I visited Peru in South America and visited Lima, the Nazca lines and
Machu Picchu. I have also recently visited Hong Kong, China; Singapore; Taipei,
Nationalist China; and Bangkok, Thailand, Aruba and Curacao in the Dutch Indies.
A couple of summers ago, I traveled to Madrid, Barcelona, Toledo, Seville,
Granada, Spain, Lisbon, Portugal, Gibraltar, and Morocco, North Africa. I have
also traveled back to Italy and hit all the main sights of Rome, Venice,
Florence, Pisa and the Italian Alps. I also went to several other countries
including Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
About four years ago, I visited the United States and British Virgin Islands in
the Caribbean (St. Thomas, St. Johns, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda). Before that, I
visited Athens, Sparta and Corinth, Greece. I was in the Hawaiian Islands
snorkeling, surfing and ocean kayaking not too long ago. Some places I have been
recently are
Belize, New Delhi, Agra, India;
Kathmandu, Nepal; Moscow, St. Petersburg, Russia; Poland, Slovakia, Czech
Republic, Berlin, Germany; Budapest, Hungary: Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai, and Maui,
Hawaii; Italy, Rome, Florence, Venice, Pisa: San Marino; Croatia,
Dubrovnik; Slovenia; Serbia and Montenegro; Bosnia and Herzegovina; the
U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Athens and Corinth, Greece; Switzerland,
Matterhorn, Zermatt, Geneva, Lucerne, Interlaken, Zurich: Iceland; Norway,
Oslo; Lillehammer, Copenhagen, Denmark: Helsinki, Finland, Sweden,
Stockholm, Ireland, Belfast, London, Oxford, Scotland, Netherlands, Amsterdam;
Delft, Rotterdam; Belgium, Bastogne: Germany, Munich; Berlin; Dresden; Hamburg;
Heidelberg, Bonn; Cologne; Frankfurt, Poland, Czech Republic, Prague, Ukraine,
Odessa; Yalta, Portugal, Lisbon; Spain again, Madrid, Barcelona; Valencia;
Granada;
France, Paris; Lyon; Dijon; Chamonix, Italy, Rome; Naples; Pompeii; Pisa;
Genoa; Turin; Milan Verona; Venice; Trieste; Bologna; Florence, Vatican,
Austria, Vienna, Salzburg; Innsbruck, Hungry, Budapest, Romania, Bucharest,
Greece, Athens, Turkey, Istanbul: St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Odessa,
Yalta, Russia; Japan, Tokyo, Morocco, Africa; Tangier, Mexico City;
Cancun; Antigua, St. John's, St. Maarten-St. Martin, Barbados, U. S.
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Hawaii again, Honolulu, Oahu;
Sweden, Jamaica, Bahamas, Venezuela, Caracas; Aruba, (Dutch), Costa Rica,
Argentina, Buenos Aires; and Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
I believe you will find this class unlike any you have ever taken. This class is designed to use a textbook with real cases book. Most of these cases are of current legal and ethical interest. The problem with law is that it is not always the same as ethics. These concepts are different for different people and different groups of people. Not all of us have the same legal and ethical beliefs. For instance, should a company have the right to refuse employment to a gay individual? Should an individual have the right to download any music over the internet that they want to or "burn" DVD's of current movies? Both of these issues are covered in this course or similar courses. The problem is, how do we know what is "right" and "ethical" and what is not? That is what we will explore this semester.
My teaching philosophy is to try to get students to think about legal and ethical issues in a way that they have never thought about them before. Our textbook will have real legal and ethical issues and we will see that many of these have two sides to these issues. I hope that this course will be a challenge to you the students and through this challenge, you will learn.
Study hard, learn a lot and make a good grade. Dr. G. Howard Doty