Relationships between public goods private rights an the transfer of technology

For the two brief reports students will pick one policy issues of interest from below, focusing on topics that are not related to their major paper or their seminar.

One of the reports may take the form of an information policy for an organization of your choice. Each brief report (3 pages in length, double spaced; excluding references, figures and tables) should give an overview of the issue, the history or context of the policy, the stakeholders, and the various political, economic, social, cultural and ethical components of the policy.

The report should include a bibliography of works cited, and should include a minimum of 3 recent (2005 to date) items pertinent to the issue. Each report should be submitted electronically. Please be ready to summarize your findings as part of the class discussion the day we are discussing the topic.