Ethics of Business or Ethics for Business? Two Models for Teaching Business Ethics

The new business ethics.

, CBC's Marketplace 1 aired the results of an undercover survey of 50 dental offices. The story revealed a wide disparity in treatment estimates as the reporter received quotes ranging from nothing to $9,000. The implication was that many dentists were in business without an ethical rudder. The Marketplace scenario was predictable. The very proposition that dentists are blatantly in business ma...

Business Ethics without Stakeholders

One of the most influential ideas in the field of business ethics has been the suggestion that ethical conduct in a business context should be analyzed in terms of a set of fiduciary obligations toward various “stakeholder” groups. Moral problems, according to this view, involve reconciling such obligations in cases where stakeholder groups have conflicting interests. The question posed in this...

Discourse and descriptive business ethics

Watson (2003: 168) claims that ‘although increasing academic attention is being paid to business ethics, the ways in which ethical consideration come into activities and decisions of organizational managers have been examined in a very limited way’. This article contributes by suggesting an interesting way to study moral managerial decisions is studying these decisions in their discursive conte...

Online Textbook on Business Ethics

Principles of Preventing Fraud in Business from the Ethics Perspective

Background: The basics of preventing fraud in business are the commonalities of the two systems of ethics and law. The basics of this rule indicate the non-prescription and prevention of fraud. The principles at stake are for the protection of individuals' interests and property security, and even for the maintenance of order in society, and those who seek to exploit fraud for the greater benef...