STUDENT PERCEPTION ON BUSINESS ETHICS

Online Textbook on 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...

Entrepreneurship, Religion, and Business Ethics

Interest in entrepreneurship has heightened in recent years, especially in business schools. Much of this interest is driven by student demand for courses in entrepreneurship, either because of genuine interest in the subject, or because students see entrepreneurship education as a useful hedge given uncertain corporate careers This paper reports a study of the importance of religious faith to ...