Intro to Business › Section B · Ethics and social responsibility › Topic B.1
Understanding business ethics
Every day, people at work face choices that the law alone does not settle: how much to tell a customer, whether to round up an expense claim, who should bear the cost of a cutback. Business ethics gives them ways to recognise these dilemmas and reason through them.
In this topic
- Ethics and ethical issues
- Legal is not the same as ethical
- Recognising unethical activities
- Worked example: naming the violation
- Utilitarianism: judging by consequences
- Duties and rights
- Justice and virtue
- Worked example: a cutback through four lenses
- Common ethical issues at work
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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