This comprehensive document is an excellent compilation of the ethical and social responsibilities of a business leader. Prepared by and international dialogue group, it is published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. It is an excellent reading both for the teacher of business ethics and also for students in such courses.
Material Type: Case Study
These three cases describe the challenge of finding the right ethical path in three very different situations: Taken together the three cases provide an excellent overview of what may be unexpected but all too common ethical challenges in today's business world.
Material Type: Case Study
Aristotle was a practical and business-oriented philosopher who defined principles in terms of the ethics of leadership.
Material Type: Reading
An online directory chooses customer service over inflated advertising packages.
Material Type: Case Study
A radio station inflates the number of on-air giveaways they ask companies to provide and then offers the excess as perks to station employees.
Material Type: Case Study
An analysis of the reasons for the lack of minority representation on boards of directors
Material Type: Reading
A video conversation on tone at the top.
Material Type: Lecture
Summary of a panel featuring Sheridan Tatsuno, Dreamscape Capital; Stanley Kwong, professor, USF; and Jacqueline Fan, Ernst & Young.
Material Type: Reading
An overview of what companies can do to promote ethics in the workplace by Albert C. Pierce.
Material Type: Reading
Brief cases that raise questions on gifts, conflicts of interest, disparagement, and more.
Material Type: Case Study
Collection of materials on business ethics in China from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
Material Type: Reading
Director of the Center for International Business Ethics in Beijing Stephan Rothlin talks about progress and challenges.
Material Type: Reading
Implications of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision for businesses.
Material Type: Reading
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics brings together executives and scholars in a forum designed to increase the members knowledge about effectively managing ethics in business organizations.
Material Type: Reading
This list of key free teaching resources on business ethics are those most highly recommended by the authors, Kirk O. Hanson, Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University USA and Oscar Bulaong, Jr., Executive Director of the Gov. Jose B. Fernandez Jr. Ethics Center at Ateneo de Manila Philippines.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Reading
This short description of PRME and its principles is important background for any teacher of business ethics. PRME grew out of the work of the United Nations Global Compact. A detailed "Inspirational Guide for the Implementation of PRME" is also available on the Jesuit Digital Network.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source
This three page resource identifies the topics covered in a typical course on business ethics in the United States. The author also identifies several topics added to courses in the past five years and topics which are being considered for adoption. Finally, the author presents a comprehensive list of the topics which constitute the field of business ethics, as studied and taught in the United States.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This resource provides teachers an understanding of the Giving Voice to Values curriculum which has become popular in recent years with many teachers of business ethics around the world. The Giving Voice to Values curriculum emphasizes that business people must learn the practical techniques of raising and advocating for ethical principles in business, as well as how to analyze a situation to determine what is the right thing to do.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This short two page document summarizes the purpose of the United Nations Global Compact and lists the Global Compact's ten principles for business.
Material Type: Reading
