February 23, 2011 by

INTRODUCTION What is Business Ethics?

The Good Corporation Standard Here are the ethical requirements developed by the US Institute of Business Ethics and a consultancy company…

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December 26, 2010 by

Article: a Christian approach to business ethics

Click on this link for an excellent short paper on business ethics and Christianity: http://klice.co.uk/uploads/EiB/Webley%20v12.3%20pub.pdf For the papal encyclical 2009 Caritas…

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December 26, 2010 by

Weblinks and reading

For good introductory chapters go to: Stewart, N  Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Polity, 2009) Ch.7 Tannsjo, T Understanding Ethics…

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December 24, 2010 by

Weblinks and games

Games: Fling the teacher – 15 questions on war http://www.rsrevision.com/Alevel/ethics/games/war_game.html

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December 22, 2010 by

Past Questions: – Free Will/determinism

Free will and determinism remain a popular choice for examiners, as the first paper in the new spec shows (see below)….

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December 22, 2010 by

Past Questions: – Just War

Just War Theory is now one of the applied issues at AS (new spec). The others are abortion, euthanasia, genetic engineering…

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December 22, 2010 by

Handout: Utilitarianism and Business: Ford Pinto case

Utilitarianism and Business Ethics Introduction Welcome to philosophicalinvestigations – a site dedicated to ethical thinking (rather than one page summaries!!! Though…

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October 15, 2010 by

Essay: Virtue Ethics v deontology

Character-based ethics is more useful in making moral decisions that rule-based ethics. Discuss – 35 marks Comments on this essay, written…

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August 11, 2010 by

Film: clips – Kant

These are some film clips I have found useful in raising issues around Kant’s view of ethics. Please email any further…

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August 4, 2010 by

Weblinks – conscience

For an introductory lesson, listen to a lecture about Abu Ghraib prison and how good people “turn evil”: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html Combibe this with  some…

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