Introduction to Business Ethics

Julio Andrade

• Publisher: Boston City Campus
• eBook ISBN:
  9710000000008
• Year: 2025

This study guide equips students to navigate the corporate moral landscape by establishing ethics as the pursuit of the good via the ethics triangle and classical theories like Utilitarianism, Kantianism, and Virtue Ethics. It critically examines the tension between shareholder primacy and stakeholder theory, while exploring Corporate Citizenship and the organization's role as a moral agent. Practically, the guide provides a framework for the governance of ethics, detailing strategies for leadership, risk assessment, and institutionalisation through codes and training. Finally, it addresses whistleblowing as a profound dilemma of conflicting loyalties, preparing students to handle moral dissent and organisational retaliation.

Table of contents

• UNIT 1: WHAT IS ETHICS?
• UNIT 2: THE PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS ETHICS
• UNIT 3: ETHICS GOVERNANCE IN ORGANISATIONS
• UNIT 4: THE ETHICS OF WHISTLEBLOWING