Programme Lead: Prof N Eccles
The field of business ethics is exceptionally broad. At its most general, it is a branch of applied ethics that considers the moral dimensions of business. Specific areas of study that have fallen under its banner, and have been investigated over the years include corporate social responsibility/corporate citizenship, social accounting and reporting, responsible business leadership, socially responsible investment and even corporate governance. While we have considered these from both orthodox and critical perspectives in the past, our emphasis has become increasingly critical. Beyond this, recognising from bell hooks that “[t]he classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy” (hooks, 1994, p.12)[1], an increasing focus of our research has become the question of how we might teach business ethics? Much of this work been done in the context of the College of Economic and Management Science’s signature module, “Sustainability and Greed”, which the ISCC delivers.
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