Business Ethics BUSI 1314 Lecture 1 Wim Vandekerckhove vw 01@gre. ac. uk
Lecture 1 1. 2. 3. 4. What is ethics? What is business ethics? This course Practical stuff • In-depth readings: – Malcolm and Hartley 2009 – Hoffman and Moore 1982 Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 2
1. What is ethics? • = reasoning about what we find ethical and unethical. • What is ethical/unethical? We ‘know’ when we see it in a situation • Discussing ethics = trying to make sense about why we ‘know’/ ‘feel’ something is (un)ethical • Ethical theory: attempts to give those discussions some foundation Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 3
1. What is ethics? (cont. ) • People discuss ethics • Person = past experience + external sources (which give rise to experience) • Full person exists in society, in communication with others • Ethics happens between people (Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe) Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 4
2. What is business ethics? • Different theories? • Business people / Ordinary people? • During work / After work? • Cf. Drucker ‘One ethics […] one code, that of individual behavior in which the same rules apply to everyone alike’ (Drucker 1981: 19) • Different situations because people enter specific relations through business organisation • Cf. Ed Freeman ‘I may have learned some important values from my grandparents and parents, but we never discussed conflicts of interest or when a gift could be considered a bribe. ’ (Freeman 2009) Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 5
2. What is business ethics? (cont) • No ‘business ethics’, just ethics in the context of business/organisations • No ‘social responsibility’ overriding individual consciousness • People act, not systems or organisations. People act through organisations. • Two tiers of functions in society: 1. Of organisations 2. Of workers within organisations Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 6
3. This Course • Improve our ability to see and discuss the particular and the universal ethical issues of a business situation Major schools of thought of moral philosophy Ethics and the law Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility Moral awareness and moral imagination Critical awareness of ethical claims and debates with regard to business and management – Philosophy of management – – – Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 7
4. Practical stuff • Text book: Crane and Matten Business Ethics, OUP (any edition will do!) • Further and in-depth readings: through webct • Read newspapers, watch news on tv or web, subscribe to some podcasts (a lot of them are free) • Dare to think Dare to question Dare to speak Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 8
4. Practical stuff (cont) • Assessment: 1. Coursework 1 3 exercises from tutorials • • Stakeholder interests (what is an organisation? ) Concepts and expectations (organisation as text) Actions and reasons (ethical theories) (3 x 500 words, 5 Nov. 3 pm) 2. Coursework 2 individual essay • • Analyse an ethical issue in an organisation from different positions and perspectives. (2500 words, 17 Dec. 3 pm) Get informed about the cases you use: Newspaper, websites, reports (rather than academic papers on ethics) Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 9
good luck & have courage Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 10
References • Drucker , P. F. (1981), ‘What is business ethics? ’, The Public Interest 63, 1836. • Freeman, R. E. (2009), ‘On business ethics’, Foundation for Economic Education Podcast 11. Available on i. Tunes. • Hoffman, W. M. and Moore, J. M. (1982), ‘What is business ethics? A reply to Peter Drucker’, Journal of Business Ethics 1(4), 293 -300. • Malcolm, S. B. and Hartley, N. T. (2009), ‘Peter F. Drucker: ethics scholar par excellence’, Journal of Management History 15(4), 375 -387. Wim Vandekerckhove - Business Ethics BUSI 1314 - University of Greenwich 2010 -2011 11
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