Business ethics - making the world a better place

A study of the worldwide pressures from consumers and other stakeholders on companies to adopt ethical standards and practices.

Business Ethics - Making the World a Better Place

Michele Corrado and Charlotte Hines

INTRODUCTION

Ethics, in the Concise Oxford Dictionary is defined as the treating of moral questions. But whose morals? And which moral questions? The issues are diverse from environmental concerns, to animal welfare issues, labour practices, fair trade, health concerns and a recent entrant on the scene: biotechnology from genetic modification, to patenting of genes, to cloning.

The Chambers Dictionary perhaps gets closer to providing a workable definition: A code of behaviour considered correct. Maybe a combination of consumer pressure on companies and...

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