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Teaching Business Ethics
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Reflections on teaching Business Ethics online and other related matters. My theories about what works and what doesn't; miscellaneous comments on major moral and pedagogical perspectives. Comments and questions welcome, particularly from those with opposing views or different experiences.
- Added on: Aug 5th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Tony Birch
- Listed in: Philosophy Higher
- Tags: Online philosophy business ethics ethics kant utilitarianism
Recent Posts
Principles as Heuristics
"The more complicated the situation, and the less we really know about it, the more insistent is the orthodox type of moral theory upon the prior existence of some fixed and universal principle or law which is to be directly applied and followed. Rea...
The Problem of Business Ethics -- again
At the beginning of the course it's always a good idea to discuss the limitations of subject matter.The Acton Institute has an interesting website and an associated blog, which recently posted some insightful comments on business ethics, pointing out...
More Exercises: Student Surveys
Surveys should test fundamental moral intuitions about problems that can be elucidated through further study.Hinman's surveys meet this criterion. Students should be able to see the results for their group (class/university), as well as for a larger ...
Beginning Exercises
There is always a question about how to spend the first few hours of any class. I have mentioned surveys several times in the past. These reflect personal views -- but what about publicly expressed moral views? There are some: church bulletins, carto...
Health Care Debate as Example
Sometimes Business Ethics and Public Policy Ethics are taught as a single course. Since the two areas are hopelessly intertwined at this point, it is almost makes no sense to treat one without the other.In any case, I have been thinking lately that t...
Quiz Results
Time to report on the online quizzes I have had running for some time:Globalization I.Q. Quiz Average continues at about 58%, up from 56% since Sept. 2008.Global Ethics Survey1. Single most important character traits suggested by respondents shown be...
