| Compatibility between business and ethics - why moral questions arise (communitarians versus individualists) - morality and human nature - the moral law of duty - philosophies of ethics (teleology, deontology, justice theories) - Socratic ethics - Aristotle and commonsense ethics - the social contract - Marx and economic determinism - notions of absolutism versus relativism - moral relativism - cultural relativism - individual ethics versus corporate ethics - dimensions to social responsibility (economic, legal, ethical, philanthropic) - codes of ethics - ethical decision-making - stakeholder and stockholder theory - the social duty of business - profit maximisation v/s other corporate objectives - implications of Friedman's theory - personal v/s corporate ethics - whistle blowing - impact of poor governance on business - bribery in the context of business. |
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu |
