Thinking Ethics

Teaching Business Ethics

New book out ! Global Survey in Business Ethics Teaching Training and Research - edited by Deon Rossouw and Christoph Stuckelberger. 400 page book available for free download on  globethics.net, or can be order in print for a small sum.

The whistleblower's handbook

A step-by-step guide to doing what's right and protecting yourself. By Stephen Kohn,  a lawyer specializing in whistleblower legislation and an executive director of the National Whistleblower Center in the US. The book can be found here. It explains all the laws in the US and the 21 basic rules potential whistleblowers need to think about.

How to embed CSR in an organisation

New report by Pamela Muckosy of Ethical Corporation on "How to embed CSR across your company". The report covers how corporations are engaging stakeholders in their corporate responsibility programs after the crisis and companies response to responsible investment.

Ethical and business dilemmas of Google in China

Here is a case study by Anne T. Lawrence on the ethical and business dilemmas that Google faced in deciding it's strategy in China. The PDF can be downloaded free of charge from the great resource center www.greenleaf-publishing.com  : "Google, Inc: Figuring out how to deal with China"

Case studies

I personally prefer to highlight the positive, but when teaching ethics you do need to show the boundaries. So here is a book of critical case studies on the scandalous practices sometimes found in Business - The Dark Side : Critical Cases on the Downside of Business.

Resource for MBA's

There was a study done a few years ago that MBA students were less ethical than other students. Since then all MBA programmes have done a lot to get case studies on ethical dilemmas in every subject. Also on offer are courses on sustainable development.

Katie Kross has just written a book called "Profession and purpose: a resource guide for MBA careers in sustainability". apparently it is "the sustaibility coach MBA's have been waiting for". Well I don't know about that, but it is a resorce for people interested in careers in this area.

Moral Clarity - the book review

I am such an inspiration junkie - anything to do with hope or idealism catches my attention. I suppose that is why I am such a fan of Barack Obama. Anyway, Susan Neiman has come out with a new book, Moral Clarity, which is a guide for grown-up idealists. It was reviewed in the International Herald Tribune by Simon Blackburn under the title "In defense of Enlightenment, Idealogy and Ideals". If you don't get the book - the review is certainly worth a read.

Save the planet stories

If you are interested in the movers and shakers who have spoken up throughout history to save the planet, then you might be interested in this book by Kevin Desmond, "301 Extraordinary Environmentalists".  link here

Cool book for curious kids

I borrowed this title and book review of "The Coolest Cross-Sections Ever" by Stephen Biesty, from another cool site - Adventures in Ethics and Science. It is written by Janet D. Stemwedel, aka Dr. Freeride. Both the site and the book look way cool.

Ethics and business

Interesting book review  in Globalehtics.org by Rushworth M. Kidder on Daniel Yankelovich's latest book "Profit with honor", enttiled by Kidder "Stewardship ethics".