Business ethics (also corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. Topics include: ethical theory, corporate social responsibility, global ethics, employee rights and obligations, consumer rights and product safety, ethical issues in marketing, obligations in accounting and investment and principles of environmental management. Through graduate and undergraduate classes, and through its activities and programs, the Center provokes thought and discussion of business ethics.
This further underscores the conclusion that it would be incorrect to apply ethics to an object, but to the action that involves its use. It is important to realize that a resolution of the debate between shareholder and stakeholder theorists (however we conceive of the latter) will not resolve all or even most of the …