Overview:
This lesson introduces students to the idea of business ethics and social responsibility from a global perspective. The emphasis will be on unveiling the hidden costs of production and consumption and how students, as individuals, are implicated in this system. This lesson is the first of a four-lesson unit that will explore ethics and socially responsible behavior in the business world. It can be used as a launching point for studying social responsibility and ethics in a variety of ways.
NBEA Standard(s):
- Management, V. Ethics And Social Responsibility
Knowledge@Wharton High School Articles:
- “Volkswagen’s Smog-filled Scandal”
- “Thinking Ethically and Philosophically About the Decisions Companies Make”
- “The Global Climate Strike and How Business Is Responding in the Face of Activism”
- “The ‘Green’ Path from Corporate Social Responsibility to Brighter Earth Days”
- “South Sudan: Business Ethics Can Help the World’s Youngest Country”
- “Just Do It – But Ethically, Please”
- “Insights from the Fall of Aleppo”
- “Fighting for Environmental Justice”
- “Career Insight: Thinking about Business Ethics in a Practical Way”
- “Career Insight: Serguei Netessine on the Importance of Thinking Globally”
- “Career Insight: 3 Honest Reflections from Foreign Policy Expert Susan Rice”
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