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Business Ethics Lesson Ideas

Target GroupBachelorResource TypeLesson/Teaching PlansDomainPhilosophical and Historical AspectsDuration> 4hAuthorCarnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
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  • This resource consists of a growing list of lesson plan ideas and resources for high school and college students learning about business ethics. Instructors should be familiar with various forms of private sector involvement in social causes, as well as the different theories of business ethics (e.g., shareholder vs. stakeholder theory, corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and sustainable business practices). Each lesson plan includes activities, background reading, background multimedia, and related ethical questions. 

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  • The resources provided can be integrated into traditional lectures (e.g. introduction to business ethics theories, exploration of sustainable business practices), in workshops (e.g. interactive ethical decision-making, group discussion of ethical dilemmas…) and in individual or group assignments. 

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Lesson/Teaching Plans

Engage students as co-facilitators and content contributors rather than passive recipients. Students should prepare discussion questions and share relevant experiences that enrich planned activities. Build flexibility for organic learning moments that emerge from student interests. Use plans as frameworks for shared inquiry rather than rigid scripts.

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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
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    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
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    • Anticipatory thinking
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    • Cognitive learning
    • Socio-emotional learning
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
      • Problem-solving
      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
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    • Learning approach
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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
    • Problem-solving
    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
    • Anticipatory thinking
    • Systems thinking
    • Strategy
    Learning approach
    • Cognitive learning
    • Socio-emotional learning
    • Behavioural learning
    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
      • Problem-solving
      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
      • Systems thinking
      • Strategy
    • Learning approach
      • Cognitive learning
      • Socio-emotional learning
      • Behavioural learning
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