BOH4M – Unit 1 – Lesson 3: Ethical Issues

Overview

Duration

100 minutes

Lesson Objective

• To learn about business ethics.

Lesson Outcomes

• Define ethics, ethical behaviour and ethical dilemma
• Explain why not every legal behaviour is necessarily ethical behaviour and ethical behaviour is not necessarily legal
• Explain how values impact ethical behaviour and decision making
• Define cultural relativism, ethical universalism and ethical imperialism
• Define whistleblowing and examine the laws to protect whistleblowers

The Lesson

Sequence

1. Starter: What are ethics? What is ethical behaviour?
2. What are ethics? | Teacher led note taking and discussion
3. Task 1 | What would you do? | Business scenarios activity
4. Viewpoints in ethics | Teacher led note taking and discussion
5. Ethical dilemmas | Teacher led note taking and discussion
6. Ethical dilemmas in the workplace | Class discussion
7. Code of ethics | Teacher led note taking and discussion
8. Ethics checklist | Teacher led note taking and discussion
9. Task 2 | Making Informed Decisions | Simulation
10. Whistleblowing | TedTalk
11. Whistleblowing | Article Analysis
12. Review: Head, heart, bin, bag

Assignment 1.2 | Ethical Issues

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