Global Learning Centre Podcasts

Episode 6: Whistleblowing, courage and encouragement

Professor Moore concludes this series by discussing whistleblowing, calling upon a recent instance and discussing the roles of personal courage and colleague encouragement.

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Episode 05: Virtue ethics and business organisations part 2

Following on from the previous episode, Professor Moore looks at the virtues which previous studies have associated with organisations and businesses, asking questions about context, vice and the link to performance. Reviewing the responses he received in his interviews with Alliance-Boots employees, he suggests some ways forward for organisations interested in their own organisational virtue ethics.

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Episode 04: Virtue ethics and business organisations part 1

Professor Moore introduces his current field of study, explaining a conceptual framework for virtue ethics and key concepts such as internal and external goods and the relationship between practice and institution. He then examines what the virtuous business organisation might look like within this framework.

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Episode 03: Ecological sustainability – how should business respond?

The dangers of climate change are now common knowledge, and recent environmental projections suggest that action must be taken immediately, and on a large scale. What solutions have been suggested to curtail climate change, and how feasible are they? Professor Moore challenges business leaders to look critically at how their organisations are facing these issues, and to make sustainability central to their managerial priorities. (Release date: 29 October 2010)

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Episode 02: BP and the oil spill – who was responsible?

On 20 April 2010 an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded leading to the biggest oil spill in history with devastating consequences for marine life, coastal areas and businesses dependent on these natural resources. A question business ethics raises is who was responsible, and from a number of angles. Can causal responsibility be identify to reduce likelihood of future events? Who is responsible from a compensatory point of view? Who should pay? Then there is moral responsibility – can you blame corporate entities or individuals and seek legal redress? Or does the net of responsibility spread wider than this? (Release date: 20 September 2010)

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Episode 01: Long term solutions to the recent global financial crisis

What went wrong? How do we avoid future crises? Do we need just a minor regulatory change? Or do we need something more substantial - perhaps a new global economic ethic? In the first episode of a series of six on business ethics, Professor Geoff Moore discusses the problem and suggests how we might find a workable prescription. (Release date: 16 August 2010)

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