Lecture handouts
- Introduction to ethics – 3a H1
- Business ethics – 3b H1 / 3b H2
- Classifying CSR theories / Friedman on CSR – 3c H1 / CSR frameworks diagrams
- Porter and Kramer – 3d H1 / 3d H2
From behavioural economics to ethics
Ariely, D (2009), Predictably irrational, London: Harper
Frey, B and Jegen, R (2001), Motivation crowding theory, Journal of Economic Surveys, v15 no. 5, 589-611
Hazard, GC (1995), Law, morals and ethics, Yale Law School: Faculty Scholarship Series, Paper 2372
Layard, R (2006), Happiness – Lessons from a new science, London: Penguin
Nash, LL (1990), Good intentions aside: A manager’s guide to resolving ethical problems, Harvard Business Press
Sandel, M (2012), What money can’t buy – The moral limits of markets, London: Allen Lane
Michael Sandel’s talk at Aspen Ideas Festival 2012 [video]
Ethics and economics
Daniel, A and Arce, M (2004), Conspicuous by its absence: ethics and managerial economics, Journal of Business Ethics, v54, pp261-277
Dowie, M (1977), Pinto Madness, Mother Jones Magazine, Sept/Oct
Fisher, C and Lovell, A (2009), Business Ethics and Values (3rd ed), London: FT-Prentice Hall
Hausman, D and McPherson, M (1993), Taking ethics seriously: Economics and contemporary moral philosophy, Journal of Economic Literature, v31, June, pp671-731 [large annotated pdf]
Rowen, D and Dietrich, M (2004), Incorporating ethics into economics: problems and possibilities, Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series, no. 2004006, University of Sheffield
Schwartz, GT (1991), The myth of the Ford Pinto case, Rutgers Law Review, v43 pp1013-1068
Corporate Social Responsibility
Chryssides, GD and Kaler, JH (1993), An introduction to Business Ethics, London: Chapman and Hall
Day, Peter (2010), Global Business: Michael Porter interview, BBC World Service, Dec 27th [podcast – mp3]
Darigan, KH and Post, JE (2009) , Corporate Citizenship in China: CSR Challenges in the ‘Harmonious Society’, The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, i35 Autumn pp35–53
Denning, S (2011), Why ‘Shared Value’ Can’t Fix Capitalism, Forbes, Dec 20th
Denning, S (2012), What Killed Michael Porter’s Monitor Group? The One Force That Really Matters, Forbes, Nov 20th
Elkington, J (2012), Sustainability should not be consigned to history by Shared Value, The Guardian Sustainable Business blog, June 7th
Freeman, RE (1984), Strategic Management: A stakeholder approach, [digital reprint 2010 - Cambridge University Press]
Friedman, M (1970), The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits, The New York Times Magazine, September 13
Garriga, E and Melé, M (2004), Corporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory, Journal of Business Ethics, v54, pp51-71
Haque, U (2011), The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business, Harvard Business School Press
Haque, U (2011), Betterness: Economics for Humans, Harvard Business School Press [Kindle single]
Haque, U (2011), Business isn’t as profitable as betterness, Co.Exist [Fast Company]
Porter, M and Kramer, M (2011), Creating Shared Value, Harvard Business Review, Jan-Feb
Porter, M and Kramer, M (2006), Strategy & Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility, Harvard Business Review, Dec [EBSCO]
* Rondinelli, DA and Berry, MA (2000), Environmental Citizenship in Multinational Corporations: Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development, European Management Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 70–84
Schwartz, M and Carroll, AB (2003), Corporate Social Responsibility: A three-domain approach, Business Ethics Quarterly, v13 no.4 pp503-530
General
Benjamin, A (2011), Pesticide firms must be held to account for bee poisoning, Guardian Environment blog, Dec 2nd
Fast Company’s Ethonomics collection of articles
Other
Michael Sandel’s (2009) Reith lecture on Radio 4 on markets and morals
Bandolier (2007), Risk of death and transportation data, University of Oxford
FSG [non-profit consultancy] on ‘shared value’
The Corporation [polemic documentary by Joel Bakan]
