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Case Studies - Free download

Arthur Andersen Case Study Library.  During the period 1987-94 Arthur Andersen funded a $5 million joint project with 525 universities to raise awareness of ethical issues in business.  This collection of 90 case studies is one product of that effort.  All participating universities, including Carnegie Mellon, have license to use these materials and reproduce them as needed for instructional purposes.

Blog

Ethical Decisions Blog maintained by John Hooker. Rational analysis of ethical issues.

Business Ethics Course – Videos

Short business ethics course in six 30-minute videos, recorded by John Hooker.  This is an update of a 2012 version.

• Business Ethics Course, Session 1: Why Ethics? Transcript with slides.
• Business Ethics Course, Session 2: Rational choice I.  Transcript with slides.
• Business Ethics Course, Session 3: Rational choice II.  Transcript with slides.
• Business Ethics Course, Session 4: Daily life case studies.  Transcript with slides.
• Business Ethics Course, Session 5: Business case studies I.  Transcript with slides.
• Business Ethics Course, Session 6: Business case studies II.  Transcript with slides.

Business Ethics Course – Slides

These are Powerpoint slides for a complete and more recent course designed by John Hooker. References for further reading can be found at the end of most of the slide decks.

• Module 1 – Why ethics?
• Module 2 – Myths and misconceptions
• Module 3 – Moral development and leadership
• Module 4 – Corporations and fiduciary duty
• Module 5 – Facts and values
• Module 6 – Generalization principle
• Module 7 – Utilitarian principle
• Module 8 – Everyday dilemmas
• Module 9 – Autonomy principle
• Module 10 – Case studies revisited
• Module 11 – Ethics and technology, part 1
• Module 12 – Corporate social responsibility
• Module 13 – Intellectual property
• Module 14 – Ethics and technology, part 2
• Module 15 – Medical issues
• Module 16 - Sustainability

My Ethics Textbooks

J. N. Hooker, Business Ethics as Rational Choice, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2011. Contains exercises. Solutions to selected exercises are here.

J. N. Hooker, Taking Ethics Seriously: Why Ethics Is an Essential Tool for the Modern Workplace, Taylor and Francis, 2018

J. N. Hooker, Advanced Introduction to Business Ethics, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2021

Case Studies and Other Resources

The Case Centre.  Huge selection.  Ships cases from several collections.  

Journal of Business Ethics Education.  Case studies and other materials.

Harvard Business School Cases.  Catalog.  Use the search window to find ethics cases.

Darden Case Collection.  Click the "Ethics" link at the bottom of the welcome page.

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University. Cases, articles, and other resources.

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