Aaron Quinn raises the ethical issue of manipulating images in Photojournalism, through the use of computers, high-end camera gear and imaging editing software, as most readers feel that the images they see in newspapers and media is manipulated by journalists, as a result of which public trust is waning in journalism. Aaron Quinn says that […]
CSR, Ethics & Sustainability:
Ethical Issues with respect to Technology
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that studies morality, and Ethics in technology addresses ethical questions specific to the Technology Age. Professional ethics falls under the sub discipline of applied ethics as its purpose is to reason about, and answer moral issues, that arise in certain specific situations encountered by professionals. There are situations when […]
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Importance in recent years and explanation of various concepts What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? Corporate social responsibility (CSR), also known as corporate responsibility (CR) or business sustainability, is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a stakeholder type business model. CSR focuses on achieving business sustainability through the delivery of […]
Business Ethics: Definition, Principles, Examples
Business ethics addresses issues of right and wrong in decision making, but how does one decide what is right and what is wrong. Different Organisations Different types of business exists: Small or medium privately owned business where the owner is the manager, Multi-national corporation, Public sector organisation, Charity or other organisation with a social purpose. […]
Carroll’s CSR Pyramid: Understanding the Four Levels
Carroll’s CSR pyramid is a framework that explains how organisations can take social responsibility, it highlights the four important types of responsibility of organisations. This is one of the most well-used models used to describe and explain CSR (Carroll, 1991, in Tench and Yeomans, 2017, p.84). According to Carroll, businesses have four levels of responsibility: […]
Triple bottom line (TBL)
The term Triple bottom line (TBL) was coined by John Elkington in 1994. TBL is an accounting framework with three parts: social, environmental and financial. Many organizations (Nike, Tesco, DHL) have adopted the 3BL framework to evaluate their performance in a broader perspective. TBL is also commonly known as the three Ps: people, planet and […]
Ethical Theories: Overview
What is Ethics? Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. The branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. More definitions by Crane and Matten (2010, p.8). “Morality is concerned with the norms, values and beliefs embedded in social processes which define right and wrong for an individual or […]
Kant’s Ethical Theory: Kantian Ethics, Categorical Imperatives, Morality
German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) is one of the most important philosophers although he is not very easy to understand. Kant was not a consequentialist, but attempted to base his moral theory on human reason rather than on feeling, as the utilitarians do. Kant starts off with the basic question, “What is a moral belief?” […]