The IBE carries out research into business ethics issues and the ways that organisations and their employees can effectively embed ethical values into their practice and decision making.

These projects aim to provide practical and guidance and advice for our subscribers and other organisations wishing to advance the effectiveness of their ethics policies and programmes. The results of our research projects are disseminated through our publications (see below).

If you would like information about an existing project or would consider sponsoring one, or would like to suggest a topic for future research, please get in touch with us on +44 (0)20 7798 6040 or email us at: info@ibe.org.uk

Latest Project News

Latest IBE Briefings: Incentivising Ethical Behaviour in Staff (issue 11) September 2009

Latest IBE Good Practice Guide : Surveying Staff

Latest IBE Reports: Marketing Responsibly: Addressing the Ethical Challenges by Mallen Baker

Current Projects 

IBE Good Practice Guide 3: Using Scenarios to Make Your Ethics Programme Effective
This Good Practice Guide aims to provide practical guidance on how organisations can use scenarios as part of making their ethics programme effective. It will look at what situations scenarios can be used in, and how to facilitate them. As well as providing examples of scenarios and questions to prompt discussion, the guide will outline ways for organisations to develop their own scenarios.
>>Author: Katherine Bradshaw
>>Publication date: Forthcoming

Occasional Paper: Ethics in the Provision and Use of IT for Business 
The aim of this project is to prompt business managers to consider whether their ICT provision and use are in line with their organisation's ethical values, and to raise awareness of the ethical issues and implications of ICT provision and use. IBE is working with the British Computer Society to investigate key issues and case studies.
>>Author : Penny Duquenoy with Nicole Dando and Ian Harris
>>Publication date: 2009
>>Sponsorsed by the British Computer Society
 

Regular Projects

Annual Business Ethics Survey: Public Perceptions Of Business Conduct 
The survey has been conducted annually for the IBE by Ipsos MORI since 2003 as part of their national Omnibus survey of a cross section of the UK public. It has tracked which business ethics issues are of most concern and whether the public believe ethical conduct by business is improving. For a summary of the 2009 survey results, please see here>>.

For more information on current and forthcoming projects or for details of how to sponsor a publication please contact Dr Nicole Dando, Head of Projects on 0207 798 6040.

For details of past projects and an IBE publications list please visit here.

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