Scandals continue to hit the business world
and society has higher and higher expectations of business.
This makes business ethics an increasingly important issue
for organisations of all sizes. The IBE Student Essay Competition
is now in its fourth year and aims to encourage the subject
of Business Ethics in UK Business Schools and similar teaching
departments. This is run in association with the UK branch
of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), a network
of academics teaching business ethics.
The winner of the £500 postgraduate
prize was Simon Wright from the University of Nottingham
for his essay on corruption. The undergraduate prize of
£500 was awarded to Victoria Clark from Manchester
Metropolitan University Business SChool for her essay entitled
"How ethical are the moves made by McDonald's to
become more corporately socially responsible?".
The judges were also impressed with an essay by postgraduate
Simon Henzell-Thomas from Birkbeck College for his essay
Where does a firm's responsibility for its products end?
The case of Caterpillar's bulldozers and decided to
award a runners-up prize.
in association
with European Business Ethics
Network - UK
Postgraduate winner Simon
Wright receiving his award from Professor Chris Jenks.
