The case studies have been provided by academics who teach business ethics. They retain the copyright of their material; but by providing it to this website they agree that others may use it in their teaching. If you do use any of the case studies please include the following acknowledgement in any use you make of the material.

This material has been written by [name of the case study author] of [name of organisation or institution] and is used with their permission for teaching and learning purposes. It is available from the Institute of Business Ethics at info@ibe.org.uk.

Advice on using case studies in teaching business ethics.

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The case studies have been organised to a common format although some are long and others short and they cover a wide range of topics. They all include

• an abstract or summary of the case
• a list of keywords.
• the case study
• a list of questions or issues that the student using of the case study should think about.
• a list of any references cited in the case.
• a brief tutors' guide, around about a 1,000 words, to give some indication of the range of issues/ considerations and theories the case study is intended to illuminate.
• Sometimes they also include a short bibliography of reading relevant to the case.

Index to case studies