Keynote address: Business Ethics and the Veil of Ignorance
IBE Chair Flora Page KC delivers the Keynote Address at the 2025 ICAEW Conference
04 November 2025
A little help
IBE’s Associate Director, Prof. Chris Cowton, reflects on the role of ethical decision-making models, the subject of our latest research report.
22 March 2023
FTSE 100 Ethical Decision-Making Models: good questions, good answers?
This report analyses the ethical decision-making models contained in the codes of ethics of the UK’s leading companies, the FTSE 100.
20 March 2023
FTSE 100 Codes of Ethics: room for improvement
An assessment of the Codes of Ethics of the UK’s leading companies.
09 August 2021
We All Make Mistakes – But Can We Learn from Them?
In our latest guest blog, Corinne Fenech, discusses why unethical decision making is not above any of us, why this matters, and what each of us can do about it.
26 May 2021
Ethics challenges for new employees and those changing jobs
Read our latest guest blog by By Kirk O. Hanson, Coauthor of Rotten: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues And What To Do About It.
12 May 2021
Ethics Goes Viral: pandemic dilemmas
Review the webinar recording, dilemmas and voting results of our previous series.
15 October 2020
Embedding Business Ethics: 2020 report on corporate ethics policies and programmes
This report is the ninth in the triennial series looking at corporate ethics policies and programmes. It is the IBE’s longest-running survey series, and continues to give valuable insights into how companies run their ethics programmes.
01 April 2020
Attitudes of the British Public to Business Ethics: 2019
The 2019 results of the IBE's annual survey of the attitudes of the British public to business ethics.
17 December 2019
Dilemma: Recycling
This dilemma addresses issues of conflicts of interest, environmental responsibility and duty of confidentiality.
17 August 2019
Corporate Ethics in a Digital Age
This Board Briefing suggests questions for those in the boardroom to ask to help address the ethical challenges of AI in their businesses. It uses case studies to highlight the real-world dilemmas which boards are facing.
04 June 2019
The Ethical Challenges and Opportunities of Social Media Use
Social media presents organisations with both ethical challenges and opportunities. As it blurs the boundaries between our personal lives and work, it can be a difficult balance for companies to protect their reputations, uphold their responsibilities to stakeholders, and empower employees to use social media ethically and effectively.
02 May 2019
