Business Ethics in Practice (Intermediate Level)

The Ethical Stakeholder Management bundle provides a comprehensive look at how businesses interact ethically with their key stakeholder groups, including shareholders, employees, consumers, suppliers, competitors, and civil society. Across five courses, learners will explore ethical corporate governance, fair treatment in the workplace, responsible marketing, ethical supply chain practices, and the role of public expectations in shaping business behaviour.

This bundle equips learners with the skills to evaluate decisions through a stakeholder-focused ethical lens. It helps professionals understand competing interests, manage ethical dilemmas, and build transparent, fair, and trustworthy business relationships that support long-term organisational integrity.

• Understand the ethical responsibilities businesses hold toward shareholders and the foundations of ethical corporate governance.
• Explore employee rights, workplace fairness, and the ethical obligations that shape employer-employee relationships.
• Learn responsible consumer practices including truthful marketing, product safety, privacy, and ethical branding.
• Examine ethical sourcing, fair trade, competitive conduct, and how to build transparent and responsible supply chains.
• Understand how civil society actors influence business behaviour and how organisations can engage ethically with public expectations.
• Develop decision making skills for resolving stakeholder conflicts and balancing profit with ethical responsibilities.
• Build a stakeholder centred approach to ethics that promotes trust, fairness, and accountability.