Educating For Ethical Survival

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Michael Schwartz, Charmayne Highfield, Hugh Breakey, Howard Harris
Emerald Publishing Limited, Dec 4, 2020 - Business & Economics - 200 pages
Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations (REIO) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed series that publishes rigorous academic research into organizational ethics from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives.
In this volume, Educating for Ethical Survival, a special section focuses on the challenges of teaching ethics to practically minded students, aiming to make the task of teaching applied ethics more tractable and constructive. Further contributions explore a range of aspects of ethical survival. Topics covered include:
  • propensity to moral disengagement
  • ability to survive ethically amid discord
  • finding ethical survival globally
  • ethical survival of students
  • content of social ethics courses
  • why reflection is important in personal learning as a global citizen.
Suited for professionals, educators and researchers, this book poses questions about the nature of ethical survival in a rapidly changing world and about the role of ethics in organizations.

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About the author (2020)

Michael Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Business Ethics in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Charmayne Highfield has over 15 years of hands-on experience in curriculum development and delivery to professionals in Australia and Singapore and experience as a manager in both public and private spheres.
Hugh Breakey is President of the Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics. He is a Senior Research Fellow in moral philosophy at Griffith University’s Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law.
Howard Harris is an Associate Professor at the University of South Australia. His research interests include the relevance of traditional virtues in contemporary management.

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