It is not always easy to know what to do or where to turn to when "put on the spot" - something we discovered earlier in our managerial careers.

This is one of the reasons why there is business ethics content on our website.

It is our hope that our site content will be of assistance to those facing difficult decisions and dilemmas, particularly the Decision Making Frameworks piece.

At SME we certainly are all advocates of "fairplay in business", which we believe generally produces win-win situations - one of the foundations for longer-term business success.

One of our objectives is to contribute to the promotion and development of standards of professional conduct and business behaviour by :

writing articles on business ethics and management (Accountancy Ireland, Business Contact, The Sunday Business Post et al)
presenting courses for Masters in Business and Final Chartered Accountancy students, business programmes...
membership of the Ethics Committee of the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland).
providing links to other online business ethics resources. Click here for our links page.

The Contradiction in Terms? article has been collated from a number of sources (including some of our own ideas). It is a useful introduction to the topic and includes a brief history of business ethics.

Some of our own articles such as Ethical Hypotheticals, The Whistleblowers' Dilemma and Corporate Change attracted interesting responses when published.

We would welcome any of your own observations, comments or suggestions for new content via our contact form.


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