The purpose of this course is to strengthen your ability to anticipate, critically analyse and appropriately respond to some of the critical ethical and social challenges that confront managers in a global economy. This course provides a framework for analysing and evaluating the beliefs and values that underlie ethical controversies. You will examine the strong influence of cultural traditions and dominant beliefs on our attitudes towards business and discuss the relevance of traditional ethical theories (such as utilitarianism, rights and contract theories) to business decisions. This course examines the contextual, organisational and managerial issues associated with managers operating in a global environment both in the private and public sector environments. In considering the public sector the course will assess the different approaches to stakeholder management and encourage critical evaluation of different perspectives on efficiency, sustainability, stakeholder management, devolution, ethical codes of behaviour, government regulatory failure, whistle blowing and administrative appeals.