Business Ethics - Science topic

Conducting a SWOT analysis of the applications of artificial intelligence technology in business, in the business activities of companies and enterprises, shows that there are both many already and developing many more business applications of the said technology, i.e., many potential development opportunities are recognized in this field of using the achievements of the current fourth and/or fifth technological revolution in various spheres of business activity, as well as there are many risks arising from inappropriate, incompatible with the prevailing social norms, standards of reliable business activity, incompatible with business ethics use of new technologies. Among some of the most recognized negative aspects of improper use of generative artificial intelligence technology is the use of AI-equipped graphic applications available on the Internet that allow for the simple and easy generation of photos, graphics, images, videos and animations that, in the form of very realistically presented images, photos, videos, etc., depict something that never happened in reality, i.e., they graphically present images or videos presenting what could be described as “fictitious facts” in a very professional manner. In this way, Internet users can become disinformation generators in online social media, where they can post the said generated images, photos, videos, etc. with added descriptions, posts, comments, in which the said “fictitious facts” presented in the photos or videos will also be described in an editorially correct manner. Besides, the mentioned descriptions, posts, entries, comments, etc. can also be edited with the help of intelligent chatbots available on the Internet like Chat GPT, Copilot, Gemini, etc. However, misinformation is not the only serious problem as it has significantly intensified after OpenAI released the first versions of ChatGPT chatbot online in November 2021. A new category of technical operational risk associated with the new AI technology applied has emerged in companies and enterprises that implement generative artificial intelligence technology into various spheres of business. In addition, there is a growing scale of risks arising from conflicts of interest between business entities related to not fully regulated copyright issues of works created using applications and information systems equipped with generative artificial intelligence technology. Accordingly, there is a demand for the development of a standard of a kind of digital signature with the help of which works created with the help of AI technology will be electronically signed, so that each such work will be unique, unrepeatable and whose counterfeiting will thus be seriously hampered. However, these are only some of the negative aspects of the developing applications of AI technologies, for which there are no functioning legal norms. In the middle of 2023 and then in the spring of 2024, European Union bodies made public the preliminary versions of the developed legal norms on the proper, business-ethical use of technology in business, which were given the name AI Act. The legal normatives, referred to as the AIAct, contain a number of specific, defined types of AI technology applications deemed inappropriate, unethical, i.e. those that should not be used. The AIAct contains classified according to different levels of negative impact on society various types and specific examples of inappropriate and unethical use of AI technologies in the context of various aspects of business as well as non-business activities. An important issue to consider is the scale of the commitment of technology companies developing AI technologies to respect such regulations so that issues of ethical use of this technology are also defined as much as possible in technological aspects in companies that create, develop and implement these technologies. Besides, in order for AIACT's legal norms, when they come into force, not to be dead, it is necessary to introduce both sanction instruments in the form of specific penalties for business entities that use artificial intelligence technologies unethically, antisocially, contrary to AIAct. On the other hand, it would also be a good solution to introduce a system of rewarding those companies and businesses that make the most proper, pro-social, in accordance with the provisions of the AIAct, fully ethical use of AI technologies. In view of the fact that AIACT is to come into force only in more than 2 years so it is necessary to constantly monitor the development of AI technology, verify the validity of the provisions of AIAct in the face of dynamically developing AI technology, successively amend the provisions of the said legal norms, so that when they come into force they do not turn out to be outdated. In view of the above, it is to be hoped that, despite the rapid technological progress, the provisions on the ethical applications of artificial intelligence technology will be constantly updated and the legal normatives shaping the development of AI technology will be amended accordingly. If AIAct achieves the above-mentioned goals to a significant extent, ethical applications of AI technology should be implemented in the future, and the technology can be referred to as ethical generative artificial intelligence, which is finding new applications.

The key issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology are described in my article below:

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Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Researchers, Scientists, Friends,

AI can significantly improve the effectiveness of defence systems against cyberattacks. But what are the consequences for privacy and civil rights? For the purposes of this discussion, I have formulated the following research thesis: the use of AI in cybersecurity can increase the effectiveness of IT system protection, but it poses risks related to invasiveness and privacy restrictions. According to the above, the use of artificial intelligence technology in cybersecurity allows for the rapid detection of threats and the automation of responses to attacks. However, the implementation of this technology carries the risk of violating users' privacy, as well as the possibility of abuse by institutions using such solutions. Therefore, legal regulations and ethical guidelines for the use of AI in this field are needed.

My following articles are related to the above-mentioned issues in some aspects:

OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS AND THE NEED FOR NORMATIVE REGULATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT

Analysis of the security of information systems protection in the context of the global cyberatomy ransomware conducted on June 2, 2017

Development of malware ransomware as a new dimension of cybercrime taking control of IT enterprise and banking systems

Determinants of the development of cyber-attacks on IT systems of companies and individual clients in financial institutions

The role of Big Data and Data Science in the context of information security and cybersecurity

Increase in the Internetisation of economic processes, economic, pandemic and climate crisis as well as cybersecurity as key challenges and philosophical paradigms for the development of the 21st century civilisation.

CYBER SECURITY AND OTHER DETERMINANTS OF THE INTERNETISATION OF LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL MAGAZINES

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Ideal minded researchers come up with great ideas, inspired to improve society and the environment. But unscrupulous and greedy businesses hijack these for personal gain in the name of technology-society-country, taking all for a ride. Before these go out of hand and become an all powerful force, should conscientious researchers install a self-imposed regulatory mechanism/body that ensures that science & technology are only used for the upliftment of society; strengthen it so that unethical applications of science and technology are severely obstructed and also punishable by law?

Leaving these to the public and its proxy-The Government, have not worked out in the past and always end with the perpetrators getting away with a light rap on the wrist. In the end, the public and the environment are always the sufferers. Should we self-limit self-regulate ?

The sole objective of a business in modern times is to gain profit. This is ostensibly hidden and a great show is made of benefitting society or the environment. Very few businesses exist that care about people and the environment except probably the corner traditional family run grocery store. In ancient times, the sole objective of a business was to benefit society, providing it with goods and services that are 'need-based' only, without much advertising. Modern businesses are the opposite in that they are 'want-based' and create a product/technology/service and then create a demand for it by heavy advertising. Isn't this leading all toward moral, economic and environmental bankruptcy?

One of the earliest examples of greed in business is the example of the East India Company which led to the colonization of entire countries before they could be driven out. Should this be self-regulated at the start itself so that unethical, 'want-based' businesses cannot exploit researchers, society and the environment now and in the future ?

Dear friends, I and my colleagues do research in the field of business ethics and integrity. Thus, I need some new sight on the mechanisms and tools that government bodies can employ to stimulate business ethics and integrity.

Just the meaning and implications of Ethical Dilemma in Business

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My name is Muhammad Afnan Tariq. I'm 6th semester student at university in pakistan and currently enrolled in BBA Program. I want to write a thesis as fyp. I have interest in Marketing and Business Ethics and Political Economics and Environmental Economics and Strategic Planning and Business Economics. I want to be suggested with research topics that are not rhetorical and can have improve my knowledge and also put impact on research methods and analysis.

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Muhammad Afnan Tariq

As chatbots equipped with generative artificial intelligence technology are finding more and more applications within the framework of supporting human creative work, so the level of relevance of discussions concerning the ethical aspects of the use of such tools in the creative production of certain works is also increasing. Since the release of ChatGPT in open access on the Internet, it is a rapidly growing application of this tool in the increasingly automated creation of various types of texts, which until now were written by humans and now for humans can be done by artificial intelligence technology, an intelligent chatbot based on a generative language model. Advanced generative language models are taught to produce various types of texts based on artificial neural network technology, which are taught specific "skills" through a process of deep learning on the basis of data and information from many online databases, online libraries, indexing databases of scientific papers, information portals containing millions of source texts, and are refined through ongoing discussions with millions of users on the Internet. At present, such intelligent chatbots based on advanced generative language models are already being made available on the Internet by almost all leading Internet technology companies, or are currently working on developing and improving such tools and will soon make them available in open access to Internet users. Such increasingly "intelligent" tools that develop various kinds of documents, texts, studies in an increasingly sophisticated way and carry out the "creative" process in an increasingly perfect way are finding a rapidly growing scale of new applications and are being used more and more widely by Internet users. However, on the other hand, in a situation where Internet users use such tools not only for casual discussions, for fun, for entertainment, and commission intelligent chatbots to develop an article, formalized document, photo, graphic, etc. intended for publication, for use in a thesis, in an analytical report on the analysis and evaluation of the functioning of certain real-world economic entities and institutions, etc., then certain problems of an ethical nature arise. then certain ethical problems arise in connection with the use by the said intelligent chatbots from texts, documents, photos, articles and scientific and other books available on the Internet, etc., without first asking the authors of these studies, works, etc. whether they allow the use of their works, works, studies that have been published on the Internet in advance. In addition to this, ethical problems are also related to the fact that the said intelligent chatbots, in the course of automated development of works, often still do not fully show footnotes to sources, on show a full bibliography in the specified standards for the development of bibliographic descriptions of texts and source materials. Besides, also during the discussions conducted by intelligent chatbots with Internet users, it is not obligatory for the company providing the chatbot to obtain consent from the Internet user for the use of his knowledge, his documents and studies, his works, which he will enter into the database system of the intelligent chatbot, which are then used to improve the discussions conducted on the part of the chatbot, and are used to provide answers, to perform commissioned works for subsequent other Internet users. Besides, what is particularly important, in a situation when an intelligent chatbot on the order of an Internet user develops a certain work, and if it even shows sources for data, shows materials, publications, articles, books, photos, other source materials in the footnotes, in the bibliography, then at the same time a request is not sent to the authors of the source works for the possibility of their use by the chatbot in the development of a certain commissioned work by another Internet user, and no consent is taken from the authors of the original sources of data, information, results of previously conducted research, analysis, etc. Besides, in connection with the fact that many of the above-mentioned issues are not regulated by law, so there is still no mandatory requirement for authors of studies created with the involvement of tools based on a certain generative artificial intelligence technology to demonstrate that the work or a part of it, a certain fragment was created with the use of a certain mentioned tool. Accordingly, studies, texts, photos created with the use of such intelligent tools may contain information that is inconsistent with the facts and can be and are used to generate disinformation on the Internet, mainly on social media websites. Therefore, there are various dangers, risks, serious dangers associated with the unauthorized, incompatible with ethical principles, without respect for copyright, creation of certain works through the use of generative artificial intelligence. Thus, it is necessary to properly regulate all the above-mentioned issues concerning the creation of various types of works using generative artificial intelligence. In addition to this, it is necessary to legally sanction the creation of a requirement to automatically mark the works created in this way that a particular study, text, article, document, photo, film, etc. was created using a particular intelligent tool. It is also necessary to systematically organize the collection of consent from the authors of various types of source works, previously written texts, articles, books, made studies, photos, films, whose authors are human creators for the use of their works in the automated creation of further studies and works but already realized by tools based on generative artificial intelligence.

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Dariusz Prokopowicz

Globally, financial institutions, including commercial and investment banks continue to finance on a large scale the development of dirty energy based on the burning of fossils and the mining sector involved in extracting fossil fuels from the earth's crust. On the other hand, in recent years, financial institutions, including commercial banks recognizing the growth of pro-environmental, pro-climate and pro-environmental awareness of citizens, i.e. also customers of banking product and service offerings. Therefore, in order to improve their image in advertising campaigns, conferences, public relations meetings, etc., they present themselves as green financial institutions offering green loans, green bonds and other forms of green external financing. So-called green external financing is carried out by banks on the same terms or on a slightly promotional basis vis-à-vis other types of external financing not qualified by the definition of these terms as green financing. The research shows that financial institutions, including commercial banks are practicing greenwashing by advertising so-called green loans, i.e. loans which they have been providing for many years on a small scale and recently, in connection with the fashionable trends for sustainable economy, green economy, green transformation, closed loop economy, realization of sustainable development goals, have called green loans. In addition, individual commercial banks in order to distinguish themselves from each other in terms of their green financing offers and their green financial institution missions, missions articulated in advertising campaigns and marketing communications with customers are for the same issues of green, sustainable, zero-carbon closed loop economy use different terms for the same issues. Well, in marketing communications using the issues of the above-mentioned issues, they use different terms for sustainable economy, green economy, green economy transformation, closed loop economy, realization of sustainable development goals, etc. Since commercial banks have for many years been lending, among other things, to such economic ventures as the construction of sewage treatment plants, the erection of a windmill to generate electricity, the acquisition of new technologies by a municipal cleaning company, etc., and it is only recently that this financing has been called green financing and is particularly promoted and highlighted in advertising campaigns that there are considerations about the possibility of large-scale greenwashing by financial institutions operating in this way. Just as many years ago, when the concepts of sustainable economy, sustainable development goals, zero-carbon economy, closed-loop economy did not appear in the marketing communications of commercial banks, media debates, or did not yet exist at all, commercial banks financed pro-environmental business ventures, which at the time were not defined and defined in such a way. However, both at that time, e.g. in the late 1990s and earlier, the scale of lending that financed pro-environmental, pro-climate, pro-sustainability economic ventures was relatively small. The situation is similar today. In the 1990s in Poland, even a commercial bank, which has the term “Bank Ochrony Środowiska” in its name, also granted loans to finance projects that had nothing to do with ecology and sustainable economic development and the financing that we now call green was only part of the total lending activity. On the other hand, the relatively small increase in the scale of green lending by commercial banks recorded in recent years is due to the banks' use of emerging opportunities for co-participation in green financing programs for investment projects carried out mainly in the field of green transformation of the energy sector, including, for example, financing the installation by prosumers of photovoltaic panels on the roofs of their properties or businesses based on financial subsidies from the state's public finance system and/or European Union grants. Co-participation of commercial banks involves, for example, providing bridge loans to borrowers who, using subsidies from the state's public finance system, implement certain pro-climate and/or pro-environmental economic projects. In POlska, some such programs for financing green economic ventures with subsidies are combined with the obligatory use of bridge loans pending the transfer of subsidies. In Poland, banks have lobbied in the political sphere for this kind of solution in order to increase for themselves the market for loans granted and to increase the scale of the various types of loans that have been granted for years, which now then qualify for so-called green financing. In addition, commercial banks are motivated to develop green financing by the new European Union regulations coming into force regarding the corporate obligations imposed first on large corporations, large enterprises and companies and in subsequent years, i.e. from 2025 onwards, also on SME operators with regard to obligations to implement expanded, non-financial ESG reporting. The aforementioned expanded, non-financial ESG reporting is to play the role of increasing the transparency of companies, including equity companies, listed companies to shareholders, business counterparties and customers, and is to play the role of a motivator to increase the scale of implementation of pro-climate, pro-environmental, green business ventures, increase the scale of inclusion in the processes of green transformation of the economy and the implementation of sustainable development goals. commercial banks have seen in this process synergies for themselves and new opportunities for business development and cooperation with key customers such as business entities. Subsequently, all these emerging opportunities in recent years that banks use to scale up the development of green financing are presented in advertising campaigns as key determinants of their banking business presented as green banking, socially responsible banking, climate and environmentally responsible banking, banking that pursues many of the goals of sustainable development, banking that is highly supportive of the green transformation of the economy which is often an outstanding exaggeration of this issue, i.e. presenting themselves as green financial institutions. In view of the above, many commercial banks that currently use the technique of presenting themselves in marketing communications as green financial institutions on a large scale are practicing greenwashing.

I have described key aspects of the realities of the so-called green finnsing currently practiced by commercial banks, including the green loans they provide and many other key aspects of the green transformation of the economy in the article:

I invite you to familiarize yourself with the issues described in the publications given above, as well as to scientific cooperation in these issues.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

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Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Hello all,

I am currently finishing my Masters Degree of Management and Sustainability and I am aiming to do a PhD in January. However, my mind is blank to think of a good research question as i have just finished my second semester with 3 assignments worth 15,000 words in total and, now starting on another assignment.

I was wondering if anyone can advise me or help me come up with a research questions based on my interests?

I am interested in doing a PhD on Business Ethics and Sustainability or purely on Sustainability topics.

At University, I finished these units which were my favourite:

- Critical Enquiry for Entrepreneurs and Leaders (I write a journal article on how Neoliberalism influence the sustainable practices of the fast fashion industry).

- Social, Ethical and Environmental Enterprise for Leaders

- Business Ethics, Sustainability and Responsible Leadership

- Logistics and Supply Chain Practices

- Sustainability and Sustainable Development

Any comments would be much appreciated.

In the country where I operate just before the outbreak of the global financial crisis of 2008, commercial banks were extensively issuing mortgages denominated in foreign currency, mainly in Swiss franc, i.e. CHF. Mortgage offers offered in CHF were deliberately structured very attractively for customers, which resulted in a strong increase in lending actions on this type of loans. In 2006-2007, lending actions carried out within the framework of mortgages denominated in CHF grew so strongly that they significantly exceeded lending actions carried out within the framework of mortgages granted in the domestic currency, i.e. in PLN. However, in reality, the offers of these loans were not as attractive as initially presented to customers by the banks. At that time, in the context of high stock valuations on stock exchanges, rising prices of raw materials on wholesale commodity markets, high economic growth rates, rapidly rising real estate prices, good economic conditions, Poland's plans to join the euro zone, the PLN domestic currency exchange rate was in an upward trend. The banks, based on their macroeconomic analysis, knew what was going on, they knew about the overvalued assets, the overvalued PLN against other currencies, etc. The average customer, the potential borrower, did not have this knowledge. Banks took advantage of the asymmetry of information regarding the aforementioned issues of the macroeconomic situation of the economy, the valuation of assets on the capital markets, the level of exchange rates.

Within the framework of their CHF-denominated mortgages, they passed the currency risk arising from changes in exchange rates and the risk of changes in interest rates by the central bank in Switzerland onto the borrowers. Soon after the global financial crisis erupted in mid-September 2008, the exchange rate of the currency of a relatively non-large developing economy with higher investment risk, i.e. the PLN exchange rate against other currencies, instead of continuing to rise it began to fall sharply. The CHF exchange rate, on the other hand, rose rapidly, resulting in a significant increase in the size of the amounts paid to the bank by borrowers with the aforementioned loans in CHF in installments as part of their loan repayments. Before the global financial crisis of 2008, mortgage installments denominated in CHF were significantly lower compared to the situation if the same loan had been taken on analogous terms but in the domestic currency of PLN. On the other hand, after the outbreak of the aforementioned financial crisis, the situation reversed dramatically, as the amount of money paid to the bank in installments of repaid CHF loans increased significantly, and there were later situations that it exceeded the situation if the same loan had been taken on analogous terms but in the domestic currency of PLN. In addition, the loan agreements contained provisions that were prohibited from the point of view of good standards and guidelines of regulatory and supervisory institutions, abusive clauses. The abusive clauses in question were included in these agreements as part of the asymmetry of information used by the banks, occurring in their relations with customers.

In view of the above, the granting of mortgage loans in foreign currency is a deliberate exploitation by commercial banks of the information asymmetry occurring in relations with borrowers, is the transfer of currency risk by the bank to customers, and is an activity that is contrary to the principles of business ethics, corporate social responsibility of banking and, consequently, leads to a decline in the level of public confidence of citizens in relation to banks. Thus, the issue of CHF-denominated mortgages has become one of the significant factors deteriorating the image of commercial banks from the point of view of customers. The granting of mortgage loans denominated in CHF has caused a deterioration in the reputation of commercial banks operating in Poland, a decrease in the level of social responsibility of the banking business and, consequently, also a deterioration in the image of banks as institutions of social trust.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

As the level of pro-climate and pro-environmental awareness of citizens increases, so does the number of companies and enterprises that portray themselves in advertising campaigns as business entities pursuing specific sustainable development goals, in line with the trends of green transformation of the economy. To a large extent, these issues are highly correlated with each other and act in feedbacks to each other. On the one hand, the growing level of pro-climate and pro-environmental awareness of citizens motivates business entities to add to their missions and development strategies the issue of achieving sustainable development goals, undertaking business ventures that are part of the green transformation of the economy. On the other hand, in a situation where more and more companies, enterprises, financial and public institutions are presenting themselves as green business entities presenting in various brand promotion activities and advertising campaigns informing about the company's product and/or service offerings also descriptions and characteristics of green business ventures, presenting the business entity's implementation of certain sustainable development goals and green investment projects undertaken, where they develop their own energy sources based on renewable and emission-free energy sources, building wastewater treatment plants so as not to generate waste that pollutes the environment, developing and improving waste segregation and recycling techniques, carrying out economic projects involving environmental reclamation and restoration in post-industrially degraded areas, reforestation of industrially exploited areas and implementation of other green economic activities that are part of the processes of green transformation of the economy. however, as an institutional system for assessing the level of “greenness” of the aforementioned activities presented as realizing the goals of sustainable development and/or being part of pro-climate, pro-environmental, pro-ecological economic ventures has still not been built, so a significant number of business entities are overemphasizing the issue of presenting themselves in the framework of company brand promotion campaigns as green entities implementing ventures that are part of the green transformation of the economy. In recent years, there has been a strong increase in the number of companies, enterprises and financial institutions that portray themselves as green economic entities pursuing certain goals, including pro-environmental and pro-climate sustainability goals, while the scale of real activities in this regard is negligible or almost nonexistent. In addition, the introduction of mandatory expanded, non-financial ESG reporting motivates business entities to pursue green business ventures, which are often not green in reality. This is because a system of verification of the level of “greenness” of companies and enterprises, the level of factually inconsistent portrayal in the media and advertising campaigns carried out by business entities as green, pursuing sustainable development goals, respecting norms and standards for the protection of the climate, biosphere and environment, has still not been built to effectively systemically reduce the development of greenwashing, i.e. the so-called “eco-cheating”, eco-lying.

I am conducting research on this issue. I have included the conclusions of my research in the following article:

I invite you to discuss this important topic for the future of the planet's biosphere and climate.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

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Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I have participated in trainings whose organizers advertised on social media and during which they first presented their achievements in social media, pointed out the large income they generate within the framework of large reach in these online media, then talked about social media, marketing and online advertising used in these media, the possibility of using various applications based on artificial intelligence technology within the framework of marketing activities, creating and running advertising campaigns in social media and then presented their paid offers to gain access to these applications through created additional overlays, intermediary platforms, websites. Such training courses, webinars are usually free of charge. After the training, participants can receive free certificates confirming their participation in the training. This is a free additional form of incentive to participate in the training. On the other hand, among the forms of encouraging the purchase of access to specific AI applications is a promotional offer that lasts until the end of the training time and/or until the end of the day. however, it happens that the people conducting this type of training are not computer scientists who create AI applications, they are influencers, youtubers who have contrived to sell access to selected applications based on artificial intelligence technology, which for a certain fee will be available on created overlays, websites that act as intermediary applications to access specific source applications that are available for free on the Internet. In addition, it happens that those who conduct this kind of training do not even have a registered business and cannot even issue a VAT invoice for the services sold in this way in mediating access to selected AI applications. Surprisingly, the tax authorities in the various countries where such youtubers operate have not yet addressed this issue, given that some unethical individuals operating in this way boast about the high income they earn during such training sessions. It can be a problem of sorts for public tax authorities operating in individual countries if this kind of training and business activity is conducted via the Internet from other countries, which can be a kind of tax haven for this kind of activity. However, the problem can be serious if this kind of activity is conducted from a country referred to as a tax haven and is aimed at citizens of other countries. Apparently, there is still a lack of legal regulations that would effectively limit the use of unethical, unreliable business practices in the use of certain solutions based on artificial intelligence.

I described the key issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology in my article below:

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Colleagues and Researchers,

Greetings!

I'm currently editing a book titled “Building Business Knowledge for Complex Modern Business Environments” with IGI Global and would like to invite you to contribute to the book by submitting your Chapters. Here is the link, and below you will find the deadlines.

This book serves as a comprehensive guide to essential components necessary for navigating the complexities of contemporary business landscapes. It delves into crucial aspects such as strategic planning, financial management, technological integration, marketing strategies, and sustainable practices. Through detailed analysis and practical examples, the book offers insights into the dynamic interplay of these elements and their significance in achieving business success in today's rapidly evolving global marketplace. It caters to entrepreneurs, business professionals, educators, and students seeking a thorough understanding of fundamental principles essential for thriving in the modern business environment. The aim of this book is to empower individuals and organizations with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the complexities of modern business environments effectively.

The book also contributes significantly to the research community by synthesizing current knowledge and best practices in various fields related to business essentials. It offers a comprehensive overview of essential topics, providing researchers with a foundational understanding to explore deeper complexities and emerging trends within specific areas of interest. Additionally, the book may inspire further research inquiries into the intersectionality of business essentials with emerging technologies, socio-economic factors, and environmental sustainability, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation within the academic community.

1. Vision and Strategy.

2. Effective Organizational Leadership.

3. Financial Management.

4. Business Analysis and Excellence.

5. Business Ethics.

6. Sales and Marketing.

7. Business Sustainability and Diversity.

8. Human Resources, Culture, Team Building, and Talent Management.

9. Customer Experience Management and Engagement.

10. Marketing Management.

11. Engineering Management.

12. Project and Portfolio Management.

13. Risk Management and Governance.

14. Quality Management.

15. Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

16. Technological Integration and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications.

17. Operational Efficiency.

18. Supply Chain and Procurement Management.

May 19, 2024: Proposal Submission Deadline June 2, 2024: Notification of Acceptance August 11, 2024: Full Chapter Submission September 22, 2024: Review Results Returned October 20, 2024: Final Acceptance Notification October 27, 2024: Final Chapter Submission

Best Regards,

Dr. Ahmed Sedky

Unethical businessmen aided by politicians have transgressed boundaries of ethical, equitable, sustainable living in the pursuit of short-term profits and immediate self-gain to support certain exclusive lifestyles. The excuse used is 'competition' or 'everyone else is doing it'. This greed has now seeped into lay individuals, families, children, societies, nations and are creating unrest and dissatisfaction at all levels of the human-ecosystem. To feed this greed, newer and newer technologies are created to benefit a few. The immediate outcome of these misguided priorities is bad health-of individuals, economies and the environment. Long-term effects include obesity, divorce, war and the resultant effort to create more technologies to solve problems created by earlier misuse of technology.

How does one break and come out of this vicious circle of material addiction and technology creation to sustain this addiction?

2. Technology makes things easier to do, enables faster production and sadly enough, faster consumption of scarce common natural resources. This is a vicious circle. And all vicious circles, are hard to break. Wars, pogroms, genocides, invasions, colonisation, slavery-are all designed with a selfish goal: Grab other people’s resources. And make profits. From Lehman brothers, Monsanto, Enron, Nestle.....we have seen them all.

Vicious circles are confusing because the process is not linear, there are no clear starting and ending points. One thing leads to the other and the ending dove-tails again into the starting point.

3. The arms industry, entertainment industry, meat industry, porn industry, whaling industry, forestry industry are only some 'visible' examples with known ethical malpractices, with almost every industry bending ethics for the sake of the bottomline, because 'there is competition everywhere' and 'everyone is doing it'!

4. Scrupulous businessmen fulfill a perceived need in society. They put together their ingenuity and manufacturing ability for making life easier for others. They often do not advertise or patent their services.

Unscrupulous businessmen create a 'want'/desire in society, then bombard their target with psychological advertising, making them think they 'need' this, whatever the cost. They patent/license/copyright their product and feed off the spoils.

Since unscrupulous businessmen are at the root of imbalance in society and the environment, should we reign-in the business sector with more regulations, ethical controls and accountability?

5. So where do we start to break the vicious circle? Where does the buck stop? Businesses? National policy? Societies? Families? Individuals? Me?

"Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect."-Rob Reiner.

I ask because different countries have different solutions to this issue. In the country where I have been operating for many years, the main, dominant, meanstream, public news media are under government control, are state-owned (e.g., companies in which the treasury dominates as the main or sole shareholder), are referred to as public, and are used by the government as a mouthpiece for pro-government propaganda, including generating disinformation to citizens so that citizens will once again vote for the same ruling political party in parliamentary elections. On the one hand, this has been operating for many years and nothing has changed in this regard. And on the other hand, it is criticized by media experts, researchers and scholars, by media scholars, but also by many citizens who are not professionally or scientifically involved in the media. The criticism points to the lack of information objectivity, to the politicization of information, to the creation of pro-government propaganda, consisting of constant and incessant praise of what the government is doing, criticism of what the opposition parties are proposing, etc. on the unreliability of information, on the violation of the rules of journalistic ethics, on the public practice of hegemony against people working in opposition political circles, on the practice of disinformation even against people representing the so-called "hardcore electorate" of voters who usually vote in parliamentary and other elections for the ruling PIS political option.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Warm regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I recently read a review of my book, Business Ethics Education and the Pragmatic Pursuit of the Good at https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/business-ethics-makes-business?lang=es

I would be interested in hearing from others pursuing similar work.

Frank Schweigert

I recently completed my DBA primarily focused on business ethics. The title of my thesis was: A model for business ethics in the sharing economy. During the studies I became aware of the convergence of business ethics and a number of technological movements illustrated in my thesis by the attached figure.

Over my business career I was also very interested in leadership. So, I somehow want to combine AI, business ethics and leadership in my research.

During my studies I have also come across several doctoral theses that was written in the form of a book that can be published. What do you think about this idea?

Colleagues:

I have just been asked by NOVA Publications to edit the book, Business Ethics: Perspectives, Management, and Issues.

What specific topics about Business Ethics do you think merit inclusion in this new book? Do you have an suggestions or ideas that you think would add value for faculty, students, or administrators?

I welcome your suggestions and would enjoy working with any scholars that may wish to contribute a chapter to this volume.

Cam Caldwell

I am considering research on what and how AI will impact business ethics into the future. It would be appreciated if you could recommend reading material on the topic.

What are some obvious examples of greenwashing in advertising campaigns of companies that present themselves as green companies pursuing sustainable development goals, developing green, pro-environmental, pro-climate projects, making green investments, e.g. in renewable and emission-free energy sources, which is not true?

In recent years, there have been more and more examples of the use of greenwashing in advertising campaigns, which consists in misleading the public, potential customers, who are presented with certain offers of companies as green, although they are not. More and more advertising campaigns, public relations activities, etc. carried out by more and more advertising companies and business entities presenting their product offers, services, company brands, use greenwashing. Greenwashing is also referred to in everyday language as "eco-costume", "green untruth" or "green lie", a phenomenon consisting in creating the impression among customers looking for goods produced in accordance with the principles of ecology and environmental protection that the product or the company producing it is in harmony with nature and ecology. For example, recently, in the country in which I operate, a number of advertising spots have appeared in various media, which portray certain large energy sector companies that are state-owned companies as green companies acting in accordance with the principles of sustainable development and developing green investments in the development of renewable and emission-free energy sources, but unfortunately not in accordance with the facts, and are an example of greenwashing. The largest state-owned companies in the energy and petrochemical sector engage in greenwashing because they are portrayed in advertising campaigns as developing renewable energy sources, including the construction of onshore and offshore wind farms, while the development of onshore wind energy has been blocked by the Polish government for the last seven years, the construction of wind farms in the Baltic Sea by Polish companies is only just being planned, and the structure of energy sources in the energy sector is still such that three quarters of Poland's energy is generated by burning coal and lignite.

In view of the above, I would like to address the following questions to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this subject?

Please respond,

I invite you all to discuss,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

One technology company in late 2022 launched in open access the possibility to use ChatGPT technology which is a kind of next-generation artificial intelligence enabling automated text generation based on a database of publications, texts, information, data, etc. taken from multiple websites in 2021. Arguably, other leading technology companies that operate primarily on and through the Internet are creating, developing similar technological solutions based on a specific generation of artificial intelligence and preparing for their implementation in specific applications. New applications for such Internet-accessible technological solutions based on a specific generation and successively improved artificial intelligence are emerging and will also continue to emerge in the years to come. The very availability of such technological solutions in open access on the Internet is a revolution of sorts, in fact it is the beginning of a new revolution in terms of the online information services offered to citizens and improved through the implementation of artificial intelligence. Accordingly, heated discussions are currently developing on the issue of compliant ethics and good practice in the use of ChatGPT-type technology in the context of the use of this technology in schools, colleges and universities. It is imperative that clearly defined ethics and good practices for the use of this technology in institutions of the education system, including schools, colleges and universities, be added to the rules and regulations of schools, colleges and universities.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this subject?

Please respond,

I invite you all to discuss,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Given the issue of copyright of source publications, the use of ChatGPT for the automated creation of new texts for certain practical, business and commercial uses may raise specific ethical issues if ChatGPT's creation of new texts uses certain source publications downloaded from the Internet and is not adequately acknowledged in the source footnotes. In such a situation, copyright may not be respected, which is a serious drawback, a breach of current standards for the use of source publications, and may seriously limit the practical use of new texts created in this way. Well, as a standard, ChatGPT does not provide a list of data sources in the responses. It is possible to ask for these data sources additionally and then it provides them, but there is no certainty that it provides them all. Sometimes, for general concepts, it lists sources such as textbooks, industry monographs, etc., and adds a statement that, in addition to these sources, the ChatGPT has also used so-called 'own sources', i.e. sources drawn from a knowledge base of several tens of terabytes obtained in 2021 from the Internet and contextually selected in relation to the question asked and, possibly, the preceding question's description of the context. The ethical issues related to the use of ChatGPT for the creation of texts used for specific practical and profit-making applications by freelancers, where a certain amount of creative work is required, are determined, inter alia, by the attitude of the person, company, institution or other entity using this tool to the data available on the Internet. Well, not all persons and entities using Internet resources treat the issues of openness of data and information provided on the Internet in the same way. There may be different approaches to the issues of demonstrating data sources, using them, respecting copyright. As a standard, i.e. according to the applicable legal and ethical regulations, even for data published under the open access formula, when using and writing texts, the sources of data, sources of inspiration, etc. must be indicated in the form of footnotes with information allowing to identify the specific source of the data. If this important issue is omitted and the sources of data, information, inspiration, specific statements, theses, explanations of concepts, etc. are not shown in a text that should be a new creative text, then serious drawbacks may arise both in terms of respecting copyright and the possibility of developing research in a given field, in a given topic, and in terms of verifying the veracity of specific information that ChatGPT originally took from the Internet (as of 2021 and according to a specific part and not the entirety of the data available on the Internet). If these issues are not met and the issue of copyright is treated with discretion, certain ethical considerations arise, i.e. the failure to comply with certain ethical principles. Besides, the issue of precise demonstration of data sources is also important for being able to verify the veracity of the data and information contained in the ChatGPT-generated answer to a question, i.e. the automatically generated specific text. The importance of this issue is directly proportional to the scale of errors and fictitious information generated by the ChatGPT of non-existent "facts" appearing in the texts generated by this system that are answers to the question asked. And, unfortunately, the scale of these errors and non-existent "facts" generated by ChatGPT, fictitious "data and information" created within the "free creation" of this system is not small.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about it?

What is your opinion on this subject?

Please respond,

I invite you all to discuss,

Thank you very much,

Warm regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

This year CEUR-WS.org publisher has changed the requirements to the authors of the papers to be submitted for the conference. As required by CEUR-WS.org, at least one author of the submission must have at least 5 papers listed in DBLP (https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html#FAQ-DBLPFOOTPRINT). To check the number of your papers in DBLP, please, go to DBLP site: https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pid/77/11070.html.

If I 'd like to participate in CEUR-WS.org conference then I need to include in my author list another person that has 5 papers listed in DBLP but not made nothing for preparing the conference paper? I think that such requirements is the base of the corruption in the science world. Is it normal?

I think that in more case new author can give a better results as a person that have more than 5 papers in DBLP. This approach of CEUR-WS.org blocks the development of emerging and disruptive science areas.

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated many social transformations in industry, especially presenting a major challenge to the healthcare industry. The healthcare industry has taken on many challenges from which we can learn. The pandemic, among many other factors, has led to different organizational models, changes in innovation strategies, changes in production models, and transformations in occupational risk prevention. The healthcare industry has had to respond quickly to all this, with the development of vaccines, conversion of non-healthcare companies into healthcare-related companies, etc.

For this reason, the aim of this Special Issue is to understand how the biosocial transformations generated by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic have affected this industrial sector. We are interested in knowing if innovations have been generated, if the pandemic has meant changes for companies, what challenges this sector has had to face, what consequences the pandemic has generated at an organizational level or even if it has implied transformations in communication or in the culture of healthcare companies. In this Special Issue, we want to bring together quality research from different perspectives: sociology, psychology, economics, marketing, business organization, business ethics, and so on, all from a healthcare perspective.

We expect to publish theoretical, qualitative inquiries, quantitative papers, and case studies on topics similar to the following and within the scope of the Special Issue:

In this Special Issue, contributions should address the topic of the Special Issue and be an article, conceptual paper, or review.

I have recently completed a doctoral study about business ethics in the sharing economy. At the moment I am considering what to do next. That is why I am thinking of perhaps starting/forming a collaboration for writing an academic book about business ethics as it relates to blockchain. I am not an academic but rather a retired business person.

What do you think? Are you interested? Any recommendations?

It is well-known that universities are now able to benefit extensively from the collection of the increasing volumes of student information, for example, to better know the students and to enhance student success and academic performance (thus, reducing significantly the drop-out rates), by means of investing more and more in Big Data projects. BUT: What about the “privacy of personal information” and the way this information can and should be used for the betterment of the students?

In order to start a scientific career it is necessary to be involved in research projects and publications. How's that possible for an undergraduate student doing a masters degree in Business Ethics & Responsible Management planning on doing a PhD abroad? Unfortunately, I didn't have much access to information through my university so far.

I am busy with my doctoral studies about the above topic. For my studies I need to interview people with knowledge about the sharing economy. I am looking for suggestions about where to find people. The interview will take about 30-45 minutes and people need to complete a short questionnaire.

Thank you

What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of Ethics and good practices in business?

Please, provide your suggestions for a question, problem or research thesis in the issues: Ethics and good practices in business.

Please reply.

I invite you to the discussion

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The improvement of specific risk management systems is particularly important in many areas of functioning of commercial business entities, financial institutions, public institutions as well as conducting investment, research and other projects.

How important is this is, for example, the global financial crisis that appeared in mid-September 2008, when specific financial, investment and credit risk management systems were not properly improved and the procedures of investment activity, including credit, were not carried out reliably, as well as customer service, and violation of business ethics in investment banks operating at the time and many other types of financial institutions and business entities.

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Dear Reader(s),

I wish to collect data from frontline workers in hospitals. Each time I read a published paper on the hospital industry, it includes an approval number for human participation.

I too working on an idea that will require me to collect data from frontline doctors and that's quite obvious that during the submission process in a journal, the journal will require me to submit an ethics statement. Therefore, kindly share your understanding of this query and guide me to deal with this matter.

Note: My participants belong to Pakistan's public and private hospitals and the study relies on a questionnaire survey (quantitative/time-lagged cross-sectional). Besides, no personal information will be revealed to anyone.

The Principles of the GRI are:

Reporting Principles for defining report content

Stakeholder Inclusiveness

Sustainability Context

Materiality

Completeness

Reporting Principles for defining report quality

Accuracy

Balance

Clarity

Comparability

Reliability

Timeliness

They were created to help companies raise the quality of their non-financial reporting/sustainability reporting. Are there studies which use them or proxies related to them to measure the quality of the non-financial reporting/sustainability reporting in a qualitative and/or quantitative way?

Source for the GRI Principles

https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

GRI 101: Foundation

this is in regards to business ethics

Dear all,

I would like to ask the following question and to have your feedback:

What are the moral qualities of a teacher?

Why is it important to teach values? Many thanks for your attention

Antonio Russo

How did tobacco and soda companies employ Corporate Social Responsibility? In these industries, has CSR become a greenwashing tool?

It is natural that employees can have emotional effort as well as physical and cognitive effort. Emotional labor—the effort required to manage one's feelings or emotions at work—plays a significant part in many occupations.

Employees’ emotional efforts that are in harmony with business ethics can be defined as emotional labor. Evaluating emotional labor based on business ethics seeks to enable managers to reduce the negative consequences of emotional labor while preserving the positive ones.

Surface acting does not involve real feelings. It depends on fake emotional presentations. Therefore, surface acting can be evaluated as unethical emotional efforts. As a result, these fake emotional presentations can not be accepted as emotional labor.

Öngöre's findings (2019, 2020) showed that natural emotions do not cause emotional exhaustion (burnout), while surface acting causes emotional exhaustion. Meanwhile, natural feelings causes vigor and dedication (work engagement).

References:

Öngöre, Ö. (2016). A theoretical study about the place and value of emotional labor in working life, Atatürk University Journal of Economics & Administrative Sciences, 30(5), 1161-1177.

Öngöre, Ö. (2019). Determining the Effect of Emotional Labor on Work Engagement: Service-Sector Employees in Private Enterprises. Turkish Journal of Business Ethics, 12(1), 126-134.

Öngöre, Ö. (2020). Evaluating emotional labor: A new approach. Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 39, (4):35–44.

According to what methodological assumptions should ethics principles shaping advertising activity on the Internet be developed?

Certain principles of the ethics of advertising on the Internet should be developed, recognized and applied by companies, internet technology concerns operating in advertising. The principles of ethics in the conduct of marketing activities, including the implementation of specific advertising campaigns, the creation of specific advertising instruments should be developed taking into account the expectations of consumers of the products and services advertised.

The application of ethics in advertising through online technology companies operating in advertising should lead to improvement of the standards of advertising campaigns carried out, including to improve the image of both advertising companies conducting specific advertising campaigns on the Internet and improving the image of other entities involved in marketing.

Therefore, also producers and service providers of advertised products and services may also notice an increase in financial revenues resulting from the increase in sales of the advertised offer in a situation where the receipt of advertisements, specific spots, films, banner ads will improve from the point of view of the costumers.

In addition, the principles of ethics in advertising should reduce the risk of producing advertising spots with banners and advertising films that will be negatively perceived by consumers that will contain content that is inappropriate, unethical, violating the principles of good taste, defined moral and social, cultural, etc. canons.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In the context of the above issues, I am asking you the following question:

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Researchers know that titles in Web of Science/Scopus indexed and/or listed in ABDC/ABS ranking ensures minimum standard for quality. But even top journals are subject to concern/suppression in the JCR reports whenever wrong practices, excessive self-citation etc. are followed (Ex. Journal of Business Ethics, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity etc.)

As young researcher/academic what additional parameters (not any metrics)be considered or suggestions before submitting manuscripts to journals ?

I believe the statement: "Controlling greed in the face of unrestricted profit opportunities" as a definition for Business Ethics was attributed to Peter Drucker.

I was recently reading about the two men (brothers) in Tennesee in the USA who stockpiled over 17,000 hand sanitizers, accused of price gouging and how they were 'forced' to donate them.

Is it possible to be a successful wealthy capitalist without being greedy? Can I become a billionaire without greed? In the words of Gorden Gecko: "Greed is good". Is it?

Have the procedures for the development of reports and recommendations by the rating agencies already been improved compared to the situation before the global financial crisis of 2008?

Are the reports and recommendations issued by the rating agencies more honestly developed, in accordance with the principles of business ethics, have the procedures for their development and the objective information policy been improved and still function as before the global financial crisis of 2008?

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The consequences of COVID19 may create famine across the globe. More specifically in underdeveloped or least developing countries.

Few unethical business practices may occur such as warehousing, price hiking, artificial supply shortage etc.

Please share your opinions (Actual and expected ethical business practices) based on your own country's present ethical business practices during the tragedy of COVID19 calamity.

I would like to find out about validated questionnaires on Ethics. My research is on Ethics in the Coaching profession and would like to compare my questionnaire to a validated questionnaire in a similar field like: business ethics, ethics in psychology or counseling.

Please provide any ideas or samples if available

In my Business Ethics class, we were having a discussion about what type of people will make better citizens: Ethical people or Law-abiding people. The Discussion was very interesting and I was wonder what your view is on the matter.

We also looked are the possibility of ethical citizens not always being law-abiding...

To create a sustainable future, innovations are needed that integrate socio-ethical issues. Responsible innovation provides a method for managing these issues, and tries to ensure that innovation is conducted for and with society. The application of responsible innovation in industry contexts, where many of these innovations are developed, is limited by challenges related to dominant business logics, stakeholder management problems and resource constraints. Open innovation is an approach more commonly employed within industry contexts, which involves activities that overlap with responsible innovation dimensions and practices. This means that open innovation could represent a way to integrate the management of socio-ethical factors into industry contexts in a less disruptive and costly way. I would like to discuss opportunities and barriers to integrate both concepts. We have written a first exploratory article on this topic (see attachment), but I would like to learn from other viewpoints and also other disciplines, as much more conceptual and empirical work is needed.

The concept of sustainable business models contains a paradox, because sustainability involves the reduction of information asymmetries, whereas entrepreneurship involves enhanced and secured levels of information asymmetries. I have written an article on this topic (see attachment) but I would like to discuss this issue with others to learn other viewpoints, solutions and strategies. all feedback is welcome

Today, we are living in a world where technological advances are happening in a pace which has been unprecedented in the entire history. Various technologies and industrial innovations are transforming how humans interact with their environment and with each other.

So, How do you define morality in today's world? What role does it play in our interactions with these new advancements in technology? And most importantly, will it be forgotten in the future or will it be salvational?

I'm looking for case studies involving ethics and business leadership. I will need to dissect collateral situations, problems, issues, etc. I have no problem analyzing this, but I'm looking for "contemporary" cases, not old history. I also do not want to discuss ongoing, current situations.

What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of Ethics of banking procedures, Corporate social responsibility?

Please, provide your suggestions for a question, problem or research thesis in the issues: Ethics of banking procedures, Corporate social responsibility.

An example of a research problem to consider:

What role in generating in the investment banking the main risk factors that led to the emergence of the global financial crisis in autumn 2008 was played by unreliable banking procedures and violations of business ethics? Why were these issues not settled and the costs of public aid for bankers rescued from bankruptcy were transferred to society? In view of the above, is a strong banking lobby responsible for unreliable banking procedures and violations of business ethics?

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give a comment and view that there must be or should be CSR policy for Educational Institute as specially private/Self-Finance.

Investigating the economies of countries in which the social market economy develops in the political system of democracy, economy open to international economic cooperation, knowledge-based economy and technological development, economy in which an important element of the host development is effective shaping of pro-development socio-economic policy and sustainable pro-ecological development, an economy in which various types of commercial enterprises and public institutions are developing, including social economic entities, the issue of effective socio-economic development may be observance of the principles of ethics and high moral standards.

In view of the above, I am asking you:

Can economic policy conducted in accordance with the principles of ethics and high moral standards be the basis for the country's economic success?

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Is it true and ethical that consumers have to ask their doctors to prescribe particular medicines or particular brands?

The first question indicates towards experience of an individual as an employee and his/her interactions with a peer, senior, boss, or the organization (norms/rules/regulations) itself.

The second question indicates to share various factors that contribute building the perception of employees.

1. Intra-personal level (or individual level)

2. Inter-personal level (e.g., peer level, subordinate level, boss/supervisor level, and organization level)

In its discussion of ethics in organizations, Weber rescues two approaches to ethics - that of conviction and responsibility.

The ethic of conviction is interpreted as one that is based on principles and is based on moral and ideal norms. Its justification is due to universal duties, norms and values.

The ethics of responsibility is based on purpose and utilitarianism between purposes and consequences.

Academic dishonesty has been called "a plague and a crisis" and Business School students are apparently worse than all other college and university students in terms of their cheating behavior. Which schools are doing well at changing student behaviors -- or is the issue not considered important? Only one-third of AACSB-accredited business schools even teach a stand-alone Business Ethics course but more than 40% of the top 100 US Business School deans acknowledge that their faculty are unprepared and unqualified to teach ethics "across the curriculum." What's working? Which schools are making a difference . . . and how are they positively affecting student attitudes?

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Thirty months ago I thought I would retire and focus on writing. In that time I have worked with many students and co-authored many papers with them to help them in their careers. In fact, in that time I have had forty papers published in academic journals and haIve written five books. I also realized that I had much more to contribute

teaching in the classroom. My PhD was in Organization Behavior and Human Resources and I have published extensively in Business Ethics and Leadership. I would be willing to go virtually anywhere in the world and have taught in Oman, Vietnam, and New Zealand. Any suggestions?

A business phenomena / practice of disposing unsold new product before even usage starts has gained attention lately. Clothing giants like H&M and Burberry have been burning new clothes. Burberry though, promised to abandon this practice. Similarly, Amazon (in Germany) has found to destroy returned unused goods. This unsustainable practice seems to be rather widely used. Is there any academic literature, including interesting empirics, case studies, theorising that has been done to research this phenomena?

Dear All Researchers, This is a new scam. be aware of it. Do not pay them 1$.

Also i wonder why they are doing it? we research community in my humble opinion are regarded in terms of caring of customer info, but scammers are also targeting this.

Anyone doing research on these type of scammers? how to avoid them? this is a totally new technique.

Technique in a scenes, they will not send you an email. It will popup on your browser, while you are searching something.

Most academic journals seem to focus on arcane topics and business ethics journals have apparently gone in that direction. Henry Mintzberg, the highly respected management scholar, suggests that most academic articles published in journals do not pass the "Bill and Barbara Test." (Note: Bill and Barbara are two practitioners to whom he referred academic papers and asked them to comment as to whether those papers had any practical value. See the attached.)

The Journal of Business Ethics used to publish many papers about applied business ethics but under the new editors that journal seems to be more elitist and theoretical in its focus.

Do we need a new Journal of Applied Business Ethics? The Gallup Survey data indicates that trust in leaders of all types is low and that employees rarely have confidence in their leaders anymore.

Dear All

Would you provide me with a framework or model for manual qualitative analysis for business ethics research?

Why or why not?

How to simultaneously take into account the environmental, social and economic value of a product during its design?

Third party access concerns users of energy infrastructure. It is established under european guidelines in order to enhance competition and energy security in Europe.

I need your opinions on the subject.

one key criterion is Higher number of good research publication from institute .Getting higher research publication in best journals, is a long time taking and gradual process ?

I am associate professor in Vinod Gupta School of management IIT kharagpur India. In IIT we are running NPTEL MOOC courses . Can we make comparative analysis?. My area of specialization are OB, HR, HR analytics, competency mapping, performance management, business ethics and leadership