The study of business ethics

I'm not sure if the study of business ethics extends to sitting on a Balinese deckchair on a warm tropical afternoon with a cool sea breeze offering relief. After all, the resorts of Bali were built on the exploitation of local the Balinese inhabitants and other Indonesian people - their forced labour has long been forgotten.

Yet, you have to appreciate the flexibility of online education and its effectiveness can't be denied. Sure, I still have to sit through recorded video lectures, links to short youtube videos, read academic presentation notes, Adobe Connect sessions and of course the textbook. The global nature of business ethics is reflected in the textbook, Business Ethics: Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization from Oxford University Press.

There is still academic papers to be written, joining online discussion tutorials, a number of short online tests and a two and a quarter hour written examination at the end. But with a half decent internet connection, most coursework is performed on my tablet. The best part is, this and other courses are offered on-campus full-time, part-time or off-campus and we just watch and listen to recordings of the actual lecture.

With the exception of the written examination where I actually have to show up at on-campus or a designated examination centre, ironically at my college of employment, all coursework is done off-campus. As long as you learn the concepts, why burn up your time in lecture halls forgoing fulltime employment income when you learn the concepts and then apply the principles in the workplace the next day. I'm taking a short break to write this blog post, oh well back to the textbook and time to distinguish the difference between egoism and utiltarianism.