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Life Skills·Entrepreneurship·conceptual

Ethics in Business

Being honest, being fair, treating workers well, not harming the environment; what makes a 'good' business; whether businesses should care about more than profit

Suggested ages 9–11

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Evidence of understanding

  • Name at least two things that make a business ethical (fair wages, honest advertising, environmentally responsible)
  • Explain why a business that only cares about profit might cause problems
  • Describe a situation where a business owner faces an ethical choice and suggest what they should do

Assessment prompt

If Ethics in Business heard about a company paying its workers very little to make bigger profits, could they explain why that's unfair and suggest a better approach?

Standards alignment

No external standards are linked to this topic.