Question

Essay (answer here): Explain how the study of business ethics is interdisciplinary. Illustrate how you learned to weave disciplines together using an example of a case or film from the class.

Answer 1

What is business ethics?

Business ethics is a study that deals with business policies and practices that are justifiable and morale in nature.

Explain how business ethics is interdisciplinary.

Scope of Business ethics:

Topic	Subject
Corporate governance	Business ethics
Corporate Social responsibility	Business ethics
Discrimination	Social science
Bribery	Moral Principles
Insider trading	Finance
Ethical marketing	Marketing
Fiduciary agreement & contract…	Legal aspects of business…

Interpretation

From the scope it clear that other corporate governance and corporate social responsibility every other topic enumerated belong to more of a different subject.

Further business ethics being all about creating good and favourable business conduct with respect to every functional department inside the organization and with outsiders such as suppliers, customers and other intermediaries. Thereby business ethics is being a highly controversial and interdisciplinary subject.

Business ethics case study:

Source: https://www.slideshare.net/AnmolSawhney1/business-ethics-case-study

The Indian government forced Coca-Cola out of the country during 1977 but they managed to return back during 1993. Since then they are depleting the most value groundwater resource. It takes nine-litre to produce 1 litre of Coca-Cola. The bottling plant initiated in Kala Dera village in Rajasthan, India is completely left without groundwater. Despite, people and NGO protest, they still continuing their operation depleting more and more water by bribing the government politicians. Though they have claimed that they are recharging the groundwater, there is no evidence for it.

Topics in the Case	Subject
Depleting groundwater resource	Social Practice
Bribing politicians	Moral Principle
Water recharging	Science and technology
Running operations even though there is a protest	Business Practices