Module 10 Professional Leadership and Nonhuman Values
Overview
Modern developments in technology have globalized a variety of urgent ethical issues, often increasing their scope and urgency. Climate change is no respecter of national or geographic borders, to take just one example. What are the ethical duties of leaders and stakeholders in business and in social and political life generally? What does an ethically responsible citizen of an increasingly interconnected world look like? What choices does she make?
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
Investigate the wide range of social and ethical priorities that should guide public policy.
Reflect carefully upon whether non-human life, including sentient non-human animals, should be of moral concern.
Debate a case study on the ethics of pollution and its effects on vulnerable stakeholders.
Key Concepts
This module focuses on the following major topics:
The relative importance of financial considerations to other values and priorities in debates about public policy
What categories of living beings are included under the umbrella of our moral obligations?
Corporate responsibilities to prevent or redress environmental harms in foreign countries to which they contribute
Summary of Module Learning Activities
This section outlines the activities that you will complete in this module. It is recommended that you complete the readings in the module prior to submitting the assignments.
Read
All readings below that are listed with page numbers are in our Ciulla et al. reader.
Mark Sagoff, “At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima or Why Political Questions Are Not All Economic,” p. 388
Box, “Who Owns the Earth?,”p. 403
Peter Singer, “The Place of Nonhumans in Environmental Issues,”p. 405
Box, “The Tame Land,” p. 408
Case 11.3: “Texaco in the Ecuadorean Amazon,” p. 425
