Business Ethics Activity Book

INTRODUCTION

Ethical Workplace Conduct

THOMAS J. MITRANO

When I was in law school, we used to have heated debates about whether corporations should—or even could—be held to the same standards as human citizens are. Today, thinking back to those days, I’m reminded of the intense and risky fight Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, and others waged over whether photography could be considered an art form.

Today, such debates seem almost quaint. Of course photography is an art form. Of course corporations are subject to standards of fairness and legality just as flesh-and-blood citizens are.

Still, for many years, the “citizenship” of corporations was significant mostly for tax, accounting, and business operations matters. Although these ...