Ethical Dilemmas
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In this section, you will find 7 ethical dilemmas developed by the different countries represented in the project partnership (Austria, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and The Netherlands).

The 7 ethical dilemmas were developed to be included in the CSR Training Toolkit as practical training activities to be used in the training module “Business Ethics”. They can be used in other modules, according to trainer’s decisions and in others training situations different from the CSR Training Toolkit standard programme.

Some of the ethical dilemmas were inspired by a true story but the majority are fictitious but possible situations inspired by real life cases.

The ethical dilemmas were designed not to show “accurate” or “inaccurate” situations but to help training participants to think about the consequences of their decisions for all of the stakeholders involved especially in difficult situation where they have to sacrifice something or someone. There are no “correct answers” and different persons, different Cultures, different countries will solve the dilemmas differently. “Moral” approach should be avoided.

Each ethical dilemma has a title, a subject and an area, according to the following table.

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  Title

 Area

Subjects

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1 Let's bet for better

Human Resources Management

Internship vs. working contract

2 How much should a Human Resources Manager care? Human Resources Management

Impact of Recruitment Policy in Local Communities
3 Mathematics on Ethics Human Resources Management

Recruitment Policy
4 Loyalty between Business Partners Relationships between Business Partners

Abuse of Dominant Position
Loyalty between Business Partners
Reputation Management
Management of Relationship Crisis

5 “Sweet” selling Decision Family Succession, Mergers & Acquisitions

Company selling to a Multinational
6 Ethics taken into Hostage Company Sustainability

Respect for assumed Commitments
Cause-related Marketing
7 Feeling good with green wood? Sustainable Production and Consumption

Sustainable Forest Use
 
 
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These documents are a product of the Pilot Project “CSR/SMEs – Promoting Social Responsibility in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises”, supported by the European Commission through the Leonardo da Vinci Program. These documents reflect only the views of the authors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.