Case A presents three strategic options considered by a fictitious international oil and gas corporation to address the issue of climate change: "fight against action", "wait and see", and "dynamic proactive". Case B presents the climate change strategies of three multinational corporations – ExxonMobil, BP Amoco, and TotalFinaElf.
1) assess critical business strategies on global environmental risks and underlying ethical dilemmas; 2) acknowledge influence of business on scientific and political dimensions of society, and ethical responsibility as an inherent dimension of business global strategy; 3) reflect on ethical management of this influence; and 4) reflect on the evolution of business responsibility.
- Business ethics
- Climate change
- Oil industry
- Ethical dilemmas
- Global environmental change
- Kyoto protocol
- Social responsibility
- Global strategy
