Developing an Awareness of and Teaching Business Ethics in Emerging Societies: The Case of Estonia

Mari Kooskora; Jaan Ennulo; Anu Virovere

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Developing an Awareness of and Teaching Business Ethics in Emerging Societies: The Case of Estonia

Mari Kooskora, Jaan Ennulo and Anu Virovere

Estonian Business School, Estonia

Volume 2 Issue 1: 2005, pp. 29-50: ABSTRACT

Ethics education and training are especially important in post-socialist countries where an understanding of ethical and responsible leadership is not yet fully developed. In such countries planning for the short term still dominates, and organisations focus their attention mainly on earning profit. In this article we show why the need has emerged to improve the general awareness of ethical issues in Estonia and teach ethical reasoning skills to business and government leaders. We describe the activities we have pursued at our ethics centre, officially founded at Estonian Business School at the end of 2001, and the research we have conducted over the last seven years.