Topics
For Essay Writing and Poster Competition on Business Ethics
Topics for Essay Writing & Poster
Ethics is mostly meaningless
Deontology is the best criterion for ethics
Ethics is relevant for the Indian context
Nishkama Karma is particularly applicable in today's daily life
Ethics play a significant role in character building
Ethics is purely subjective!
There cannot be an objective ethics
Ethical relativism can be applied to contemporary youth culture
Ethics is merely expressive
Only ethical movements are sustainable in the long run
Ethics enhances corporate profitability
Ethics and profit are complementary
Business is only for profit
CSR and business go hand in hand
SDG is both ethical and sustainable
ESG goals match with our ethical orientation
We have not learnt any lessons from Enron scandal
Ethical scandals challenge our moral life
Business ethics is an oxymoron!
Ethics is very significant for AI
We need to work towards an all-inclusive ethics
Can we ever stop the killer robots?
Ethics is primarily for the least and lost
Ethics of care is particularly relevant today
Morality and money are not opposed to each other
Moral principles still guide business
Business need to formulate transparent criteria for a morally good behaviour
Morally good people commit grave mistakes
Ethics is only for the individuals and not for society
Society can grow in moral consciousness
Slavery was once thought to be ethically permissible
Only human beings can act ethically
Dharma is relevant even in the business world
Ethics fosters nation building
Ethics encourages social identity
Without ethics no society can function
Shortcuts in ethics leads to disaster
Virtue ethics is outdated
Transhumanism demands a special ethics
Biotechnological revolution inevitably leads to ethical conundrums
Ethical relativism cannot be right
Emotions are antithetical to ethical reasoning
Utilitarian approach to ethical decision making makes the most sense
Justice cannot be defined
Most of our ethical choices are made unconsciously
Human rights are not appropriate to business situations
John Locke's understanding of private property is still valid
Adam Smith's understanding of free market makes no sense today
David Ricardo's free trade is detrimental to human civilization
Karl Marx's claim that injustice is inherent in free market is proven by history
Perfectly competitive free market does not exist
Personal ethics is independent of social ethics
Whisteblower protection fosters the ethical ambience of a company
The challenges of ethics of AI
We need a new ethics for transhumans
Free trade is never free: Moral challenges
Ethics of technological singularity
Technology always drive ethics forward
Moonlighting is bad ethics
Technological singularity: ethical implications
Transparency is the bedrock of ethics
Loyalty is no more relevant in business
Responsibility fosters ethics in business
Protecting environment is key to business ethics
Integrity is integral to ethics
Gaslighting is never ethical
Preserving honour is a necessary part of business ethics
There is no ethics without persistence
Ethics is focused primarily on the customers
Without respect there cannot be ethical behviour
Respecting dignity of the clients is good for business
You are encouraged to formulate your own relevant topics and argue for or against!
Suggestions for Essay Writing
Workshop on Essay and Poster: March 2, 2023; 6:30 PM. The link here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4089526596?pwd=elh4bVNmOWlmbEFzT3BHNDRQTjRpUT09
Meeting ID: 408 952 6596
Passcode: xlri2023
Livestream: https://xlri.ac.in/live
Essay Writing: Announcement and Details
Essay Writing: Registration and Submission
Poster: Announcement and Details
Poster: Registration and Submission
Prizes (Essay): ₹ 20,000; 15,000; 10,000 plus more
Prizes (Poster): ₹ 15,000; 10,000; 7,000 plus more
Last Date for Submission of Essay and Poster: July 31, 2023
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ORGANISING Your thought is the most important part of the essay writings. Spend enough time reading, reflecting, systematizing, arguing and finalising the pattern of your essay!
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Title of the Essay
Author's name and designation
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Catchy Question/Quote/Story
Why the essay? (Relevance)
Background
Limitations, if any
Thesis statement (Main argument in the essay)
The Body
Argument 1
Argument 2
Argument 3
Etc
Counterargument, if any, and rebuttal
Proving the thesis Statement
Conclusion
Main arguments summarised
Thesis statement reformulated
Scope for further study, if any
Apt quote or question
References
Introduction
To provide essay with a good introduction, you want to make it sufficiently broad. Show the relevance of the essay here. Also, this is the part in which you should share some background information related to the topic. However, you want to be careful not to start your argument just yet. Towards the end of your introduction, drop a thesis statement (the main argument). Some writers also prefer throwing their thesis in the last sentence, but that relies greatly on your style of writing
The Body
The body is the term used to refer to the paragraphs that come after the introduction but before the conclusion. The overall length of the body of your academic essay is determined by the number of ideas you have to share. The details you use to back up your thoughts also have an impact on the overall length of the body. Make sure that you present one idea after the other, and then support them with substantial facts to convince your readers.
You can have about three to six subsections here, each of which is connected with a transition phrases.
The Conclusion
The conclusion might look a bit similar to the introductory paragraph. In this section, make sure to restate your thesis because your readers might have lost it somewhere while reading the body. Also, in the conclusion, you need to create a summary of the main points your academic essay touches. Do not forget to remind the readers of what you think about the entire subject in discussion.
For details see
Model essay1
Model essays
APA Style
Suggestions for Poster
Following the structure of the essay writing above, you may highlight each of the sections in brief sentences (arrows and points are preferred). Using less words, show the connection between each sections and make the argument visually present to the reader.
The poster should contain similar structure as the essay.
You may use a single PowerPoint slide as the basis for poster. Use text size as 12.
Size of the poster: A2
Elements in the poster
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
References
Author's details
Pictures
Indicators (arrows, pointers, etc)
Model poster