Ethics and employability constitute for many many a contradiction in terms as great as that between ethics and business. Business after all is primarily about the interest of shareholders not of society so the argument goes. So if one is to be employable one needs to focus more on the maximisation of profit than on matters of ethics unless a career in a non-profit-making organisation is chosen.
In this publication the author aims to show how ethics far from being antithetical to business or an optional add-on to any description of employability is central to both. First he establishes the importance of ethical reflection in contemporary business and the professions. He then analyses more closely the meanings of ethics and employability noting how the two relate. The term 'ethics' is capable of several meanings and focuses on the ethics of virtue dialogue and responsibility. Finally he looks at how ethics might be embedded in the curriculum.
