Essay topics: Choose ONE

1. Governments have the responsibility to ensure that good laws and regulation are effective. Businesses have the responsibility to make a profit within that legal regime. These are different roles that should never be blurred. Discuss.

2. Self-interest is the bottom-line of human motivation. That fact means that reward and punishment are the only really effective tools for a responsible manager. Discuss

3. A strong organisational culture is the surest way to avoid having the organisation's name in the media for the wrong reasons. Discuss.

4. Edward Snowden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden) has committed a crime and should be punished. Discuss.

5. The environment should be protected because and only because human livelihoods depend upon it. Discuss.

6. In a multi-cultural society, the only practical expression of common values is the law of the land. People have their own moral principles but they cannot reasonably expect to be any more ethical than simply obey the law. Discuss.

7. In any struggle between individuals' character and the culture of the organisation where they work, the culture will almost always win. Discuss.