ABSTRACT
Chapter 5 focuses on ethical aspects of specific roles, functions, and positions that individuals can have in business contexts. The chapter demonstrates that certain roles, functions, or positions usually come with distinct ethical challenges and responsibilities. The chapter discusses crucial individual roles in business and their ethical implications. It explores ethical aspects of being an employee, ethical leadership, and professional ethics with the example of the accounting profession. Marketing ethics is discussed as an example of ethical challenges and responsibilities that come with working in a specific business field. Finally, the chapter discusses whistleblowing as a specific ethical dilemma individuals may face in the context of organizations.
