IDEA: The Ethics Centre

Business Ethics Week 2026

Discover how business can respond ethically to modern challenges

BEW: Come and challenge your thinking!

Come and say hello at our Business Ethics Week stall everyday from Monday to Thursday. 11:00 to 14:00 in the Maurice Keyworth Foyer.

Expert teaching staff from IDEA and other leading ethics researchers during Business Ethics Week will be on hand for informal discussions about all kinds of juicy controversies in the field of business ethics to challenge your thinking and broaden your understanding.

• Meet and introduce yourself to leaders in the field.
• Join informal discussions about ethical issues including AI, climate change, and globalisation.
• Get yourself some free stuff and delicious chocolate... is bribing you with sugar ethical? You should eat some and then decide!

BEW: Video Competition

Record a short video (maximum length: 3 minutes) providing your perspective on a key issue in business ethics. Select a statement from the list below.

Make sure you support your perspective with arguments, and respond to possible counterarguments.

• Corporate Social Responsibility is a waste of time.
• AI will reduce human happiness.
• Businesses should prioritise making a profit.
• Consumers are responsible for the working conditions of the people who make their products.
• Capitalism and environmental sustainability are incompatible.
• Multinationals should promote gender equality.
• All workers are exploited.
• Tech companies are just giving consumers what they want.
• CEOs should be paid no more than ten times their typical employee.
• AI will make work more fulfilling.
• Hierarchy in the workplace is bad for employees.
• All advertising is manipulative.
• Sweatshop workers want you to buy their products.
• Dating apps are designed to keep you single.
• All businesses should be cooperatives.
• Companies have a responsibility to promote EDI/DEI.
• Some things should never be for sale.
• CEOs of oil companies should be held legally responsible for climate change.
• Big tech is the new big tobacco.
• Businesses that profited from slavery should pay reparations.
• We all benefit from globalisation.
• Companies should prioritise gender equality over profit.
• Businesses should always follow local cultural norms when operating globally.
• It should be illegal to buy shares in arms companies.

Prizes & key dates

• The deadline for submissions is 17:00 on Friday 30 October 2026.
• The three best videos will win a £50 shopping voucher.
• The top five videos will receive a certificate and be featured on LUBS and IDEA social media channels.

How to submit your video

1. Upload your video (maximum 3 minutes long): Post it to your platform of choice (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Reels, or Vimeo) as a public or unlisted link. Alternatively, upload the file to your university OneDrive and set the share permission to "Anyone with the link can view".
2. Test the link: Open your link in an incognito or private browsing tab to ensure anyone can view it without needing an account or login.
3. Email your submission: Send your link to IDEA via email using the button below or copy the details provided.

IDEA The Ethics Centre works in partnership with the Business School to bring ethics to life in your modules and programmes of study. The centre offers Discovery Modules, Short Courses, and Masters programmes. Topics covered include AI and data, leadership and governance, privacy and surveillance, supply chains, structural injustice, advertising, fair wages, sustainability, and climate change.

The centre ensures graduates can identify, analyse, and respond effectively to ethical issues, equipping students with the skills to make sound ethical decisions in a rapidly changing business context. IDEA also helps professionals tackle ethical issues and conducts research on topics including love, sex, relationships, AI, and medicine.