Commercial ethics: All about people, processes and outcomes?

There are inherent paradoxes in commercial ethics. Rigid tendering processes should make it
hard to corrupt procurement exercises, but often also drive out innovation and thought.
Innovation, such as new technology, can help make the world a better place; but technology can
also be deployed by the unscrupulous for ill. This lecture explores the philosophy behind
commercial ethics with examples of real world commercial ethical issues. Ian Harris is a
Director of Z/Yen Group Limited. Ian took his degree in Economics and Law at Keele University
and is also a Chartered Accountant. Ian is a regular contributor of articles and pieces for
the business and not-for-profit press. He is co-author, together with Professor Michael
Mainelli, of the practical book "IT for the Not-for-Profit Sector" and the
best-selling novel "Clean Business Cuisine". Ian sits as an external advisor on the
British Computer Society's Ethics Strategic Panel.