1.

Introduction
The course of business ethics is coming to an end, and I have learned a lot
and reflected on it through continuous learning. Next, I will elaborate my
personal reflection from three aspects: Individual Learning, EBL Learning and
Business Ethics.

2. Individual Learning
2.1 Reflects on the Seminars
The seminar that impressed me the most was a discussion on ethical issues
in organizations. By telling an example of a Google employee who used his
position for his own benefit, the teacher guided us to make choices when
ethical conflicts arise between our obligations to our employer, the
organization, and third parties. Through the study, I learned that we must be
clear about the relevant obligations and implications. Avoid making emotional
decisions by asking yourself if you are willing to defend your actions in public
and by telling friends about ethical dilemmas. This seminar was beneficial in
helping me to apply these analyses to identify ethical issues in my future work
organization and how to address ethical issues that I may encounter in my
future work environment. In addition, I learned that an organization should
respect employees' privacy and protect their rights, because company loyalty
is a two-way street. Only by protecting employees' interests can employees
better reward the company (Tsai 2022). This will inspire me in the future to
learn how to identify if there are ethical issues in the organization and how I
can protect my rights if my privacy is violated in the workplace.

However, I got the least out of the discussion in Chapter 3 about the nature of
capitalism. Since the epidemic delayed the course progress, the teacher did
not explain in detail but summarized the knowledge in general, which was not
conducive to my understanding. Besides, as a student in a socialist country,
although I have learned the relevant theories of capitalism, my understanding
is only superficial and cannot be applied to future practice.

2.2 Reflects on the Assessment

I learned the most from Assessment 2.
 It helped me to understand moral theory and trained me to analyze the
behavior of moral subject from multiple perspectives.
In the process of writing the report, I discussed with students with excellent
academic ability and learned from their strengths. Through the discussion with
my classmates, I learned to apply moral theory from different perspectives
and came to a conclusion by myself. The case I chose is about racial
discrimination at Google. Through the application of different moral theories, I
can judge the correct approach of enterprises from three dimensions and
have a deeper understanding of moral theories. For example, through cases, I
learned to use the theory of caring to judge business ethics from a personal
perspective. Managers should pay attention to the improvement of employees'
welfare and conduct ethics training for senior managers to minimize
discrimination (Bobek et al. 2018). From the perspective of organization, I
have learned that egoists act in the direction of long-term interests. Since bad
moral behavior will bring bad influence on consumers and society, the
unethical behavior of enterprises will affect the corporate image and thus
harm the long-term development of enterprises (Nickerson et al. 2022).
Therefore, from the perspective of egoism, enterprises should make ethical
decisions to promote long-term development. From the social point of view,
enterprises should consider the interests of relevant stakeholders and strive to
realize the interests of most people through the analysis of utilitarianism and
should assume the social responsibility of enterprises (Costa & Armijos 2022).
 Helped me learn to anticipate the consequences of unethical business.
In Assessment 2, I have learned moral theories such as caring theory and
Kant theory, and by drawing brainstorming charts, I can better apply
theoretical knowledge to solve business difficulties (Appendix1). In addition,
after studying the adverse effects of racial discrimination on individuals,
organizations, and society through literature review, I also used business
ethics theory to predict the consequences of business immorality.

However, Assessment 1 made me gain the least. Because of the epidemic,

the scope of our examination is larger than the scope of the teacher's lecture,
so it is a little difficult at the time of examination. Besides, the pure theoretical
knowledge of multiple-choice questions did not help me understand the moral
theory.

3. EBL Learning
EBL learning refers to the independent learning style of students, who draw
conclusions by asking questions and searching for information. It not only
helps to develop students' key skills for postgraduate study, but also helps to
develop original thinking (Nair, Smritika & Thomas 2020). The Enquiry Based
Learning process has the following five steps：
 Orientation - discovering the problem.
In class, Ms. Zhao divided us into different groups, and she threw out some
questions to set a background for us to get into moral dilemmas. For example,
when learning the case of David Jones' Ethics in action, Teacher Zhao
introduced us to the background of a story about a garment factory worker
who was injured by a building collapse.
 Conceptualization - finding a research question.
The teacher asked us what decision we would make if we were the moral
subject of the event. So, the question arose for me and the panelists: What is
an ethical agent? How to make the right moral decisions?
 Study, collecting evidence and information.
Therefore, my classmates and I looked up the information and learned that
the moral subject is the person who makes the decision about the moral
dimension. After that, we divided the work and figured out what each person's
task was. The three students were responsible for searching moral theories
and literature, and I was responsible for integrating information and listing
everyone's ideas into a framework (Appendix2). The question we were
thinking about at the time was if we were in the same predicament as David
Jones, which stakeholders would be affected by the ethical decisions we
made? How do we make the right ethical decisions based on those
consequences. After reading business ethics textbooks and looking up
literature on moral dilemmas, I learned both deontological and teleological
theories to help me analyze moral behavior.
 Conclusion - analyzing the evidence and making up your mind.
Utilitarianism asserts that actions should serve the interests of most people.
So, if we were the manager of David Jones, we would give some
compensation to the people who were injured in the building collapse to
appease the employees and the consumers. Besides, we will improve the
conditions of our employees in the workplace and improve our corporate
image by making all our products environmentally sustainable.
 The Discussion - exploring the implications of your new knowledge.
Ms. Zhao ended the class with a forward-looking question: Could you use
other ethical theories to make suggestions for the future development of your
business? My classmates thought that we could start from the theory of
caring, which made me expand my thinking and realize that we should stand
in the perspective of employees, improve their welfare and care for
employees by increasing their wages and reducing their working hours.

The above is my application of EBL learning method in a class activity. In this

process, I gained more autonomy and became more committed to this class.

4. Business ethics
4.1Ethical dilemmas faced in the past & New thinking and

change
I have also encountered moral dilemmas in my life, but after learning moral
theory, I was ashamed of my previous practice and determined to make a
change. Last year, the teacher arranged me and other students to help
freshmen carry luggage. Originally, I was supposed to carry luggage all day,
but I only carried luggage in the morning. Due to my laziness, I didn't go in the
afternoon. After I took a course in business ethics, I used the Kantian theory
to judge my past actions as immoral. Kant offers three principles: categorical
command, the inability to use people as a means to an end, and goodwill
(Timmons 2021). Applying the first principle, my practice of evading the task of
carrying luggage would not be accepted by a rational person as a universal
law, because we want everyone's task to be equal in collective activities
(Kalantzi, Polyzou & Karypis 2022). Although at that time, I thought that
leaving my task to the other students to carry luggage would not affect the
whole process of the activity, but if I need to carry more luggage because of
other students' irresponsible leaving, I will not agree with this practice. Using
the second principle, I did not respect the interests of other students. Instead,
I took advantage of the kindness and humanity of other students and used
them to accomplish tasks that should have been my own. Using the third
principle, I did not avoid carrying my luggage out of duty. Instead, I was trying
to give myself a break, and I had no moral value. So, if I face the same
situation, my correct approach should be serious and responsible to complete
their own handling tasks, should not use other students to achieve their own
lazy purpose.

4.2 Apply business ethics in future professional practice

As a student majoring in international economics and trade, my future career
development should be to work in a securities company. Therefore, I have
learned a lot of theories during business ethics, which will help me make
ethical decisions in my future career. First, when I enter the company as an
employee, I should abide by the industry regulations, such as not using the
convenience of work to manipulate the securities market with inside
information and obtain high profits (DONALD & CHEUK 2017). According to
utilitarianism, a moral action is to bring the greatest happiness to most
stakeholders, and this happiness is to maximize the net happiness. In the
application of utilitarianism, stakeholders should be identified, and negative
consequences should be considered for each group or individual (Shaw
2021). After all consequences have been identified, weigh the action, or
decide whether it is likely to provide the greatest possible benefit to the
greatest number of stakeholders. However, information asymmetry caused by
malicious operations in the securities market will induce investors to make
wrong judgments, thus undermining investors' confidence, and direct social
funds to low-quality and inefficient industries, disrupting the effective allocation
of market resources and hindering social and economic development (Su,
Zhang & Liu 2022). This will have a negative impact on investors, financial
markets, and national development. Therefore, when I am a securities
practitioner, I should consider whether my behavior can bring the greatest
possible benefits to the stakeholders. In addition, Kantian theory holds that an
agent's actions should be universally acceptable, not use people as a tool to
achieve ends, and be morally responsible (Shaw 2021). Therefore, as a
securities practitioner, I should put myself in the other person's shoes when
making decisions. If I am a cheated investor, I will not approve my behavior of
seeking personal gains. Therefore, in my future career, I should not seek
personal gains, but should abide by the rules of the industry, not treat
investors as a means to achieve personal gains and take the initiative to
maintain the fairness of the trading market out of good intentions.

5. Conclusion
I gained a lot through the study of business ethics. First of all, I have learned a
lot of useful moral theory knowledge to support me to make moral decisions.
Secondly, I have a deeper understanding of the connotation of moral theory
through spontaneous question raising and independent learning. Most
importantly, he helped me reflect on my past actions and understand how I
should make ethical choices in my future career.
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