A Short History of Applied Ethics in Australia

Abstract

Various achievements of Australia in the field of applied ethics from the 1980s to 2016 are outlined. The review covers academic scholarship, research and teaching; the ethics of business and actions to build ethics into the structures of enterprises. This follows the 3-fold categorization developed by De George (2012). A brief account of the formation and history of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics is included, as is a selection of scandals involving Australian organisations. Australia is shown to have made a significant contribution to the academic discipline of applied ethics and to have been aware of its position, distant from the English-speaking West and in the midst of nations of the global south.

Citation

Harris, H. (2017), "A Short History of Applied Ethics in Australia", Ethics in the Global South (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Vol. 18), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 153-174. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-209620170000018007