A Literature Review on Ethics and Sustainable Development. Approaches for Qatar

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, University of Aberdeen, language: English, abstract: This paper's overall aim is to discuss and analyze the many different elements of business ethics and sustainable development and how the approaches that are being used in the country of Qatar and in other regions around the globe. Further, the various themes will be discussed through the review of the literature, and any gaps in the research will be identified and discussed for the purposes of recommending possible explanations. Some of the themes that are present within the literature are corporate social responsibility (CSR), how Qatar is doing in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, leveraging sustainable human resource practices, how the institutional, cultural environment and distinct ethical traditions of specific developing countries manifest in the ethical conduct and/or CSR policies and practices, and the overall ethical philosophies and ethical decision-making practices occurring and how they relate to Qatar's and other regions' sustainable development.