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Leaving Cert Business: Ethics

How often Ethics comes up on the Business papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 3 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

OL Asked on 4 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.

June 2027 is the first exam on the new Business course. These come from the 2016–2026 papers, so read them as a guide.

Ethics, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Ethics.

(a)An employee who reports wrongdoing inside their organisation is a…
  1. Shop steward
  2. Whistleblower
  3. Stakeholder
(b)Behaving in a morally right way in business is…
  1. Benchmarking
  2. Business planning
  3. Business ethics
(c)The Fairtrade mark shows that producers were paid…
  1. A fair price for their goods
  2. In euro
  3. The Irish minimum wage
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(a) Whistleblower

(b) Business ethics

(c) A fair price for their goods

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Ethics.

Higher Level

Asked on 3 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Section 1 Q6
2024Section 3 Q2
2023Not asked
2022Not asked
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Section 3 Q2
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Ethics questions

Ethics, 2 marks

Using confidential company information to buy or sell its shares is…

  1. Price-fixing
  2. Tax avoidance
  3. Insider dealing
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Insider dealing

Insider dealing is using price-sensitive information not available to the public to trade shares for gain. It is a crime under EU market abuse law, and the Central Bank of Ireland enforces it.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 4 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Section 2 Q2
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Section 2 Q2
2022Section 2 Q2
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Section 2 Q2
2017Not asked
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Ethics questions

Ethics, 3 marks

An employee who reports wrongdoing inside their own organisation is a…

  1. Shop steward
  2. Shareholder
  3. Whistleblower
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Whistleblower

Whistleblowers who report wrongdoing in the proper way are given legal protection against being punished for it.

Ethics, 2 marks

Doing what is morally right in business, beyond what the law demands, is…

  1. Quality control
  2. Business ethics
  3. Market research
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Business ethics

For example, refusing to use a supplier that uses child labour, even though nothing in Irish law forces the firm to refuse.

Ethics, 2 marks

A written statement of the standards of behaviour a firm expects from staff is a…

  1. Code of ethics
  2. Balance sheet
  3. Job description
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Code of ethics

It covers matters such as honesty, gifts from suppliers and confidentiality, so staff know what is and is not acceptable.

Other Business topics

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