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Stuart E. Dawson 《Journal of Business Ethics》2001,30(4):401-404
This paper discusses the extent to which books about business ethics are purchased or read outside of tertiary institutions in Australia, whether the subject is commonly perceived as business, philosophy or both, what range of business ethics books is commonly offered for purchase, and what conclusions might be drawn from the above considerations. Investigation shows that the range and availability of business ethics books is quite limited outside of tertiary institutions, and that the general perception is that business ethics is something which pertains specifically to business rather than to moral philosophy. It is likely that this tends to isolate the subject from philosophy as broadly conceived in the minds of business practitioners. 相似文献
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In this comparative survey of 126 Brazilian and U.S. business professionals, we explore the effect of national culture on ethical decision-making within the context of business. Using Reidenbach and Robin's (1988) multi-criteria ethics instrument, we examined how these two countries' differences on Hofstede's individualism/collectivism dimension are related to the manner in which business practitioners make ethical decisions. Our results indicate that Brazilians and Americans evaluate the ethical content of actions or decisions differently when applying utilitarian criteria. By contrast, business people from both countries do not differ significantly when they use egoistic criteria in evaluating the ethical nature of business decisions. 相似文献
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Stephen Brigley 《Business ethics (Oxford, England)》1995,4(1):17-22
Why do certain ethical values and beliefs work within the realities of organisation life, while others do not? Research into corporate culture in its various expressions can provide a means of relating corporate rhetoric to actual performance and provide a deeper understanding of the conditions for practical change. Dr Brigley is a member of the Centre for the Study of Organisational Change in the School of Management, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY. He wishes to acknowledge the benefits received from discussion with his colleagues in the Centre and especially with its Director, Dr Paul Bate. 相似文献
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Taking a Sartrean existentialist viewpoint towards business ethics, in particular, concerning the question of the nature of businesspersons’ moral character, provides for a dramatically distinct set of reflections from those afforded by the received view on character, namely that of Aristotelian-based virtue ethics. Insofar as Sartre’s philosophy places human freedom at center stage, I argue that the authenticity with which a businessperson approaches moral situations depends on the degree of consciousness he or she has of the various choices at stake. Finally, I consider some practical changes in business ethics education, managerial decision-making, and business organizations that Sartrean reflections might prompt. 相似文献
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Joseph Heath 《Journal of Business Ethics》2008,83(4):595-614
The prevalence of white-collar crime casts a long shadow over discussions in business ethics. One of the effects that has
been the development of a strong emphasis upon questions of moral motivation within the field. Often in business ethics, there
is no real dispute about the content of our moral obligations, the question is rather how to motivate people to respect them.
This is a question that has been studied quite extensively by criminologists as well, yet their research has had little impact
on the reflections of business ethicists. In this article, I attempt to show how a criminological perspective can help to
illuminate some traditional questions in business ethics. I begin by explaining why criminologists reject three of the most
popular folk theories of criminal motivation. I go on to discuss a more satisfactory theory, involving the so-called “techniques
of neutralization,” and its implications for business ethics.
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Jane Collier 《Business ethics (Oxford, England)》1997,6(3):168-174
Britain's Economic and Social Research Council offered criteria for excellence in research which appear to express a shared basic idea of research–as–dialogue. This approach does not appear to be met very well by business ethics research in the USA or the UK, but it was seen to be impressively present in some of the German contributions to the European Business Ethics Network conference held in Frankfurt last year. Dr Collier analyses the conditions which may underlie this difference of approach and considers the contribution of modern "discourse ethics to the process of dialogue, concluding that dialogue "is an essential characteristic of research excellence", and that without it we therefore fail to meet both our own standards and the needs of the business community". Dr Collier is Lecturer in Management Studies the Judge Institute of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College. 相似文献
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Edmund F. Byrne 《Journal of Business Ethics》2002,37(2):121-133
What sort of connection is there between business ethics and philosophy? The answer given here: a weak one, but it may be getting stronger. Comparatively few business ethics articles are structurally dependent on mainstream academic philosophy or on such sub-specialities thereof as normative ethics, moral theory, and social and political philosophy. Examining articles recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics that declare some dependence, the author finds that such declarations often constitute only a pro forma gesture which could be omitted without detriment to the paper's content and conclusions. He also finds, however, that some authors do draw on solid philosophical work in ways that are establishing ever more meaningful interconnections between business ethics and academic philosophy. These cross-disciplinary studies, he concludes, are ground-breaking and invite creative imitation. 相似文献
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The paper documents the post-war retrenchment and failure of the post-war British Consumer Co-operative Movement. In contrast to the general failure one CEO, Terry Thomas stands out both for his success in co-operative rebranding and returning to profitability the UK Co-operative Bank and because he alone amongst the top echelons of the Co-operative Groups Management based his strategies on a clearly articulated philosophy based on his understanding of the values and purpose of the co-operative movement rooted in its historical traditions grounded in the writings and achievements of Robert Owen, The paper goes on to provide a case study of the bank’s process of transformation from loss-making subsidiary to the first positive co-operative national brand in the post-war period of its history. The author argues that lack of appropriate vision based on the founding values and purposes of the Co-operative Movement is the principal reason for the management’s and governance failures that have beset the UK Co-operative Group. Instead of using the past to help in understanding the present and planning for the future, the UK Co-operative Group Leadership ignored it or worse used the past successes to congratulate itself and disguise its manifest failures. In this, they were supported by an uncritical Co-operative Union (later renamed Co-operatives UK). Davis argues large co-operatives cannot be managed by a civil service responsible to an elected board. Co-operatives need a servant-leadership model of professional management dedicated to the transformational goals set by the founders of the co-operative movement. This needs a radical rethink and promotion of co-operative management education and a dedicated executive recruitment that seeks out value-based professionals whose attitudes and values are compatible with Co-operative values, ownership and purpose. 相似文献
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N. Sivakumar 《Journal of Business Ethics》2008,83(2):353-361
This article examines the business practices of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the founder the Tata group of business in India
in the 19th century, from the perspective of stakeholder welfare. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was concerned about the welfare
of all major stakeholder constituents. His business practices promoted the welfare of employees, customers, society, owners,
competitors, environment and other stakeholders. He implemented several measures even before law mandated them thus acting
as a forerunner in promoting stakeholder welfare. His business plans became the foundation for an economically strong India.
This article, after an initial overview of the stakeholder framework, describes the business practices of Jamsetji Nusserwanji
Tata with regard to major stakeholder constituents. Relevant research findings regarding each stakeholder constituent studied
have been cited to show that the practices of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata have relevance to business even today.
The author humbly dedicates the article to Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Revered Chancellor of Sri Sathya Sai University,
Prasanthinilayam, India. 相似文献
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This is a study that investigated the extent of use of the three principles of ethics – utility, morality, and justice – in
managerial ethical decision making, in addition to the personal attitude towards them. It involved undergraduate and graduate
business students (total N=163) from the Olayan School of Business in the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Two kinds of measurements were done:
self assessment, and testing with the Saschkin’ s Managerial Value Profile (1997). It showed that morality was the overriding
ethical principle used, especially in the graduate group (professionals). Business students still believed in the justice
system despite the weakness of the country’s law. Utility was the least used, although males were found to be more utilitarian
than females. Finally there was no relation between personal attitudes toward the three ethical principles, and the intentional
behavior when faced with ethical dilemmas. The findings were discussed and recommendations were given. 相似文献
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Despite growing interest in examining the role of religion in business ethics, there is little consensus concerning the basis
or standards of “good” or ethical behavior and the reasons behind them. This limits our ability to enhance ethical behavior
in the workplace. We address this issue by examining worldviews as it relates to ethics research and practice. Our worldview
forms the context within which we organize and build our understanding of reality. Given that much of our academic work as
well as business practice operate from a modern worldview, we examine how modernism shapes our beliefs and approaches to ethics
in business and academia. We identify important limitations of modernism in addressing moral issues and religion. We then
introduce the Christian worldview as an alternative approach to examining ethical issues in business 相似文献
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Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto 《Journal of Business Ethics》2008,82(4):835-850
The article suggests that in a modern context, where value pluralism is a prevailing and possibly, even ethically desirable
interaction condition, institutional economics provides a more viable business ethics than behavioural business ethics, such
as Kantianism or religious ethics. The article explains how the institutional economic approach to business ethics analyses
morality with regard to an interaction process, and favours non-behavioural, situational intervention with incentive structures and with capital exchange. The article argues that this approach may have to be prioritised over behavioural business ethics, which tends to analyse
morality at the level of the individual and favours behavioural intervention with the individual’s value, norm and belief system, e.g. through ethical pedagogy, communicative techniques, etc. Quaker ethics is taken as an example of behavioural ethics.
The article concludes that through the conceptual grounding of behavioural ethics in the economic approach, theoretical and
practical limitations of behavioural ethics, as encountered in a modern context, can be relaxed. Probably only then can behavioural
ethics still contribute to raising moral standards in interactions amongst the members (stakeholders) of a single firm, and
equally, amongst (the stakeholders of) different firms.
Dr. Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto is researcher in business ethics, organisational economics and economic issues that concern the
Old Testament. He is placed at the School of Management of the University of Leicester, UK. He holds two doctorates, one in
social studies from the University of Oxford, UK, and one in economic studies from the Catholic University of Eichstaett,
Germany. He has widely published on green consumerism and institutional economic issues that concern organization theory,
business ethics theory and an economic interpretation of the Old Testament. His publications include the books Understanding
Green Consumer Behaviour (Routledge, 2003) and Human Nature and Organization Theory (Edward Elgar, 2003). 相似文献
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Today’s sweatshops violate our notions of justice, yet they continue to flourish. This is so because we have not settled on
criteria that would allow us to condemn and do away with them and because the poor working conditions in certain places are
preferable to the alternative of no job at all. In this paper, we examine these phenomena. We consider the definitional dilemmas
posed by sweatshops by routing a standard definition of sweatshops through the precepts put forward in the literature on justice
and virtue ethics. We conclude that fixing on definitions is pointless and misleading and that we are better off looking at
whether or not a workplace violates the basic human rights of workers and whether or not the working conditions there cohere
with situations on which we have already rendered judgments. In the end, we suggest guidelines for businesses that operate
in the global workplace to help them avoid charges of running sweatshops. These recommendations account for the harsh living
conditions in certain developing and emerging countries as well as the norms of societies in developed countries.
* A summer research grant from the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University contributed toward making this research
possible.
Tara J. Radin is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department at the Wharton School and
Assistant Director of The American College Center for Ethics in Financial Services. She earned a J.D. from the University
of Virginia School of Law and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Management from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. Her
research encompasses topics such as employment, global labor practices, technology, privacy, corporate governance, and stakeholder
theory, and includes publications in journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and American
Business Law Journal. She is also co-author of Employment and Employee Rights, published by Blackwell Publishers, Ltd.
Martin Calkins is Assistant Professor in the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He earned a
Ph.D. in management from the University of Virginia, M.Div. and Th.M. degrees in theology from the Weston School of Theology,
and an M.I.M. in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management. His academic interests
include moral theory (in particular, casuistry and virtue theory) as well as contemporary international business issues such
as international codes, whistleblowing, sweatshops, and the impact of computer and Internet technologies on societies. 相似文献
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With the current globalisation and complexity of today’s business environment, there are increasing concerns on the role of
business ethics. Using culture and religion as the determinants, this paper presents a cross-national study of attitudes toward
business ethics among three countries: Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. The results of this paper have shown the attitudes
toward business ethics to be significantly different among the three countries. It was also found that respondents who practised
their religion tend to consider themselves more ethically minded than those who do not. Additional findings on gender have
also revealed significant differences between the males and females for respondents in Singapore and Australia. Males are
generally considered more ethical than females across the three countries studied.
Dr. Ian Phau teaches Marketing at the Curtin University of Technology. He is an avid researcher in the area of country image
and branding issues. He also edits a peer reviewed marketing journal.
Garick Kea is a researcher with the Curtin University of Technology. His research interests include consumer ethnocentrism,
Consumer Animosity and marketing ethics. 相似文献
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Xiaohe Lu 《Journal of Business Ethics》2009,86(4):451-461
China now manufactures or assembles over 50% of the world’s products. However, the world has been reeling from daily accounts
of defective “Made in China” products. China has been at the forefront of growing concern, not only about its products and
enterprises, but also about its business ethics. This article analyzes recent events connected with the Made in China label
from the perspective of evolving Chinese business ethics. Part 1 analyzes three of these events. Part 2 details and analyzes
the state of business ethics in China today. Part 3 concludes by exploring the future of business ethics in China. The main
conclusion is that business ethics in China faces two kinds of ethical challenges: how to restrict the lawless in as short
a period of time as possible and how to protect and advance the interests of employees, investors, and the public through
corporate management and public administration. 相似文献
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John Ruhe 《Journal of Teaching in International Business》2013,24(4):362-388
Implicit in most comparative ethical studies is the assumption that cultural and religious differences between countries are the major reasons behind the variations in ethical beliefs and business practice across nations. This article examines research on the international ethical issues and the common moral concerns that permeate differing religious and philosophical perspectives—not only Judaism and Christianity, but also Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism with emphasis on the Golden Rule. Many commonalities were found. The authors suggest that students (and practitioners) should understand the basic tenets of the major religions and their implications on international business ethics because of the apparent failure of current philosophical approaches. 相似文献