Ethics and the role of the manager

In order to understand the way in which the results of a study of business ethics could enter into the actual conduct of business, I formulate and examine five models of the role of the manager which can be found in the literature of management theory. These I call the engineering model, the economic model, the management of values model, the formal organization model, and the political model. While none of these models is wholly adequate, each provides important theoretical insights into the relevance of ethics to management decision making which can be of use in the examination of specific cases.John R. Boatright is Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University. He is the author is several articles in the areas of ethical theory and the history of ethics.     

Teaching Finance Ethics

This article seeks to promote the study of ethics in the finance curriculum by providing an organizing framework of ethical issues in finance, a discussion of theoretical approaches to these issues, a listing of the main ethical problems in finance, and suggestions about resources and materials.