Business Ethics and Moral Motivation: A Criminological Perspective |
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Authors: | Joseph Heath |
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Institution: | (1) University of Toronto, 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5R 2M8 |
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Abstract: | 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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Keywords: | character deviance moral motivation techniques of neutralization white-collar crime |
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