Some Thoughts on Moriarty and Moeller |
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Authors: | Michael Schwartz |
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Institution: | (1) School of Economics, Finance & Marketing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, 3001, VIC, Australia |
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Abstract: | Abstact In a recent paper in Business Ethics Quarterly Professor Jeffrey Moriarty (2005) asserted the relevance of political philosophy to business ethics. Moriarty asked whether
“businesses ought to be run (more) like states” and argued why that might be beneficial. This paper on the contrary asserts
that there are distinct disadvantages to businesses attempting to be run more like states. Specifically, it asserts that any
such an attempt increases the likelihood of the re-emergence of a totalitarian society as businesses currently often act as
an intermediary between the individual and the state. The paper contemplates Moeller’s ambitions in the Weimar period for
the business to be run like a state and the historical outcome of those ambitions. The paper also distinguishes between two
different kinds of rights and argues that different kinds of rights pertain to different sectors which preclude business being
run like a state.
Dr. Michael Schwartz is an associate professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He also serves as the vice-president
of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics. His research in the field of business ethics has been published
in Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly and Business Ethics: A European Review. |
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Keywords: | Buber business Drucker insurance Moeller Moriarty politics rights |
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