Business meta-ethics: an analysis of two theories
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The main advantages of a Deontology-Utilitarianism (DU) model in business are that they provide a secure foundation in ethical decision making. Unlike the incomprehensive Utility-Rights-Justice (URJ) model, the DU model asserts a particular relation among the two explanatory variables of balance and complementarity. Thus the traditional DU model not only accounts for the universal and particulars in ethics, it also fills the need for grounding social responsibility in deontological theory.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1995
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Feminist ethics as moral grounding for stakeholder theory
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Stakeholder theory must be based on a theory of ethics if it is to be used as a management strategy which is founded on morals and behavior. This basis must consider the intrinsic relationship between individuals and groups making up the stakeholder network. However, there are very few moral theories which measure up to his criterion. Feminist ethics, which is based on the concept of caring, provides this vital element in ethically based stakeholder theory.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1996
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Collaborative control and the commons: safeguarding employee rights
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A possible solution to a declining labor pool that is based on a framework called collaborative control is presented. The problem of the commons is applied to the US labor force which suffered a 1.5% decrease in growth rate per year in the 1980s and is predicted to experience a 1% growth per year for the 1990s. Collaborative control, which is based on mutual coercion and trust involving companies in an industry, is discussed.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1996
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