Contractarian business ethics: current status and next steps

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The application of social contract theories to analysing business ethics started with the seminal study of Donaldson in 1982. It has been successfully applied in analysing stakeholder's behaviour. The main constraints in successful applicability are its infancy, generality of theories and difficulty in applying these theories to the 'artifactual' environment of business. Issues where present and future research are needed in order to make this approach effective are consent, empirical foundations, ethical theory, moral psychology and managerial utility.

Research, Usage, Study and teaching, Behavioral assessment, Social contract, Organizational behavior

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The marketplace of morality: first steps toward a theory of moral choice

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Thinking about morality in market terms leads to many difficult issues such as how price-equivalents are set in mediums of exchange. A marketplace of morality might be considered a place where people act under the influence of their moral impulses and where transactions reflect the overall impelling moral preferences of its participants. The nature, significance and normative implications of a marketplace of morality are analyzed and discussed.

Markets (Economics), Ethical aspects

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The legitimacy of direct corporate humanitarian investment

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Issues' regarding corporations' direct humanitarian investment in developing countries are discussed. Business has a comparative advantage over countries and non-governmental organizations in the provision of such aid.Marketplace morality legitimizes direct corporate humanitarian investment (DCHI) and it is consistent with corporations' role in society.

Corporate social responsibility, Socially responsible investments

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