Integrating Ethics All the Way Through: The Issue of MoralAgency Reconsidered

Integrating “ethics all the way through” an organization suggests that the issue of moral agency and the corporation be reconsidered. Is the corporation a moral agent in some sense or is it no more than the people who are a part of the organization? Views which stress the role of the individual lose...

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Auteurs: Buchholz, Rogene A. (Auteur) ; Rosenthal, Sandra B. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2006
Dans: Journal of business ethics
Année: 2006, Volume: 66, Numéro: 2, Pages: 233-239
Sujets non-standardisés:B Corporate Responsibility
B Moral Evaluation
B Moral Responsibility
B Business Ethic
B Moral Agency
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Résumé:Integrating “ethics all the way through” an organization suggests that the issue of moral agency and the corporation be reconsidered. Is the corporation a moral agent in some sense or is it no more than the people who are a part of the organization? Views which stress the role of the individual lose sight of the whole corporate entity, and views which think of the corporation as a collective lose sight of the individual. A view which rejects both these alternatives sees the corporation as a type of community where there is a dynamic tension between the corporation as a whole and the individuals who are part of the organization. This view has implications relative to the focus of efforts to integrate ethics throughout an organization.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-5588-9