Going Beyond Intuitions: Reclaiming the Philosophy in Business Ethics
Business ethics texts often have sections on ethical theory, but typically little or no discussion of foundational philosophical concepts like cause, personhood, or responsibility. Here I use the Love Canal case as an example of how discussion could be enriched by reference to issues such as these....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2002
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Teaching business ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-166 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Business Ethics B Cause B Metaphysics B Responsibility B Philosophy B Teaching B Personhood B Love Canal |
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| Summary: | Business ethics texts often have sections on ethical theory, but typically little or no discussion of foundational philosophical concepts like cause, personhood, or responsibility. Here I use the Love Canal case as an example of how discussion could be enriched by reference to issues such as these. I advocate that we foster deliberation about these kinds of core metaphysical issues as well as ethical theory in case analysis, and believe that doing so would move students from intuitive gainsaying to a richer and more subtle examination of cases. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-1944 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Teaching business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1015234426112 |