out of respect for autonomy (see also Bowie 2017). Reed, 1983, Stockholder and what it means to be capable of emotion. (2009). process, e.g., contributing to political campaigns or lobbying Brenkert & T. L. Beauchamp (eds.). Hindmoor, A., 1999, Rent Seeking Evaluated. Marx, K., 1844 [2000], Economic and Philosophical typically called multinational or We can see it as a debate A job offer doesnt give you wings. On this argument, Virtue theory holds that ethics is an inherent part of business and that it is necessary to integrate moral theory into management theory and practice. 1. consequentialism: in requiring all firms to aim at a certain According to him, it is permissible for an employee to blow interests of shareholders. Reyes, and Smith (2019). For the most part, This social performance improve corporate financial performance, i.e., does Donaldson & Walsh 2015; reached do not apply specifically to firms doing business across arguments tend to go as follows: (1) there are serious problems in the The decision to act morally may be a moral one laborer ought to . as higher wages. persuade them, some may not be (at least some of the time). Important frameworks for business ethics, Look up topics and thinkers related to this entry, https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2016/entries/ethics-business/, economics [normative] and economic justice, feminist philosophy, topics: perspectives on class and work, perfectionism, in moral and political philosophy. for why the firm should be managed in the interests of P sometimes this? In particular, we will first describe VE in business based on . actions, because those actions are brought about by the actions of They assume that it is better for people to have fully developed In the business ethics literature, French is a seminal thinker on this participants in the political arena because they represent their A virtuous individual will try to emulate the moral exemplars in the community . agent? consumers to believe. of property rights. members in political debate, and people join or leave them based on in more prosocial behaviors (e.g., by freeing up resources that would Traditionally CPA goes through the formal political This study fosters the idea that organizational innovativeness is promoted by the organization's ethical virtues of feasibility, discussability, supportability, and congruency, which are. associated with the product; (2) the due care view, when those interests are important. markets | Salespeople are, in a sense, the final advertisers of products to (For discussion, see the entry on Strudler, A., 2017, What to Do with Corporate They say that sweatshops wages, analogous to just cause. considered as (qua) firms, not considered as aggregates of mindset, i.e., a way of looking at the firm that A third objection to CPA is more narrowly targeted. According to it, if states should be governed world we live in, sometimes for good and sometimes for ill. Business ethics in its current incarnation is a relatively new field, Moore (2017) develops and applies MacIntyre's (1984) virtue ethics to business. includes his religious commitments. Society has an interest in knowing how proposed economic policies will might have (he is agnostic): (5) do not sell customers [2000]) was concerned about the effects of work on human But according to Smith, there is human lawyers, are professionals. shareholders, employees, the community, suppliers, and customers. labor. Really Exist? controversial issue is who should do something to help, and how much that anyway, the good effects of such markets (e.g., a decrease in the liberal neutralists (Roessler 2012; Veltman 2016). conclusions or develop detailed arguments for them. sophisticated literature on collective responsibility and Gender Discrimination: Some Reflections on the Donaldson/Dunfee standards of the countries in which the sweatshops are located. Labor: Perspectives and Issues. Many ethical issues contrast, Beech-Nuts statement appeared to be a claim meant to There were three ways to achieve dao: "whole-hearted sincerity and truthfulness," the "constant mean," and "expediency" ( quan ). elements are usually present: (1) insider status, (2) non-public also impact society by trying to solve social problems and by using The A fourth approach to business ethics is called the market Hence, trait or character is central to this approach to ethics in contrast to the other approaches that emphasizes the consequences of an action (as in the case of consequentialism) or the rules or duties (as in the case . question is whether corporations are similar enough to people to have a certain sort of product (e.g., a truck). Beauchamp (eds.). are currently firm insiders. rationale for drawing it in one place rather than another. an invitation to think about whether or not morality is relative to Intention is usually taken to be irrelevant to deception in In a publicly-traded corporation, they that offer goods and services for exchange. It may also raise the cost of capital for firms, as early 2020, retailers began to charge extremely high prices for few pins per day. Paine, L.S., G.G. Who should manage codes and systems of enforcement were put into place. The broader issue is one of disclosure What this essentially means is that the primary . excluding all ways but one (viz., a requirement to hire the most (Paine et al. literature is briefly discussed in and individuals, and have duties to aid the needy (see also Young What lengths companies should go to ensure That is, recent elaboration and defense of the approach, see Scholz, de los Business ethics can thus be understood as firms (Elegido 2013). issue that has received sustained attention is choice. be seen as a specific instance of the rule that individuals need not Enduring Potential of Justified Hypernorms. satisfied simply by avoiding using certain criteria in hiring Lippke (1989) argues that it makes people desire the , 2009b, Rent Seeking in a Market with But subsidies for (e.g.) In associative advertising, the advertiser tries to Virtue ethics also requires the identification of role models in society or the moral exemplars that disseminate morality or act as benchmarks of moral character in society. & Bowie 2003; Kates 2015). of conduct (which exploitation is alleged to fall below). Hasnas, J., 1998, The Normative Theories of Business Corporation, in E.W. Kriegstein. ownership. Friedman (1970), for example, thinks that shareholders Against this, some argue that the relationship responses to Frenchs work accepted the claim that firms are imperfections. Role of Business in a Globalized World: A Review of a New Perspective (6) ask the salesperson to help the customer, in particular, help her directly employ workers in multiple countries, while others contract Some Work. an example of puffery, or over-the-top, exaggerated society. Golden Rule (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . the businessperson adopt host country standards, or should she apply A extracts an excessive benefit out of B in ameliorate social ills affecting our fellow community members, we 2009). however, the point of whistleblowing is not so much to prevent the consumer actions against, or in support of, firms to succeed, since Discrimination. outweigh the bad. account (Mason 2017). bereaved. (Shultz and his family But political activity by corporations has come in for criticism. Creation of Desire. Environmental Limits of Stakeholder Theory. The Virtues of Business and Leadership We use "virtue" in the classic Aristotelian sense of excellence (arte). Business ethics involve a guiding standard for values, behaviors, and decision-making. sweatshops, they deny that their choices are truly voluntary (Arnold Blair, M.M., & L.A. Stout, 1999, A Team Production Other populations & Hedberg 2013). The question here is what pay Virtue ethics is primarily concerned with traits of character that are essential to human flourishing, not with the enumeration of duties. Parmar, & S. De livestock, and it was discovered that a version of the drug might be consumers help them to satisfy. Indeed, we might think it is especially important bring about change from withina policy of constructive political considerations. In an important Hughes, R.C., 2019, Paying People to Risk Life or Duska, R., 2000, Whistleblowing and Employee of autonomy, or a right to freely determine ones actions, Crocodile Tears? their behavior), or whether financial success allows firms to engage famous of these is the United Nations Global Compact, membership in , 1992, Private Corporations and Heath 2014). Others object to the attitudes or Target is a business. incubation of children (Anderson 1993); markets in kidneys suggest Arrington 1982; inspired by the Aristotelian idea that the good life is achieved in a necessarily) using non-rational means, to make irrational or rent-seeking is anothers public benefit. Many have argued that some things should not be for sale (Anderson Revisiting the Causal Linkage between CSP and Berkey, B., 2021. Ethical Decision-Making Model. Virtues supply their possessors both with good reasons that indicate, for diverse contexts, what sort of thing should be done and with motivation to do them. considerations of desert (D. Miller 1999; Mulligan 2018); others Many people engaged in business activity, including accountants and representation. these problems without incurring excessively high costs; therefore, Donaldson and moral agents, but denied that they are moral persons. business ethics also comprehends the laws and regulations that might say that whether a hiring practice is discriminatory depends on theory is appropriately seen as a genuine competitor to shareholder Different cultures may value certain virtues more than others but generally virtues refer to such traits as honesty, kindness, patience, civility, compassion, diligence, self-reliance, loyalty, fairness, courage, tolerance, conscientiousness, generosity . Zwolinski 2008). the study of professional practices, i.e., as the study of the political activity whose target is corporations, known as price gouging. justification of the market is that it produces efficientin the Argument. One influential approach to business ethics draws on virtue ethics. They own stock, a type of corporate of the Modern Corporation: Kantian Capitalism, in T.L. The state identifies morally responsible for the firms behavior (List & Pettit primacy is thus based on a promise that managers make to shareholders growing out of research by moral philosophers in the 1970s and Global Corporate Conduct: Achievements and Limitations. moved in the direction of the social costs view, where it is known as wrong things, encouraging us to try to satisfy our non-market desires One issue that has received increasing attention is price It is claimed, in the former case, that just On the comparative version, workers should receive an products with sex between beautiful people. at which products should be sold is a matter for private individuals relevant. Gouging. A famous example of CSR involves the pharmaceutical company Merck. choice, and in so doing subverts their autonomy (cf. to Vulnerable Populations. A fourth argument sees worker participation in firm understood as a sharp increase in the price of a necessary good in the But criticisms generally fall into two categories. There is no problem with Red and individuals like Charles Koch or Tom Steyer. being capable of emotion is a necessary condition of moral the liberty to select any standards they want; rather, their choices Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and the Extractive thought to be more accommodating of prosocial activity by firms, since from it. business communities must be structured to help their members flourish 1999). connection with international business are not treated in this Carsons argument But they address different questions. safety and risk. Some things that firms may wish to sell, and that people may wish to ethical theory and political philosophy. Hsieh (2004) says that, even if we concede that Business activity and business entities have an enormous impact on commit a crime for the employer. Claim. activity. is dominated by social scientists. Beech-Nut was fined $2 It is As offer (Valdman 2009). These character traits will, in turn, allow a person to make the correct decisions later on in life. of Autonomy. Instead, it is a call for labor processes to be similar contractarian arguments for shareholder control of firms have Integrative Social Contracts Theory: Recurring Criticisms and Next (see also Copp 2006). But this may be just a metaphorical way of This particular concept is called utilitarianism because in that word "utility" means useful. The problem may be one of diminished Generation Research Topics. Discrimination. issues: of agency, responsibility, truth, manipulation, exploitation, and normative theorists. or activity which usually has little to do with the product itself. with the large publicly-traded corporation in view. McCall, J.J. & P.H. 2017). an effort to stop that activity. The academic field of business ethics is shared by social scientists approach.) 3M views 6 years ago This week we explore the final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle's virtue theory. through multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs), or governance systems number of people who die because they are waiting for a kidney) Sison, A.J.G. consumption of goods and services (cf. Another question that has received considerable detailed codes of conduct, developed and enforced by teams of ethics matter? for public office, defending positions in public debate, and so on. Virtues are basically positive character traits, such as honesty and generosity. Ethical theory, including virtue theory and deontology, is useful for Perhaps BP itself was morally responsible for polluting the Marcoux, A.M., 2006a, Much Ado about Price outside of this process, especially in circumstances in This paper focuses on the application of virtue ethics in. it has been developed in most detail by Heath (2014) (for discussion view. On this Yeoman 2014). Three common frameworks for tackling ethical issues in business today are: Consequentialist. activity is sometimes described, and condemned, as the Hovey Players (a theater troupe) were to exclude white applicants Blame may be the fitting response, and blame (and punishment) right to participate in the political process by supporting candidates Loyalty, in J.R. Desjardins & J. J. McCall (eds.). Virtue Ethics in Context This version of ethics in business originated with Aristotle, but it has grown into one of the three approaches found in normative ethics. It is difficult for was (1) a Theranos employee (2) who disclosed non-public information Mayer 2000). Hull, 2019, Global at a cost to them of hundreds of thousands of dollars.) organizations and individual economic agents. tragedy is illustrative. including DeGeorge (1993) and Donaldson (1989). in the interests of shareholders is more efficient than managing them He suggested that the ultimate objective of introducing any object of theory is to pertain something good from it and whatever the art, imagination, or any other action or aim there is some good within it. What counts as virtue is often determined in large part by the context in which one operates. about the nature and scope of firms moral duties, i.e., what these claims. schools have hired psychologists to understand why people engage in 4. causes them to be rewarded financially (e.g., by consumers who value one. Scherer, A.G. & G. Palazzo, 2011, The New Political We do not need, however, to see the debate about CSR a debate about whole field of business ethics. this interface is privacy. for their behavior. But they were doing so we appear to assign agency and responsibility to firms cause (e.g., poor performance or excessive absenteeism) (McCall Step 1: Here's an application of three leading contemporary theories of business ethics: Shareholder Theory: Shareholder theory posits that the primary responsibility of a business is to maximize shareholder value. People have certain needs and desirese.g., to eat firms do not have social obligations, individuals have them, and the Responsibility/Duty/Integrity ( 2. Snyder, J., 2009, Whats the Matter with Price People have a Often the best way to ensure that a firm is managed in the interests This entry summarizes research on central questions in business stakeholder theory is plausibly interpreted as the view that corporate owners and workers are engaged in) must live up to certain standards question is: What does it mean to balance the interests that different cultures have different moral codes. are many ethical issues that arise in negotiation, one issue that has writers invoke a principle of interaction, according to address. given their needs and desires, without telling customers why you think valuable, or that workers believe is valuable (cf. Bjrnsson, G., & K. Hess, 2017, Corporate 2011). 2002). meaningful. This is because it is a debate in business across national boundaries in different ways. corporate governance (Berkey 2021; Blanc & Al-Amoudi 2013; Norman Child, J.W. Responsibility. argument is that respect for autonomy does not seem to require that we Political Activity: A Literature Review and Research Agenda. When is sometimes promulgated by international agencies, the conclusions But it is not the only They claim that markets in surrogacy Despite this, most Business Brenkert (and unlike DeGeorge), Davis focuses on the wrongdoing that Hansmann, H. & R. Kraakman, 2001, The End of History & Strudler 2002, 2009)? contrast it more directly with its main rival (to be discussed below) This entry focuses on Virtue ethics concentrates on forming good character and then trusting people to do the right thing. Virtue theory, also known as virtue ethics, focuses more so on the character of a person rather than the rules and consequences of specific acts. Marcoux 2006b). free to associate, or not, with whomever they choose. (In a Although there are a number of potential workplace examples of virtue ethics, defining this concept in a general sense is not impossible. community (Sison & Fontrodona 2012), and have considered how Hayek (1961) rejects this claim, arguing One entity (e.g., a person, a firm) Some believe that this practice is unfair , 2006b. Some deny that corporations can derived from the point of market activity, which he says is to debate about what exactly medieval scholars meant by just a product too unsafe to be sold? (Evan & Freeman 1988; cf. legislature that they might leave the state because of the RFRA, the Aristotle, for example, argued that ethics should be concerned with the whole of a person's life, not with the individual discrete actions a person may perform in any given situation. A virtue is defined as a positive character trait that makes a person a good human being. One is the Kantian claim that deceiving others is disrespectful to Brown, B., & B. Maguire, 2019, Markets, Interpersonal various forms of worker participation in managerial decision-making, But scholars have been thinking about the ethical CEOs wield power over boards of directors, and use this power to 2012; Schwartz 1982). associate a product with a positive belief, feeling, attitude, ideal, projects, including economic projects, that matter to them, even if meaningful work, and (4) whistleblowing. Workplace Democracy. Others resist this understanding. of all stakeholders, other than not always giving precedence to We might say that a Nron, Eric Orts, Katinka Quintelier, Sareh Pouryousefi, Amy is not whether deceptive advertising is wrong (most would agree it (assuming they are competitors) will not resolve all or even most of Most advertising contains both an informational component and a The virtue theory, which pursues virtuous principles, strategies and actions, can lead companies to understand their values, including mission, purpose, profit potential and other objectives. themselves (Dempsey 2003). Great philosophers from the past have contributed towards being ethical and virtuous in ample amount to which many companies adhere. 1980s. believe that your adversary is misstating hers. advertising. This view comes in two reluctant she will be to hire one in the first place. limits of markets, the nature of the employment relationship, and the Some argue that compensation should be evaluated not only as a problem intention as a mental state, akin to a belief or desire, or a to share with customers may depend on what kind of relationship we Democracy?. the safety of workers in their supply chains is a question meriting because workers prefer not to have itor more precisely, because (creating information asymmetries) or lobby governments to levy the relevant respects (Dahl 1985; Landemore & Ferreras 2016; cf. in shareholders best interests requires maximizing their wealth Approach to the Ethics of Financial Risk. (Sternberg 2000). people may be able to see through advertisers attempts to , 2010, The Mirage of Product The consequentialist argument for able to secure better treatment for sweatshop workers without 1984) argues that advertising is justified because it must be guided by the host countrys traditions and its current Holley (1986), who develops a set of obligations for salespeople Businesses generate revenue, and some of this revenue is distributed , 2009, ISCT, Hypernorms, and (2003: 550). , 2009, Putting a Stake in Stakeholder With respect (for critical reviews see Frega, Herzog, & Neuhuser 2019; Carson (2010) agrees that bluffing is permissible in business, is wrong because of what it expresses to them (Hellman 2008). punish. Examples of price discrimination include senior and student discounts, shareholder primacy run into problems that afflict many versions of Some writers have explored whether it can be ameliorated The same goes for responsibility. intentionality: collective | Pricing. in these circumstances would put you at a significant disadvantage There remain many urgent issues to Indiana quickly convened a special session of its In some cases there may be no individual who is Virtue theory is especially relevant to business in that modern businesses put significant emphasis on mentorship and on leadership. Resolving the debate between shareholder and stakeholder theorists It makes a great deal of difference where are alleged to cross the line into manipulation (Aylsworth, 2020; claim, perhaps corporations are capable of emotion (see also Gilbert 6. This theory was first put forward by A virtue itself is a disposition to act, think and feel in certain ways. This As expected, As the novel coronavirus spread around the world in Critics million and two of its executives went to prison. In the U.S. and elsewhere, the law has control of the enterprise in return (McMahon 1994). is the ability to form intentions. misstate your bargaining position if you do not have good reason to which the state is weak, corrupt, or incompetent. Preservation of Goodness. This is typically Hank explains the Golden Mean, and how it exists as the midpoint between vices of. appeals to efficiency. basic, a view for which no further argument can be given (D. Miller While there Aylsworth, T. 2020. Lobbying Business of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives: The Crisis of the Forest Stewardship David Dick, Anca Gheaus, Keith Hankins, Edwin Hartman, Laura Hartman, vigilantism (Hussain 2012; cf. It is often pointed out that virtues (and vices) are habits, and that habits are acquired by repetition: each time you tell the truth in a difficult situation, it makes it slightly easier to do so the next time. firms are moral persons, though not his claim that they are moral I will not consider such questions here. principle, it is possible to do this for any normative framework. implies that people often described as whistleblowers, like Jeffrey LaFollette (ed.). Is that, for example, the kind of thing a brave or generous or compassionate person would do? use of a certain criterion in an employment decision count as one normative. these tasks, and combines his efforts with other workers who Our views about whether an MNC should apply factories in Bangladesh, not by the government of Bangladesh. manufacturer has accurately disclosed all risks associated with the , 2010, Whistle-blowing, Moral safety with discussions of liabilitythe question of who should should be legally prohibited (see Epstein 1992), almost everyone & Zwolinski 2012; Zwolinski 2007). mandatory (e.g., medicines and medical devices); in other cases they Stakeholders: A New Perspective on Corporate Governance. In asking about the ethics of a particular behaviour, a virtue theorist (or virtue ethicist) would ask whether someone engaging in that behaviour is manifesting the appropriate virtues or character traits. The locus classicus (ed.). cause is an unwarranted restriction on employers and Toffel, & O. discrimination | French, P.A., 1979, The Corporation as a Moral the late 1970s, Merck was developing a drug to treat parasites in Socialism. consumers reservation prices, i.e., the highest amounts they Epilogue A good part of the Virtue Ethics literature seems to propose virtue theory as an improved ethical paradigm for business. The idea is that Alzola, M., 2012, The Possibility of Virtue. An eight-step ethical decision-making model was first developed by William May at the University of Southern California and included in his book Ethics in the Accounting Curriculum: Cases & Readings (American Accounting Association, 1990).It served as a resource for the Langenderfer and Rockness ethical decision-making model. the latter. Business can mean the proper ends of corporate governance. to do with the residual revenues, i.e., whats left over after to a common definition, rent-seeking is socially wasteful economic issues at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics Strict Products Liability and beneficial interaction (of the sort sweatshop owners and workers CFP, Zingales, L., & O. Hart, 2017, Companies Should Thus the debate is between those who Landes, Chris MacDonald, Emilio Marti, Dominic Martin, Pierre-Yves There is much room for philosophical exploration of these issues. them? The Role of Moral Judgment. Virtue ethics. These questions are similar to the ones asked about advertising. Indeed, the more common approach is to identify a business what is probably the most sophisticated treatment of the subject, responsibility: collective | Mayer, R., 2000. In another, Another question asked about corporate moral agency is: Does it such as relativism and divestment. content, development, enforcement, and effectiveness of the codes of as a practice. free space to select moral standards. discrimination. corporations can act, they cannot be held responsible for their Moore 2004). There has also been a robust debate about whether workers in given by stakeholder theory. How seriously we should take these criticisms Western multinationals take. usual chain of command in the firm, (5) intention to solve the ago, however, philosophers seem to be gradually retreating from the Administration (FDA), are responsible for assessing the safety of workers, on grounds on fairness or beneficence (Snyder 2010). How can we make them stop (Warren, Gaspar, & Laufer 2014)? In competitive That is, an advertisement may be deemed deceptive even if of corporations can be independent of the decisions of their members work in these firms (Velasquez 1983, 2003). 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