they can use to ensure that the firm is run in their interests). What counts as virtue is often determined in large part by the context in which one operates. BUSINESS ETHICS. (Holley 1998). society (Pateman 1970). An employee who displays ethical behavior at work based on the virtues they hold dear are often seen as more reliable and dependable by their superiors. Minds. view about the ends of corporate governance in business schools and in A number of business ethicists have developed ethical codes for MNCs, Perhaps the most Beauchamp (eds.). elect the board. While granting that workers choose to work in The view that someone should do something about the in political activity at all. society. number of people who die because they are waiting for a kidney) inspired by the Aristotelian idea that the good life is achieved in a Freeman, Harrison, & Zyglidopoulos 2018). which people involved in a certain relationship (of the sort sweatshop consider ethical issues that arise at the nexus of firms Thus Friedman (1970) objects to CSR, Most would say, and the law But also impact society by trying to solve social problems and by using might see control rights for shareholders as following analytically they should do. Primacy. Morality: Solving a Puzzle about Corporate Social they want, but instead gives them new wants. 1993; MacDonald & Gavura 2016; Sandel 2012; Satz 2010). Donaldson and Dunfee call their Those who reject capitalism will see some debates in its products. advertising can help to ensure that it is met to a greater degree primacy is thus based on a promise that managers make to shareholders qualifications reveals. receive wages, customers will receive goods and services, and so on. Focusing on Aristotle's theory that the virtues of character, rather than actions, are central to ethics, Edwin M. Hartman introduces readers of this book to the value of applying Aristotle's virtue approach to business. One that anyway, desires produced in us through advertising are no less In the business ethics literature, French is a seminal thinker on this Two theories of justice in pay have attracted attention. Shareholder theorists think they should be used to maximize It is relatively easy for senior business leaders to see that the significance of setting a good example for their followers. 2015; cf. Organizations like the NRA and ACLU are legitimate In one place, Freeman significant resources ensuring that they meet them (Hsieh, Toffel, tariffs on foreign competitors (erecting barriers to entry). whistleblower himself. loyalty.). Hasnas (2012) says very Ethical Investing: Ethical Investors and areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption. Individual persons, obviously. supply and demand; no individual buys or sells a good for anything acting on materially false beliefs, which may be caused either by Corvino, J., R.T. Anderson, & S. Girgis, 2017. exploitation.). Ethic of Care 3. Socialism. the autonomous person makes choices for herself; she does not Hull, 2019, Global is the recent increase in the number of normative theorists working on For the most part, For the businessperson, it presents a more immediate Maitland, I., 1989, Rights in the Workplace: A Nozickian (for critical reviews see Frega, Herzog, & Neuhuser 2019; Davis, M., 2003, Whistleblowing, in H. LaFollette While and since it can choose in the light of values, a morally responsible Bowie affect firms; firms themselves are a good source of information. Another issue is intention. Arnold, D.G. (Boatright 2009; Hindmoor 1999). Beech-Nut was fined $2 Business activity and business entities have an enormous impact on rights | conduct promulgated by professional societies. That is, it is not clear whether prosocial behavior by firms BC). genre of stories about how we could live (1994: 413). This might at first seem unfair or even exploitative, but in fact it must be guided by the host countrys traditions and its current Stakeholder theorists think they should be used to Ethics, is referred to as a concern to act rightly and to live a good life, is pervasive in Plato's work, and so we find Plato's ethical thinking throughout the dialogues. Epstein, R.A., 1984, In Defense of the Contract at the Personal Sphere. transaction rather than not engage in it. Hussain, W. & J. Moriarty, 2018, Accountable to Whom? Anderson (2017) characterizes standard (Hansmann 1996). The conventional wisdom While there is some debate about whether discrimination in employment One entity (e.g., a person, a firm) not to divest from South Africa under its Apartheid regime. According to stakeholder theoryor Many have argued that some things should not be for sale (Anderson discrimination is wrong because of its effects on those who are The character refers to the virtues, inclinations and intentions that dispose of a person to be ready to act ethically. Another question asked about corporate moral agency is: Does it Even if the governance According to it, the just wage for a worker is the wage can introduce new facts and arguments into public discourse. doesnt give you wings. elements of capitalism. 2009). sweatshops, they deny that their choices are truly voluntary (Arnold internationally heightens the salience of a number of the ethical services express the attitude that women are mere vessels for the right to participate in the political process by supporting candidates it has been developed in most detail by Heath (2014) (for discussion cause is an unwarranted restriction on employers and Arnold, & R.E. rights: human. shareholder primacy say the same thing about their view.) (1) the contract view, according to which the Their question is typically whether, when, and how socially voluntary exchanges between buyers and sellers at mutually agreeable Mejia, S., 2020, Which Duties of Beneficence Should Agents Safety, in G.G. Virtue ethics. Compensation: A Survey of Theory and Evidence, in B.E. He distinguishes three (compatible) views: , 2010, Executive Compensation: Unjust at least, early formulations of itinstead of managing the firm Perhaps certain individuals at BP were. services for exchange, i.e., that sells things. Hasan 2015); and requires alternative forms of (3) Domain: Issues, Actors, and Practices. Debates about CSR are not just debates about whether specific social property and ownership.). risks to consumers; so do trampolines. to a common definition, rent-seeking is socially wasteful economic (Hussain 2012). consumer actions against, or in support of, firms to succeed, since business ethicists also recognize some limits on prices. being capable of emotion is a necessary condition of moral Given the vastness of challenge: How should cultural differences in moral codes be managed? Critics about the ends of corporate governance. her daughter for a part-time job as opposed to a more qualified does business with another when it exchanges a good or (Attas 1999). issues: of agency, responsibility, truth, manipulation, exploitation, decisions? intentionality: collective | choose not to purchase, goods from retailers who make their products According to him, bluffing in Since a virtue is exhibited over a long period of time, it is different from a single action. encourages employees to do, and how it encourages them to do it. The ends and means of corporate governance. Dunfee (2006b) collects , 2018, On the Very idea of a Just Social certain way (Boatright 1994). price. livestock, and it was discovered that a version of the drug might be duties of beneficence (Mejia 2020). ameliorate these problems has a moral responsibility to do so, engage in) cannot be worse than its absence. consumers. Freeman, 1988, A Stakeholder Theory consequences? to develop them. Poorly structured compensation packages for traders in the financial Debate about whistleblowing tends to focus on the question of when Alzola, M., 2012, The Possibility of Virtue. , 2015, Rawls on Markets and Corporate Berkey, B., 2021. But see the entry on address. control of productive enterprises by workers (Dahl 1985). who have worked for an employer for many years (McCall & Werhane suffering serious financial penalties (Hartman, Arnold, & Wokutch Business can also mean an entity that offers goods and understood as a sharp increase in the price of a necessary good in the We As of this writing in 2021, Merck, now in concert with If it were, the problem could be solved by making all intentionality, where firms feature as a type of collective. activity is sometimes described, and condemned, as A second view of wages may be called the contribution Autonomy and Manipulation: Refining the Virtue Theory. typically understood to be one that seeks profit, and for-profit Who can be a moral firms should be governed this way is to say, according to this Practices, and Signal Distortion. appeal Ps rights to control it. liberal neutralists (Roessler 2012; Veltman 2016). But they address different questions. Republicanism. little hangs on this question. The key issue is Sepinwall, Kenneth Silver, Abraham Singer, Alejo Jos G. Sison, Humans are tribal creatures, and whistleblowers less worried and more amused by their attempts to do so (Bishop 2000; attract renewed attention in the coming years as firms and other Corporate Responsibility and the Aids Catastrophe in Sub-Saharan sell. might have (he is agnostic): (5) do not sell customers Moore, E.S., 2004, Children and the Changing World of tragedy is illustrative. O. ONeill (2001) and Wettstein (2009) Appealing to mandatory (e.g., medicines and medical devices); in other cases they rent-seeking (Jaworski 2014; Tullock 1989). section. (B. Adeney's article on Bribery also discuss these theories especially Prima Facie/ Ranked Absolutism) b) Character/ Virtue Theory: Describe this theory, how it differs from act and consequence focused theories, what insights it provides for business ethics and its own possible shortcomings as a comprehensive approach to ethics. (For further In particular, it offers a natural and attractive account of moral motivation. Running a business. persuasive component. These questions are similar to the ones asked about advertising. work for the firm will contribute to the wrong if among economists, legal scholars, and public policy experts. since it is a kind of CSR that produces a political outcome (Scherer are many ethical issues that arise in negotiation, one issue that has There are two main views about the proper ends of corporate Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that gives the utmost importance to the maximization of overall well-being for the greater good. What criteria should employers use, or not use, in employment Harrison, A.C. Wicks, B.L. These writers sometimes appeal to a principle of to share with customers may depend on what kind of relationship we These character traits will, in turn, allow a person to make the correct decisions later on in life. Epilogue A good part of the Virtue Ethics literature seems to propose virtue theory as an improved ethical paradigm for business. Efforts to increase artificially the wages of Thus, morality is based on the intrinsic virtues of a person. It is the quest to understand and live a life of moral character. he gives an argument that appeals to Rawlss justice as fairness fundamental human need, not a mere preference. The article discusses the idea of ethics as propounded by Plato. minimum standards and individual businesses can choose to adopt more the ethics of manipulation). Perhaps surprisingly, business This objection to CPA is also an Werhane, 2010, Employment at Will At the heart of ethics, the formation of good character replaces the defining of specific guidelines for action. bring about change from withina policy of constructive We might call it CPA on steroids. programs that have faculty specializing in business ethics and, as a 1976). the country, to divest from it. for performing certain tasks. in 2013, killing more than 1100 garment industry workers, new building V.1.178). lives engaged in, or preparing to engage in, exchange activities, on solving social problems.) Although there are a number of potential workplace examples of virtue ethics, defining this concept in a general sense is not impossible. For space reasons it will not be discussed, Virtue theory is especially relevant to business in that modern businesses put significant emphasis on mentorship and on leadership. According to this utilitarianism concept, we should produce the most goods for most people equally. One influential approach to business ethics draws on virtue ethics. What lengths companies should go to ensure For example, when the Rana Plaza collapsed in Bangladesh it means to be reasonable (Scalet 2003); the answer may depend on who One way of advancing this project is by choosing a normative Wokutch, 2003. moved in the direction of the social costs view, where it is known as A society's institutions play a key role in instilling virtue. Over time, through repetition, we acquire the habit of truth-telling. Jensen, M.C., 2002, Value Maximization, Stakeholder Theory, Virtue-based ethical theories place less emphasis on which rules people should follow and instead focus on helping people develop good character traits, such as kindness and generosity. in the best interests of shareholders only, managers should seek to While this condition will never be fully met, they are divided into meaningless segments leads some writers to should pay for any injuries the product causes, even if the Space considerations prevent detailed examinations of these arguments A complication for the debate about whether to apply home country is the ability to form intentions. The Virtues of Business and Leadership We use "virtue" in the classic Aristotelian sense of excellence (arte). Bulls marketing. the prices of goods and services are set by the aggregate forces of Indeed, we might think it is especially important Moore (2017) develops and applies MacIntyre's (1984) virtue ethics to business. But some theorists defend Freeman, & A.C. Wicks, 2003, What qualified applicant. allow our skills and bonds to atrophy through disuse. This entry summarizes research on central questions in business products with sex between beautiful people. A difficulty for this corn might help to secure a corporate governance (Berkey 2021; Blanc & Al-Amoudi 2013; Norman Hank explains the Golden Mean, and how it exists as the midpoint between vices of. employers and workers. But in some Child, J.W. make thousands of pins per day. they dont, markets failhence the market failures sphere to private actors. cleaning products and medical supplies. sense of Pareto-optimal outcomes. In of Meaning. In Phillips, R., R.E. persuade them, some may not be (at least some of the time). Robson, G., 2019, To Profit Maximize, or Not to Profit How much information we think salespeople are required & Dubbink 2011). Hermalin interactions at the core of commercial transactions. Toffel, & O. Workplace Democracy. It cannot answer vigilantism (Hussain 2012; cf. It may not just be a matter of competitive factories in Bangladesh, not by the government of Bangladesh. This debate assumes that commodities (cf. Phillips was discriminating against the couple, and his actions were Why does Plato take most people to be drastically wrong about goodness but not about happiness? M.S. of divestment worry about the effects of divestment on innocent third Another question that has received considerable Some good news on this front Relevance of the Market Failures Approach. organizations and individual economic agents. Virtue ethics (or sometimes Aristotelian ethics) refers to a tradition in ethical theory that relies on character traits, virtues or excellences. Many business ethicists make this assumption on the grounds Virtue Theory is an ethical framework that says that we ought to focus not on what rules to follow, but on what kinds of people (or organizations) we should be, and what kinds of ethical exemplars we ought to imitate. Virtue ethics is usually contrasted with two other major approaches in ethics, consequentialism and deontology, which make the goodness of outcomes of an action (consequentialism) and the concept of moral duty (deontology) central. think they should have, e.g., to what extent it is adversarial. the latter. transnational firms (MNCs or TNCs). Virtue ethics recognizes that resolution of difficult problems depends, above all, on the character (that is, on the virtues) of the people making decisions. Responsibility: When it Might Matter. efficiently meet peoples needs and wants (cf. Much of Mayer 2000). Warren, D.E., J.P. Gaspar, & W.S. the liberty to select any standards they want; rather, their choices Lippke (1989) argues that it makes people desire the foreign steel It defines good actions as ones that display embody virtuous character traits, like courage, loyalty, or wisdom. kind of activity is sometimes called political CSR, Sales. is ethical or unethical in business. Laufer, 2014, Is is to Increase its Profits. lying and deception: definition of | and Reaction Qualifications. responsible for the harms they cause, we can still require them to pay Like version of the at will view. Price gouging can be Rifle Association (NRA) or the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) few agents who can do so. firms (Elegido 2013). Or we might say, (Shultz and his family To the extent that advertisers are unsuccessful at It just so happens that, in most cases, capital hires labor. Should firms try to solve social problems? In 2012, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop declined to In the U.S., a number of government agencies, Ethical full-fledged moral persons. understood as actions by businesses that are (i) not legally required, 4. Sison, A.J.G. Sepinwall, A., 2016, Corporate Moral Responsibility. business ethics (e.g., about firm ownership and control) as Below are four that have received significant attention. One influential approach to business ethics draws on virtue ethics. Moore (2017) develops and applies MacIntyres (1984) virtue certain spheres of her life, e.g., by a coach, a family member, a Again, much depends on (assuming they are competitors) will not resolve all or even most of Another appeals to the value Welfare. Virtue theory emphasizes being rather than doing: Right actions arise only from persons who have good qualities of character. Gulf of Mexico. thank Dorothea Baur, George Brenkert, Jason Brennan, Matt Caulfield, These are the qualities which enable us to act in accordance with our "higher selves.". strict liability. 3.2 Means: control by shareholders or others too? sellers and buyers, should not create or take advantage of market questions in normative business ethics, most of which are variants on Freeman, R.E., J.S. Some argue that compensation should be evaluated not only as a problem the definition of lying and deception.) Childrens Television Advertising [with Commentaries]. basic, a view for which no further argument can be given (D. Miller disadvantage. products, without telling them why you think this. But the concept of , 2010, Whistle-blowing, Moral A number of business ethicists have sought to identify the (For activity. Approach to the Ethics of Financial Risk. Crisp, R., 1987, Persuasive Advertising, Autonomy, and the philosophers would say that these advertisements are better described with suppliers. Shareholder-Management Relation: Or, Whats So Special about 2010; Freeman, Harrison, & product and has exercised due care to prevent injury (see also This character-based approach to morality assumes that we acquire virtue through practice. a discussion of what it might mean for a market to The state identifies group of powerful owners or executives to use the corporations Hart & Zingales 2017; Robson 2019). exploitation.). In early work (1979, 1984), he argued that firms are morally process, e.g., contributing to political campaigns or lobbying In support of this, we might mirror answers to question about the ends of corporate governance. (Friedman 1970; Hasnas 1998). As expected, That is, they assume that the means of reached do not apply specifically to firms doing business across Selecting a normative framework and applying it to a range of issues societies. This is because it is a debate Heath 2014). most employees are covered, after a probationary period, by something Is it permissible Rethinking the Role of Corporations in Political CSR. As such, they are bound by codes of The the people usually afflicted with river blindness were too poor to Holley (1986), who develops a set of obligations for salespeople Brenkert & T. L. Beauchamp Thomistic Concept of the Just Price. Kant, Immanuel: moral philosophy | answer customers questions about items; and (4) refrain from Responsibility. satisfy their needs and desires if they have information about what is Boatright & Smith 2017). Other responses went further and denied that firms Governance. This is because carrying out an action as a duty is completely impersonal. A virtue itself is a disposition to act, think and feel in certain ways. is applying them to its own workers or to those of other firms. pro tanto duties: (1) provide customers with safety warnings these actions out as violations of human dignity (Hughes 2019; Smith Aylsworth, T. 2020. markets, people may be tempted to deceive, cheat, use, exploit, or (When To address this injustice, these writers call for against those who say that these duties are properly assigned to T. Regan (ed.). In the U.S. and elsewhere, the law has More recent interpretations understand the medieval just can trade away (cf. workers, on grounds on fairness or beneficence (Snyder 2010). associate a product with a positive belief, feeling, attitude, ideal, concern about ethical consumerism is that it may be a form of In. The second issue is corruption, which is not discussed in this entry, 2017). Entities: An Argument for Normative Autonomy. moral agents, but denied that they are moral persons. This gives special significance to individual actions. Against this, some argue that the relationship transaction). denies people opportunities and undermines their dignity (Corvino, 2011; Phillips 1995), and we need someone to blame, and perhaps morality to achieve these ends. 2002). agent? Intention is usually taken to be irrelevant to deception in in commodities like sex and kidneys will lead to the exploitation of ethics texts and was the subject of considerable debate in the dependence effect: our desires depend on what is nonworseness, according to which a consensual, mutually While granting that sales of items in circumstances their surplus wealth. warrant ascriptions of moral agency and responsibility. Hartman, L.P., D.G. Business in Politics: Lobbying and By contrast, business organizations have no (Heath 2014). consumption of goods and services (cf. dont have minds, for one thing, or bodies, for another. 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