A comparison of five business philosophies
While the media and public opinion polls suggest that the state of business ethics is declining, surveys of corporate managers on the subject are less than conclusive. This study presents results of a survey of 487 adult, MBA, and undergraduate business students on the business philosophies of Machi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1985
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 1985, Volume: 4, Issue: 6, Pages: 465-476 |
| Further subjects: | B
Early Research
B Business Student B Public Opinion B Business Ethic B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | While the media and public opinion polls suggest that the state of business ethics is declining, surveys of corporate managers on the subject are less than conclusive. This study presents results of a survey of 487 adult, MBA, and undergraduate business students on the business philosophies of Machiavellianism, Darwinism, Objectivism, Relativism, and Universalism. The findings were consistent with earlier research which showed prospective managers to be less ethical than practicing ones and that women and those reporting a strong religious conviction tend to be more ethical. Explanations and several recommendations for improving the situation are offered., ‘If you saw Atlas... trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders — what would you tell him to do?’, ‘To shrug.’, —Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00382609 |