Justice: The root of american business ideology and ethics

Although there are many conceptions of “Justice”, these different perceptions can provide many interesting insights into a business person's ethical standards as well as that person's decision-making processes. Using the Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the U.S. Economy as the basis for as...

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Main Author: McGowan, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1990
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1990, Volume: 9, Issue: 11, Pages: 891-901
Further subjects:B Interesting Insight
B Business Ethic
B Stake
B Economic Growth
B Ethical Standard
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Summary:Although there are many conceptions of “Justice”, these different perceptions can provide many interesting insights into a business person's ethical standards as well as that person's decision-making processes. Using the Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the U.S. Economy as the basis for asking questions about “justice”, twenty-four business executives were interviewed about their conception of justice. An analysis of these interviews reveals that this group of businesspeople operated under very different conceptions of “Justice” at the Macroenvironmental and Microenvironmental levels. This result has some interesting implications not only for those scholars concerned with business ethics but for everyone who has a stake in business education.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00382912