Managerial secrecy: An ethical examination

The paper studies the ethics of withholding information about an impending layoff and describes those situations in which managerial secrecy might be justified. It describes a layoff situation in which a manager has the latitude to decide what information to release and when, lists the reasons manag...

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Main Author: Pompa, Victor (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1992
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1992, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-156
Further subjects:B Prima Facie
B Prima Facie Case
B Managerial Secrecy
B Reason Manager
B Economic Growth
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Summary:The paper studies the ethics of withholding information about an impending layoff and describes those situations in which managerial secrecy might be justified. It describes a layoff situation in which a manager has the latitude to decide what information to release and when, lists the reasons managers commonly give for withholding the information and analyzes each reason from a consequentialist and a Kantian perspective. The paper uses Sisela Bok's analyses of lying and secrecy to create the prima facie case against secrecy in the situation.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00872322