Just Do It: Deniability and Renegades
When a "corporation" engages in unethical activity it is frequently difficult to determine whether the responsibility for such an action properly lies with management or should rather be ascribed to the employee engaged in the activity. In this paper I argue that managers ought to be held...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1997
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-5 |
| Further subjects: | B
Unethical Activity
B Moral Environment B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | When a "corporation" engages in unethical activity it is frequently difficult to determine whether the responsibility for such an action properly lies with management or should rather be ascribed to the employee engaged in the activity. In this paper I argue that managers ought to be held responsible for the moral environment in which employees work and that this be achieved through the implementation of a morals audit which focuses on the process of achieving objectives rather than on results. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1017974619019 |