Economic Instability and the Unfortunate, and Unavoidable, Consequences of Acting Ethically

In this paper I describe and analyze an economic situation involving two competitive organizations. I put forth the argument that because of the systemic nature of decision making relative to managing the requirements of utilizing a descriptive equation that determines how many people an economic sy...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics
Main Author: Alexander, J. K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2006
In: Journal of business ethics
Further subjects:B promise keeping
B Strategic
B Harm
B Kantian
B Systemic
B Utilitarian
B Responsibility
B Stakeholders
B micro / macro economic systems
B management decision-making
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