RT Article
T1 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Dialogical Ethics and Market Information
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 94
IS 2
SP 285
OP 297
A1 Kopf, Dennis A.
A1 Boje, David M.
A1 Torres, Ivonne M.
A2 Boje, David M.
A2 Torres, Ivonne M.
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785638971
AB We apply dialogism to ethical thought to form a theory of Dialogical Ethics (DE). Specifically, DE is defined as the interplay between four historic ethical traditions: Formal (Kantian) Ethics, Content-Sense (Utilitarian) Ethics, Answerability Ethics, and Value/Virtue (Story) Ethics. On a broader level, DE can be understood as the interplay between the ethical ideas of society. We then use DE to analyze a number of problems in business including sweatshop labor and environmental degradation. To counteract these injustices, we propose two recommendations: (1) a rebalancing of Kantian and Utilitarian ethics in business with the ontological focus of Answerability and Value Ethics and (2) a revolution in business education. No longer can business education focus only on techne. Instead, educators must challenge students to develop phronesis, so that they become better able to understand how their actions and how our living stories interacts with the stories of others.
K1 problem-posing education
K1 Phronesis
K1 Answerability
K1 Ethics
K1 Dialogism
DO 10.1007/s10551-011-0757-5