Profits, Layoffs, and Priorities

This study examines the deliberations of professional MBA students when presented with a dilemma that weighs the difference between commitments to profit- maximization against concerns for fired workers who would need to seek a new job during a recession. Using content analysis, accounting, economic...

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Autores principales: Arce M., Daniel G. (Autor) ; Li, Sherry Xin (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2011
En: Journal of business ethics
Año: 2011, Volumen: 101, Número: 1, Páginas: 49-60
Otras palabras clave:B Experimental Economics
B Business Ethics
B Downsizing
B Content Analysis
B Profits
B Self-interest
B Recession
B layoffs
B Unemployment
B Behavioral economics
Acceso en línea: Volltext (JSTOR)
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Sumario:This study examines the deliberations of professional MBA students when presented with a dilemma that weighs the difference between commitments to profit- maximization against concerns for fired workers who would need to seek a new job during a recession. Using content analysis, accounting, economic, and ethically based rationales that differ from the profit-maximizing recommendation are categorized. Results also show that those who make non-profit-maximizing recommendations consider, but ultimately reject the profit-maximizing approach to layoffs.
ISSN:1573-0697
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0707-7