When is “Everyone's Doing It” A Moral Justification?
The claim that “Everyone's doing it” is frequently offered as a reason for engaging in behavior that is widespread but less-than-ideal. This is particularly true in business, where competitors’ conduct often forces hard choices on managers. When is the claim “Everyone's doing it” a morally...
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Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
Idioma: | Inglês |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1991
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Business ethics quarterly
Ano: 1991, Volume: 1, Número: 1, Páginas: 75-93 |
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Resumo: | The claim that “Everyone's doing it” is frequently offered as a reason for engaging in behavior that is widespread but less-than-ideal. This is particularly true in business, where competitors’ conduct often forces hard choices on managers. When is the claim “Everyone's doing it” a morally valid reason for following others’ lead? This discussion proposes and develops five prima facie conditions to identify when the existence of prevalent but otherwise undesirable behavior provides a moral justification for our engaging in such behavior ourselves. The balance of the discussion focuses on testing these conditions by applying them to a series of representative cases in business ethics. |
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ISSN: | 2153-3326 |
Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Business ethics quarterly
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3857593 |