The Problem of Autonomy: An Alternative Notion of Excellence in Business Ethics

This paper presents an alternative concept of excellence in business, which builds upon the conventional notion of excellence as being in harmony with profit. Although the notion of an enduring harmony (or what we call the convergence thesis) between long-term profit and excellence is favoured by ma...

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Authors: Bhuyan, Nisigandha (Author) ; Chakraborty, Arunima (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2024
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 191, Issue: 2, Pages: 253-267
Further subjects:B Excellence
B Virtue
B Autonomy
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