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| Author: | Aasland, D.G. |
| Title: | On the ethics behind "business ethics" |
| Journal: | Journal of Business Ethics
2004 : AUG I-II, VOL. 53:1-2, p. 3-8 |
| Index terms: | Business ethics Ethics Welfare economics |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Ethics in business and economics is often attacked for being too superficial. This paper draws the attention to the "ethics behind" these apparently well-intended, but not always convincing constructions, by help of the "fundamental ethics" of Emmanuel Levians by elaborating the conclusions of two such critics of business ethics and welfare economics respectively. To Levians, responsibility is more basic than language, and thus also more basic than all social construction. Co-operation relations in organizations, markets and value networks are generated from personal relations and personal responsibilities. |
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