Ethical Orientations for Understanding Business Ethics

Lewis, Phillip V.; Speck, Henry

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“…The two pillars of CI reasoning are 1) could we obligate everyone else who is ever in a similar situation to do the same thing, and 2) would we accept this decision even if we were on the receiving end of it. Under the CI, consequences have no meaning and are not a consideration in finding the right choice, the right path (Bowen 2005;Reynolds and Bowie 2004;Lewis and Speck 1990). "Kantians tend to be absolutists in the sense that there are certain actions that they regard as simply wrong-no matter what the consequences" (Marino 2010, p. 188).…”

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Oughts v. Ends: Seeking an Ethical Normative Standard for Journal Acceptance Rate Calculation Methods

Moore

Perry

2012

J Acad Ethics

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As a leading measure of journal quality, acceptance rates of journals can influence faculty recruitment, salary, tenure and promotion decisions; subscription decisions; and authors' intention to submit manuscripts. Recent literature from both the Communication and Hospitality Management disciplines suggests that there are wide differences in the formulas used by editors to calculate acceptance rates. Because differing methods of acceptance rate calculation potentially impact significant decisions, a universally accepted and applied standard could be developed. A normative standard, grounded in a specific core ethical principle, is generally preferable to a nonfoundational approach. Two primary approaches to the study of ethics have prevailed through time, teleological ethics with a focus on consequences as represented by Mill's Utilitarian ideals and deontological ethics with a focus on duty as represented by Kant's Categorical Imperative. This analysis applies these two ethical frameworks, utility and duty, to the journal editors' dilemma of finding a common, normative method to calculate acceptance rates. Accountability and MetricsOur society is obsessed with counting. Blame it on the scientific method and an accomplishment-oriented worldview, but something is not perceived as true unless it can be measured and quantified. In an organization, a perception of fairness and objectivity is achieved when there is a system of accountability (Lane 2010). Accountability can be achieved only when there is the ability to count; hence the obsession with metrics. The business world is full of accountability (the ability to account) with success measured in profits, loss, and expenses; with time measured in timesheets and time clocks and product J Acad Ethics (

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2012

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“…According to Lewis and Speck (1990), there are only two possible answers to the question, "why" be ethical? These answers are found in the separate approaches to human activity: Judeo-ChristianIslamic and Greco-Roman.…”

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“…is both clear and simple. God commands it (Lewis & Speck, 1990). The Koran, like the Bible and its Ten Commandments, forbids lying, stealing, adultery, and murder and focuses on the pragmatic aspects of life while asserting humanistic and spiritual needs.…”

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Teaching Ethics in International Business Courses: The Impacts of Religions

Ruhe

Lee

2008

Journal of Teaching in International Business

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Implicit in most comparative ethical studies is the assumption that cultural atid religious differetices between countries are the major reasons behind the variations in ethical beliefs and business practice across nations. This article examines research on the international ethical issues and the common moral concerns that permeate differing religious and philosophical perspectives-not only Judaism and Christianity, but also Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism with emphasis on the Golden Rule. Many commonalities were found. The authors suggest that students (and practitioners) should understand the basic tenets of the major religions and their implications on international business ethics because of the apparent failure of current philosophical approaches.

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“…They elucidated the values most important to technical writers and offered a rubric of narrative analysis in evaluating the ethics of a situation. But Lewis and Speck (1990) questioned the use of personal ethics in the business world, arguing that "people cannot work together without at least tacit, if not overt, agreement concerning customs or standards of conduct which they hold in common" (p. 213).…”

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After Enron

Kienzler

David

2003

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

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Recent scandals in the business community have alerted professional writing teachers to the importance of highlighting ethics in the curriculum. From former experiences in teaching courses emphasizing ethics, the authors have adapted the curriculum to include a limited discussion of ethical approaches and terms and assigned group writing projects that consider the effects of business on the broader community. As a result of the integration of this ethical component into the entire course, students learn major ethical approaches; gain a vocabulary of ethical terms they can apply in the business world;interrogate the larger questions of business and its interactions with the local, national, and international community; and engage in the kind of dialectical discussions that require critical thinking.

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Ethical Orientations for Understanding Business Ethics

Cited by 25 publications

References 39 publications

Oughts v. Ends: Seeking an Ethical Normative Standard for Journal Acceptance Rate Calculation Methods

Oughts v. Ends: Seeking an Ethical Normative Standard for Journal Acceptance Rate Calculation Methods

Teaching Ethics in International Business Courses: The Impacts of Religions

After Enron

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