Linking management behavior to ethical philosophy

Premeaux, Shane R.; Mondy, R. Wayne

doi:10.1007/bf00882025

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“…Some investigations suggest that managers act in accordance with Utilitarian moral theory (Fritzsche & Becker, 1984;Premeaux & Mony, 1993;Premeaux, 2004). However, Frederiksen (2009) concluded that CSR policies were based on common-sense morality.…”

Section: Moral Philosophies Underpinnings Of Csrmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cavanagh et al (1981) described a moral framework relevant to CSR that includes three basic moral theories -utilitarian theories, theories of right and theories of justice -for analysing the use of political power in organisational settings. The framework was used to study moral dilemmas in areas such as managerial conflict of interest and personal integrity (Fritzsche & Becker 1984) and the relationship between managerial behaviour and ethical philosophy (Premeaux & Mony 1993;Premeaux, 2004). These and similar studies have considered ethicomoral issues in more general managerial terms than the more CSR-specific framework proposed by Lantos (2002) in his three-strand moral underpinnings of CSR namely, teleological (or consequence-based), deontological (or duty-based) and virtue-based theories of philosophies.…”

Section: Moral Philosophies Underpinnings Of Csrmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study

Boso

Afrane

Inkoom

2017

Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility

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This study used an eclectic multiple-case design to explore what drives three large-scale mining companies' involvement in CSR-mediated development activities, and their philosophical underpinning. The research discovered that although there were nuances between cases in the order in which they rated the strength of 11 potential drivers of CSR, eight of them were important. Three (3) of these were strong drivers -reputation management, pre-emptive anti-regulationism, and pre-existence of local development plans. Five others were moderately strong drivers. The investigations further found that the philosophical underpinnings of the case companies' CSR were based on 'Common-Sense Morality,' a duty-based deontological moral philosophy that is a departure from widely held instrumental positions associated with Egoism. It also identified constrained profitmaximization as the CSR strategy from which their CSR policies emanated.

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Section: Moral Philosophies Underpinnings Of Csrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Moral Philosophies Underpinnings Of Csrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study

Boso

Afrane

Inkoom

2017

Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility

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“…Still, there are some indications that the values of individual managers are practically the same today as 10 years ago (Premeaux and Mondy, 1993). One can therefore hypothesize that any change would be more on the superficial level of society than among individual managers.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is referred to as "moral muteness" and implies forsaking long-term considerations for short-term benefits (Bird and Waters, 1989). Another indication that change will not be easily attained is the fact that marketing managers' ethical behavior is virtually the same today as in the early eighties (Premeaux and Mondy, 1993).…”

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Business ethics and systems thinking

Nilsson

Westerberg

1997

Systems Practice

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“…The well-developed ethical theories from the field of philosophy that were utilized previously, will be used here to reexamine the ethical link between management behavior and ethical philosophy (Fritzsche and Becker, 1984;Premeaux, 2004;Premeaux and Mondy, 1993). The major ethical philosophies utilized in the decision-making process are utilitarian, rights, and justice.…”

Section: Ethical Philosophies and The Decision-making Processmentioning

confidence: 99%