The Current Link Between Management Behavior and Ethical Philosophy

Premeaux, Shane R.

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“…This conclusion is at variance with Premeaux and Mondy (1993) and Premeaux (2004) who found that managers' ethical decisions were based on Utilitarian principles. It is however in consonance with Frederiksen (2009) finding on the matter.…”

Section: The Moral Philosophies Underpinning Csrcontrasting

confidence: 59%

“…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%

“…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%

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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: The Moral Philosophies Underpinning Csrcontrasting

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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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“…Therefore this understanding have raised the ethical awareness of them and shed light on seeing results of their decisions. Devastating outcomes of unethical behaviors of managers have resulted in the coming up of ethics itself and ethical issues (Premeaux, 2004).…”

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Understanding the Behavioral Paradox of the Companies’ by Using "The Corporation" Documentary

Tunç¹,

Toplu²,

Yazici³

2017

IBR

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Films are widely used in business education to illuminate management concepts. Since films can provide a version of how theories and concepts can actually be put into practice, they have more lasting impression. On the other hand; ethical issue are complicated and they involve many processes and influences that are diverse and interlinked. That's why it is difficult for students to understand potential conflicts of interest if they lack business experience or frame of reference. In this study, "The Corporation", a documentary film by March Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, which has received awards in film festivals around the world, has been used for analysis to illustrate the behavioral paradox of corporations. Film analysis has been used as an educational tool in order to teach organizational behavior and management concepts since 1970s. To check our assumption we have designed a study to explore whether using "The Corporation" documentary in classroom settings will raise the awareness of the students about the role that corporations play in ethical, social, and environmental issues which are essential for business decisions, and thus enable the students -the future business managers-, to understand the paradoxical behaviors of corporations. After the students watched "The Corporation", a quantitative analysis has been conducted by comparing the written essays of the students as regards their interpretation of the film.

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“…Although, research results show a general tendency of managers to use a utilitarian framework in decision making (O'Fallon & Butterfield, 2005; Craft, 2013) Premeaux (2004) states that although their findings show similarities to that of 1990s that managers still have a high tendency to rely on utilitarian theory, "more managers are now likely to select ethically appropriate actions either because it is ethical to do so, or because the consequences or risk of not doing so are too great." (Premeaux, 2004, p.269) This is consistent with earlier studies, when people were asked why they made certain decisions things are getting more complicated.…”

Section: A Fresh Apple or A New Barrel: Business Ethics From An Indivmentioning

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A Fresh Apple or a New Barrel: Business Ethics from an Individual to Corporate Level

Thomas

2017

Eur. j. econ. bus. stud.

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The moral nature of corporations has been discussed for a long time. But, since 2001, with enormous economic effects of the misconduct of some corporations this discussion gained another dimension, it moved into the public sphere, the subject became more sensitive. The anger and mistrust of the public toward business triggered legislators and corporations to take urgent action. For example, just after the collapse of Enron (2001) the American Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) that covers the responsibilities of boards of directors and requires compliance training at all levels. It also revived the old controversial arguments about the nature of business -whether the only purpose of business is to make profits, the relationship of business and ethics -whether business ethics is an oxymoron, and human nature -whether it is 'bad apples' or 'bad barrels'. Yet, with new sets of regulations, in 2017, we are still witnessing the misconduct of corporations on a global scale. This article investigates the effectiveness of corporate efforts such as revisiting mission statements, polishing the codes of ethics and conducting training, by evaluating the nature of business, human nature and the understanding of ethics in the workplace. By looking through the lens of utilitarianism of ethical issues in business, I will argue that codes of ethics and ethics training are necessary but not sufficient. Within the scope of this paper I wish to pave the way to a holistic approach which is necessary and sufficient to create ethical businesses.

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The Current Link Between Management Behavior and Ethical Philosophy

Cited by 57 publications

References 8 publications

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

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

Understanding the Behavioral Paradox of the Companies’ by Using "The Corporation" Documentary

A Fresh Apple or a New Barrel: Business Ethics from an Individual to Corporate Level

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