Productivity and the Moral Manager

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Lynch ◽  
Cynthia E. Lynch ◽  
Peter L. Cruise
Keyword(s):  
Moral Manager

Does Business Ethics Rest on a Mistake?

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Boatright
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Managerial Decision Making ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Mistaken Assumption ◽  
Moral Manager

Abstract:This presidential address to the Society for Business Ethics argues that business ethics rests upon the mistaken assumption that teaching and research in the field ought to aim at the incorporation of ethics into managerial decision making. An alternative to this Moral Manager Model is a Moral Market Model, in which the aim is to develop markets that produce ethical outcomes. The differences between the two models are discussed with reference to the themes of responsibility, participation, and relationships.

The moral manager

1989 ◽  
Vol 26 (06) ◽  
pp. 26-3348-26-3348
Keyword(s):  
Moral Manager

The Moral Manager: Vignettes of Virtue from Virginia

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHEN M. KING
Keyword(s):  
Moral Manager

In search of the moral manager

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archie B Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Moral Manager

The Moral Manager: Communicative Ethics and the Exxon Valdez Disaster

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Bowen ◽  
F. Clark Power
Keyword(s):  
Correct Answer ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Current Management ◽  
Corporate Behavior ◽  
Communicative Ethics ◽  
Behavioral Decision ◽  
Moral Management ◽  
Open Dialogue ◽  
Moral Manager

For many, the case of the Exxon Valdez oil spill has become a symbol of unethical corporate behavior. Had Exxon’s managers not callously pursued their own interests at the expense of the environment and other parties, the accident would not have happened. In this paper, we (1) present a short case study of the Valdez incident; (2) argue that many analyses of the case either ignore or fail to give sufficient weight to the uncertainties managers often face when they make decisions; and (3) propose a framework for moral management grounded in principles of communicative ethics, moral dialogue, and in the non-traditional ideas of many current management and behavioral decision theorists. From this view, the moral manager is not expected to know the “correct” answer to every ethical issue, but rather to participate responsibly in an open dialogue with other interested parties.

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