Theories of Business Ethics
Theories of Business Ethics
Theories of Business Ethics
Business Ethics
1 . Categorical Imperative
of Immanuel Kant
Kantianism is an ethic of duty .
Deontology is the science of duty .
Categorical means positive or
absolutely .
Imperative means excessive of
command .
Categorical imperative in the
ethics of Kant is the absolute
command of the moral law .
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Categorical imperative
in the ethics of Kant ,
the absolute conditional
command of the law ,
irrespective of ulterior
end or aim .
describe actions:
Prohibited: those actions which are not
seen as permissible at all
Absolutism sees the importance of this
Tolerated: those actions and values in
which legitimate differences are possible
Relativism sees the importance of this
Ideal: a moral vision of what the ideal
society would be like
Prohibited--
Outside
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Five Questions
What is the present state?
What is the ideal state?
What is the minimally acceptable
state?
How do we get from the present to
the minimally acceptable state?
How do we get from the minimum
to the ideal state?
issues:
Justice
Justice is the highest virtue with respect to the many
interactions that take place in the corporation with the many
stakeholders, clients, customers, employees, vendors and the
society at large.
An Aristotle proverb emphasizes: "In justice is all virtues
found in sum”.
Global Harmony and Eudemonia and the wisdom of Aristotelian
ethics, is a philosophical proven system that we need to study
and indoctrinate into every aspect of business education and
offer to global corporations throughout the world.