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normative ethics, that branch of moral philosophy, or ethics, concerned with criteria of what is morally right and wrong. It includes the formulation of moral rules that have direct implications for what human actions, institutions, and ways of life should be like.
- Metaethics
Metaethics, the subdiscipline of ethics concerned with the...
- Deontological
deontological ethics, in philosophy, ethical theories that...
- Teleological
teleological ethics, (teleological from Greek telos, “end”;...
- Business Ethics
business ethics, branch of applied ethics that studies the...
- Applied Ethics
Applied ethics, the application of normative ethical...
- Virtue Ethics
virtue ethics, Approach to ethics that takes the notion of...
- Metaethics
- Utilitarianism: A Consequentialist, “Ends Justifies Means” Approach. The utilitarianism principle basically holds that an action is morally right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
- Universalism: A Duty-Based Approach. Universalism is a principle that considers the welfare and risks of all parties when considering policy decisions and outcomes.
- Rights: A Moral and Legal Entitlement–Based Approach. This principle is grounded in both legal and moral rights. Legal rights are entitlements that are limited to a particular legal system and jurisdiction.
- Justice: Procedures, Compensation, and Retribution. This principle has at least four major components that are based on the tenets that (1) all individuals should be treated equally; (2) justice is served when all persons have equal opportunities and advantages (through their positions and offices) to society’s opportunities and burdens; (3) fair decision practices, procedures, and agreements among parties should be practiced; and (4) punishment is served to someone who has inflicted harm on another, and compensation is given to those for a past harm or injustice committed against them.
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In this chapter, we begin by presenting an overview of the dimensions of business ethics at the individual, professional, and leadership levels, followed by the organizational, societal, and global levels.
The three leading normative theories of business ethics are the stockholder theory, the stakeholder theory, and the social contract theory. Currently, the stockholder theory is somewhat out of favor with many members of the business ethics community.
- John Hasnas
- 1998
Dec 2, 2022 · It starts by defining moral philosophy and its main subdomains – namely, metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics – and connecting it with management as a scholarly discipline preoccupied with the description, critique, and (re)construction of management as practice.
- Cristina Neesham
- cristina.neesham@newcastle.ac.uk
Dec 10, 2021 · This chapter briefly reviews some of the concepts necessary for an introductory course in business ethics. These include the concept of ethical motivation, the logical basis of ethics, and the concept of “the noble nature.” It also presents the...
Normative ethics is the study of ethical behaviour and is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates questions regarding how one ought to act, in a moral sense.
