The Social Function of Business Ethics

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 821-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Jeurissen
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Bureaucratic Institutions

Abstract:Business ethics serves the important social function of integrating business and society, by promoting the legitimacy of business operations, through critical reflection. Although the social function of business ethics is implicit in leading business ethics foundation theories, it has never been presented in a systematic way. This article sets out to fill this theoretical lacuna, and to explore the theoretical potentials of a functional approach to business ethics. Key concepts from Parsonian functionalistic sociology are applied to establish the social integrative function of business ethics. This produces a theoretical framework for business ethics that provides strong theoretical arguments against often-heard criticisms of business ethics. Many of these criticisms are ideological in nature, in that they systematically play down the importance of integrative functions in the business-society relationship, on the grounds of unrealistic assumptions about the performance of economic and bureaucratic institutions. However, business ethics itself can also become ideological, if it forgets that the conditions for the application of ethics to business are not always ideal as well.

scholarly journals Function over Form

2015 ◽  
pp. 162-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G. O'Reilly ◽  
Bryan Roche ◽  
Aoife Cartwright
Keyword(s):  
Relational Frame Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Implicit Attitudes ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Frame Theory ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Relational Frame ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions

Research surrounding the construct of “implicit attitudes” and the various methodologies for measuring that construct is currently founded on the social cognitive paradigm. However, no robust and agreed upon theoretical framework has emerged from this paradigm, despite the widespread adoption of implicit testing methodologies and their associated theoretical assumptions. The current chapter outlines a functional approach to implicit testing, describing research stemming from Relational Frame Theory that was developed in parallel with the emergence of the IAT, and arguing for the benefits of connecting these two strands of research to improve the understanding of attitude behaviors and create better understood implicit testing methodologies. The chapter concludes with descriptions of two examples of such methodologies: the IRAP and the FAST.

Business Ethics at the Millennium

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Edward Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Theory ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Social

Abstract:Business ethics, as a discipline, appears to be at a crossroads. Down one avenue lies more of the same: mostly philosophers taking what they know of ethics and ethical theory and applying it to business. There is a long tradition of scholars working in the area known as “business and society” or “social issues in management.” Most of these scholars are trained as social scientists and teach in business schools. Their raison d’etre has been admirable: trying to get executives and students of business to understand the social impacts of business and to see business in broad, societal terms.

scholarly journals The Point of View of the Student in Attrition Research

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
Brent McKeown ◽  
Allan Macdonell ◽  
Charles Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Academic Integration ◽  
Key Concepts

Until the early 1970's, research into attrition among postsecondary students was largely aimed at establishing correlations between the characteristics the students brought with them to an institution and dropping out. Virtually all of this research was unguided by any explicit theoretical framework. With the work of Spady (1970; 1971), and that of Tinto (1975), a model was provided which became the theoretical foundation for most subsequent research into the problem. The model was based fundamentally on part of Durkheim's work on suicide, keying on the concept of integration. According to the model, those students who were integrated into the social and academic life of the institution were less likely to drop out, and the focus shifted to include not only "background" factors, but also the experiences of students after they were admitted to the institution. While creating the illusion of offering a clear theoretical framework, the key concepts of social and academic integration are only very loosely connected with the original Durkheimian idea. It is contended here that a firmer foundation for the development of an appropriate theoretical framework is more likely to arise out of a careful attempt to understand the actions of students in terms of the meanings things in their world have for them. Methodological techniques appropriate to this task are advocated, without denying the importance of many significant clues to be found in much of the current and past research in the field.

scholarly journals Analysis of the attitudes of students of management on the role of business ethics in business enterprise during the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-105
Author(s):  
Violeta Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Social ◽  
Successful Business ◽  
Organization Ethics

Business ethics has become an indispensable part of business practice, and in the long run, a prerequisite for successful business. Unethical business can damage the reputation of the organization, which can be the cause of many negative consequences for the organization. Ethics as a key element of successful business should enable the provision of true information, as well as a correct and honest attitude of the organization towards stakeholders, the social community and the environment in which it operates. Achieving these goals was a challenge for a large number of organizations in the business environment before the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is especially increased during this pandemic. Leadership has the most important role in creating the ethical culture of the organization. Because of that, it is very important for future managers to develop awareness of the importance of business ethics for the organization's business, as well as awareness of ethical decision-making in conditions of risk and major crises, as is the case with the pandemic. The paper analyzes the attitudes of students of management, as future managers, about business ethics in the organization's business operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research results showed that students are aware of the importance of business ethics, but not equally of all segments that it covers.

Critical Theory and Transformative Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Transformative Learning Theory ◽  
Transformation Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Key Concepts

Mezirow relies on the critical theory of Habermas to give his theory of transformative learning rigor. Yet critiques persist and focus on whether the theory has an adequate understanding of the social dimension of learning and whether it is overly rational. This article addresses these issues and explores relevant ideas from Habermas and Honneth. Critical theory has evolved and Honneth's theory of recognition has implications for transformative learning. Following the communicative turn of Habermas, Honneth makes recognition and freedom key concepts that contribute to developing transformative learning theory. Intersubjectivity and recognition become the necessary preconditions for critical reflection, discourse, democracy and transformative learning. Freedom is also reconfigured and these ideas address the main critiques of transformation theory.

Feminist Interpretations of Action and the Public in Hannah Arendt’s Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
Noémi Bíró
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Hannah Arendt ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Feminism ◽  
Definition Of

"Feminist Interpretations of Action and the Public in Hannah Arendt’s Theory. Arendt’s typology of human activity and her arguments on the precondition of politics allow for a variety in interpretations for contemporary political thought. The feminist reception of Arendt’s work ranges from critical to conciliatory readings that attempt to find the points in which Arendt’s theory might inspire a feminist political project. In this paper I explore the ways in which feminist thought has responded to Arendt’s definition of action, freedom and politics, and whether her theoretical framework can be useful in a feminist rethinking of politics, power and the public realm. Keywords: Hannah Arendt, political action, the Public, the Social, feminism "

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