scholarly journals Oxymoron: Taking Business Ethics Denial Seriously

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 103-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasko von Kriegstein ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
University Students ◽  
Moral Motivation ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Academic Fields

Business ethics denial refers to one of two claims about moral motivation in a business context: that there is no need for it, or that it is impossible. Neither of these radical claims is endorsed by serious theorists in the academic fields that study business ethics. Nevertheless, public commentators, as well as university students, often make claims that seem to imply that they subscribe to some form of business ethics denial. This paper fills a gap by making explicit both the various forms that business ethics denial can take, and the reasons why such views are ultimately implausible. The paper argues that this type of serious engagement with business ethics denial should be an important part of the job description for teachers of business ethics.

MANAJEMEN REKRUTMEN TENAGA PENDIDIK DI MTs DARUSSALAM MUARA TEMBESI

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Ririn Fadillah ◽  
Mahmud MY ◽  
Riftiyanti Savitri
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Education Personnel ◽  
The Right ◽  
Job Specification

This research aims to describe the management of recruitment of educators in MTs Darussalam Muara Tembesi. This study uses qualitative methods. Data collection techniques using observations, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that the procurement of well-managed education personnel includes several activities, first, establishing the number of teachers needed. Second, the determination of quality and placement of teachers according to the needs based on job description and job specification. Third, determine the number of teachers received according to the needs of madrasah based on the right man in the right place and the right man in the right job. Fourth, establish teacher welfare and career development so that teachers are always motivated to improve their skills in academic and non-academic fields. A well-managed recruitment process can produce qualified human resources in MTs Darussalam Muara Tembesi.

scholarly journals Why Business Cannot Be a Practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Beadle
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Business Context

AbstractIn a series of papers Geoff Moore has applied Alasdair MacIntyre’s much cited work to generate a virtue-based business ethics. Central to this project is Moore’s argument that business falls under MacIntyre’s concept of ‘practice’. This move attempts to overcome MacIntyre’s reputation for being ‘anti-business’ while maintaining his framework for evaluating social action and replaces MacIntyre’s hostility to management with a conception of managers as institutional practitioners (craftsmen). I argue however that this move has not been justified. Given the importance MacIntyre places on the protection of practices, the result is that much of Moore’s contribution is misplaced. Business cannot name a practice but business institutions certainly do house practices. The task then is to try to understand the circumstances under which practices might flourish and those under which they might founder in a business context. This is not aided by Moore’s redescription of all businesses as practices.

New Directions in Corporate Governance and Finance: Implications for Business Ethics Research

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Verstegen Ryan ◽  
Ann K. Buchholtz ◽  
Robert W. Kolb
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Board Processes ◽  
Ethics Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT:Corporate governance and finance are dynamic academic fields that offer myriad opportunities for business ethics analysis. Within the corporate governance triad in recent years, shareholders have increased their power over boards of directors and executives through both regulation and movements to change corporate by-laws. The impact of board characteristics on firm performance has proven elusive, leading to questions concerning board processes and individual director beliefs and behaviors. At the same time, CEOs have lost considerable power, leaving many struggling to regain their control and maintain their compensation levels, while others adopt a stewardship approach to their posts. In the field of finance, the recent financial debacle has led to a reexamination of financial regulation and of the fundamental nature and purpose of the industry. All of these issues provide business ethicists fodder for investigation and analysis.

Introduction: Special Issue on Accounting Ethics

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Gaa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accounting Ethics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Central Elements

This special issue of Business Ethics Quarterly was organized for two reasons. First, the academic fields of business ethics and accounting ethics have developed without close theoretical or empirical connections. This is the case even though the profession of accounting is an important component of the organizational world. For this reason, it is important to foster attempts to build a bridge between the two fields, so that research in accounting ethics is more closely related to business ethics. Second, the recent deluge of business scandals (primarily, but not only, in the United States) in which financial reporting and auditing were central elements suggests that a special issue on accounting ethics is timely.The original hope was that the special issue would contain a balance of papers from researchers in “accounting ethics” and those in “business ethics.” In line with the hope that the papers would be responsive to both fields, almost every paper submitted was reviewed by one person who is identified with business ethics and one person who is identified with accounting ethics. As it turns out, most of the papers in this issue were written by people whose academic home is the accounting department. The mix of papers reflects the emphasis in the accounting literature on empirical research on ethical behavior.

Why be Moral in Business? A Rawlsian Approach to Moral Motivation

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Toenjes
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
John Rawls ◽  
Moral Motivation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Moral Justification ◽  
Business World ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
The Core ◽  
Business Person ◽  
Thomas Scanlon

Abstract:This article puts forth the thesis that the contractualist account of moral justification affords a powerful reply in business contexts to the question why a business person should put ethics above immediate business interests. A brief survey of traditional theories of business ethics and their approaches to moral motivation is presented. These approaches are criticized. A contractualist conception of ethics in the business world is developed, based on the work of John Rawls and Thomas Scanlon. The desire to justify our choices in terms that others can be reasonably expected to accept, or at least in terms that others cannot reasonably reject, is identified and differentiated from other accounts of motivation. It is this desire that constitutes the core motive to be moral in business on the contractualist conception. Implications of this contractualist conception for the theory and practice of business ethics are then discussed.

Business Ethics without Stakeholders

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Heath
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
Ethical Conduct ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
Conflicting Interests

Abstract:One of the most influential ideas in the field of business ethics has been the suggestion that ethical conduct in a business context should be analyzed in terms of a set of fiduciary obligations toward various “stakeholder” groups. Moral problems, according to this view, involve reconciling such obligations in cases where stakeholder groups have conflicting interests. The question posed in this paper is whether the stakeholder paradigm represents the most fruitful way of articulating the moral problems that arise in business. By way of contrast, I outline two other possible approaches to business ethics: one, a more minimal conception, anchored in the notion of a fiduciary obligation toward shareholders; and the other, a broader conception, focused on the concept of market failure. I then argue that the latter offers a more satisfactory framework for the articulation of the social responsibilities of business.

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