Ethical Theories in Business. Business leaders make ethically significant decisions every single day, and they always do so according to some theory of ethical behavior whether they think of it ...

Conceptual frameworks drawn from theories that have shaped the study of ethics over centuries can help us recognize and describe ethical issues when we encounter them. In this way, a basic grasp of ...

Key points Grasping the basic ideas of the different approaches to ethics can help people be in a better position to make a sound ethical decision. Three approaches to ethics include virtue ethics ...

Part 3 outlines an identity theory of moral choice that focuses on the critical role of the ethical perspective, to suggest how an empirically based theory of moral choice looks in practice. Part 4 ...

A theory of business eunomics explains why each kind of legal process, including managerial direction, is better suited for the pursuit of a limited number of ends, and thus why we should not force a ...

The ethical theory of consequentialism (utilitarian) provides a powerful justification for whistleblowing: maximizing the human benefit and minimizing the harm.