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- Endörfer, Richard, 1989, et al.
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What’s the Point of Efficiency? On Heath’s Market Failures Approach
- 2024
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Ingår i: Business Ethics Quarterly. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1052-150X .- 2153-3326. ; 34:1, s. 35-59
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article reviews and criticizes Joseph Heath’s market failures approach (MFA) to business ethics. Our criticism is organized into three sections. First, we argue that, even under the ideal assumptions of perfect competition, when markets generate Pareto-efficient distributions, Heath’s approach does not rule out significant harms. Second, we show that, under nonideal conditions, the MFA is either too demanding, if efficiency is to be attained, or not sufficiently demanding, if the goal of Pareto efficiency is abandoned. Finally, we argue that Heath’s appeal to regulations and specific moral requirements as a remedy for market failures is unlikely to safeguard efficiency and exposes a number of general worries regarding the moral force of the MFA. We end this article with a constructive suggestion on how to adjust the MFA to avoid these problems while preserving its contractualist and Paretian spirit.
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- Hudon, Marek, et al.
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The Ethical Crisis in Microfinance: Issues, Findings, and Implications
- 2013
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Ingår i: Business ethics quarterly. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1052-150X .- 2153-3326. ; 23:4, s. 561-589
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Microfinance is often assumed to be an ethically progressive industry, but in recent years it has been the target of much ethical criticism. Microfinance institutions have been accused of using exploitative lending techniques and charging usurious interest rates; and critics even question the ability of microfinance to alleviate poverty. This article reviews recent research on the microfinance sector that addresses these ethical issues. We show how this research is relevant to a number of theoretical issues, such as how to define poverty, how to understand exploitation, and how to balance financial and social goals in commercial organizations. We conclude by identifying a critical agenda for future research.
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- Larue, Louis, 1989, et al.
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The ethics of alternative currencies
- 2022
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Ingår i: Business ethics quarterly. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1052-150X .- 2153-3326. ; 32:2, s. 299-321
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Alternative currencies are means of payment that circulate alongside—as an alternative or complement to—official currencies. While these currencies have existed for a long time, both society and academia have shown a renewed interest in their potential to decentralize the governance of monetary affairs and to bring people and organizations together in more ethical or sustainable ways. This article is a review of the ethical and philosophical implications of these alternative monetary projects. We first discuss various classifications of the currencies before analyzing the ethical challenges linked to the way they tackle social and environmental issues. We also examine the incentive-based and coercive mechanisms used by the currencies from an ethical perspective and debate the promises and perils of monetary decentralization and democracy. We conclude by identifying an agenda for future research.
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- Lindblom, Lars, 1971-
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Consent, Contestability, and Unions
- 2019
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Ingår i: Business ethics quarterly. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1052-150X .- 2153-3326. ; 29:2, s. 189-211
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article provides a normative justification for unions. It discusses three arguments. The argument from consent justifies unions in some circumstances, but if the employer prefers to not bargain with unions, it may provide very little justification. The argument from contestability takes as its starting point the fact that employment contracts are incomplete contracts, where authority takes the place of complete contractual terms. This theory of contracts implies that consent to authority has been given under ignorance, and, therefore, that authority cannot be justified by consent. Contestability is a mechanism that can handle this problem for consent theory. It demands transparency, channels for voice, and a forum where contestations can be evaluated. This idea can be implemented in firms in different ways, but the argument from the separation of powers implies that unions are uniquely suited to implement contestability, since they are organized outside of the employer's domain of authority.
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- Morsing, Mette, et al.
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License to Critique: A Communication Perspective on Sustainability Standards
- 2017
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Ingår i: Business Ethics Quarterly. - : Philosophy Documentation Center / Cambridge University Press (CUP): HSS Journals - No Cambridge Open. - 1052-150X .- 2153-3326. ; 27:2, s. 239-262
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sustainability standards are important governance tools for addressing social and environmental challenges. Yet, such tools are often criticized for being either too open-ended or too restrictive, thereby failing to contribute significantly to the development of sustainable practices. Both dimensions of the critique, however, miss the point. While all standards in principle combine elements of openness and closure, both of which are necessary to keep the sustainability agenda relevant and adaptive, sustainability standards often operate in contexts that favor closure. In this article, we draw on a research tradition that views communication as constitutive of organization to emphasize the significance of communicative mechanisms that stimulate organizational openness in the application of standards. With the notion of “license to critique,” we present a managerial philosophy designed to involve managers and employees, mobilize and develop their knowledge about sustainability and bring it forward for the benefit of both the organization and the environment.
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- Munro, Iain, et al.
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The Ethics of Affective Leadership : Organizing Good Encounters Without Leaders
- 2018
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Ingår i: Business ethics quarterly. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1052-150X .- 2153-3326. ; 28:1, s. 51-69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article addresses the fundamental question of what is ethical leadership by rearticulating relations between leaders and followers in terms of affective leadership. The article develops a Spinozian conception of ethics which is underpinned by a deep suspicion of ethical systems that hold obedience as a primary virtue. We argue that the existing research into ethical leadership tends to underplay the ethical capacities of followers by presuming that they are in need of direction or care by morally superior leaders. In contrast, affective leadership advocates a profoundly political version of ethics, which involves people in the pursuit of joyful encounters that augment our capacity to affect and be affected by others. Instead of being led by people in leadership positions, we are led by active affections that enhance our capacity for moral action.
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- Rasche, Andreas, et al.
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Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives on Sustainability: A Cross-Disciplinary Review and Research Agenda for Business Ethics
- 2019
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Ingår i: Business Ethics Quarterly. - : Philosophy Documentation Center / Cambridge University Press (CUP): HSS Journals - No Cambridge Open. - 1052-150X .- 2153-3326. ; 29:3, s. 343-383
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Although the literature on multi-stakeholder initiatives for sustainability has grown in recent years, it is scattered across several academic fields, making it hard to ascertain how individual disciplines, such as business ethics, can further contribute to the debate. Based on an extensive review of the literature on certification and principle-based MSIs for sustainability (n = 293 articles), we show that the scholarly debate rests on three broad themes (the 3Is): the input into creating and governing MSIs; the institutionalization of MSIs; and the impact that relevant initiatives create. While our discussion reveals the theoretical underpinnings of the 3Is, it also shows that a number of research challenges related to business ethics remain unaddressed. We unpack these challenges and suggest how scholars can utilize theoretical insights in business ethics to push the boundaries of the field. Finally, we also discuss what business ethics research can gain from theory development in the MSI field.
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- Barinaga, Ester
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Participatory urban art and workplace democracy: A conversational teaser
- 2023
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Ingår i: Business Ethics Quarterly. - 1052-150X. ; 33:2, s. 401-407
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Building on the experiences from organising participatory urban art in the stigmatised suburbs of various Swedish cities, the article discusses the ways in which such processes democratise space and develop democratic praxis. It then points at the implications of such lessons for organising workplace democracy.
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- Sandberg, Joakim, 1979
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The Tide is Turning on the Separation Thesis? A Response to Commentators
- 2008
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Ingår i: Business Ethics Quarterly. - 1052-150X. ; 18:4, s. 561-565
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In my article "Understanding the Separation Thesis" I noted that most scholars in the business ethics field seemed to have accepted R. Edward Freeman's argument to the effect that what he calls "the separation thesis" should be rejected. I argued, however, that they seemed to understand this thesis (and its rejection) in quite different ways. This volume contains three responses to my article which, interestingly enough, can be taken to corroborate my original argument. I here make some brief comments on these responses.
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- Sandberg, Joakim, 1979
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Understanding the Separation Thesis
- 2008
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Ingår i: Business Ethics Quarterly. - 1052-150X. ; 18:2, s. 213-232
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many writers in the field of business ethics seem to have accepted R. Edward Freeman's argument to the effect that what he calls ”the separation thesis”, or the idea that business and morality can be separated in certain ways, should be rejected. In this paper, I discuss how this argument should be understood more exactly, and what position ”the separation thesis” refers to. I suggest that there are actually many interpretations (or versions) of the separation thesis going around, ranging from semantic, empirical and reformative to some which are straightforwardly normative. While it is generally agreed that the separation thesis should be rejected, then, there is not as much agreement on what this thesis actually says. I suggest that whether or not we should reject the separation thesis, however, ultimately must depend on how we understand it more exactly – on certain interpretations, the thesis comes out as more or less trivially false, but we should demand more evidence or argument to reject it on certain other interpretations. This result presents a challenge for all those writers who are committed to the rejection of the separation thesis.
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