Zsolnai, László (2011) Ethical decision making. Working Paper. Corvinus University of Budapest Business Ethics Center.
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Abstract
The self-centeredness of modern organizations leads to environmental destruction and human deprivation. The principle of responsibility developed by Hans Jonas requires caring for the beings affected by our decisions and actions. Ethical decision-making creates a synthesis of reverence for ethical norms, rationality in goal achievement, and respect for the stakeholders. The maximin rule selects the "least worst alternative" in the multidimensional decision space of deontological, goal-achievement and stakeholder values. The ethical decision-maker can be characterized as having the ability to take multiple perspectives and make appropriate balance across diverse value dimensions. Modern organizations should develop a critical sensitivity to and empathy toward human and non-human beings with which they share a common environment.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business Administration > Institute for Environmental Science > Business Ethics Center |
| Subjects: | Decision making |
| Projects: | TÁMOP-4.2.1.B-09/1/KMR-2010-0005 |
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| ID Code: | 1197 |
| Deposited By: | Ádám Hoffmann |
| Deposited On: | 26 Apr 2013 12:06 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2013 12:06 |
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