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- Title
THE INTERNAL MORALITY OF CONTRACTING: ADVANCING THE CONTRACTUALIST ENDEAVOR IN BUSINESS ETHICS.
- Authors
VAN OOSTERHOUT, J. (HANS); HEUGENS, PURSEY P. M. A. R.; KAPTEIN, MUEL
- Abstract
Integrative social contracts theory is arguably the most promising theory of business ethics to date, but often criticized for its inability to produce substantive, action-guiding norms. Rather than importing moral substance from outside the contractualist framework, or abandoning contractualist business ethics (CBE) altogether, we seek to advance CBE by exploring the internal morality of contracting. We demonstrate that substantive norms for guiding and constraining business conduct can be produced without relying on premises from outside the contractualist framework.
- Subjects
CONTRACTS; BUSINESS ethics; BUSINESS enterprises; SOCIAL norms; CONTRACTING out; INDUSTRIAL management; ORGANIZATION; DECEPTION; DEFEASANCE; PROFESSIONAL ethics; MARKET failure; SOCIAL contract
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 2006, Vol 31, Issue 3, p521
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMR.2006.21318915