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- Title
Towards Authenticity: A Sartrean Perspective on Business Ethics.
- Authors
Jackson, Kevin T.
- Abstract
Taking a Sartrean existentialist viewpoint towards business ethics, in particular, concerning the question of the nature of businesspersons' moral character, provides for a dramatically distinct set of reflections from those afforded by the received view on character, namely that of Aristotelian-based virtue ethics. Insofar as Sartre's philosophy places human freedom at center stage, I argue that the authenticity with which a businessperson approaches moral situations depends on the degree of consciousness he or she has of the various choices at stake. Finally, I consider some practical changes in business ethics education, managerial decision-making, and business organizations that Sartrean reflections might prompt.
- Subjects
BUSINESS ethics; EXISTENTIALISM; BUSINESSMEN; MORAL development; SARTRE, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980; ETHICS; ETHICAL decision making; CHOICE (Psychology); BUSINESS education; ORGANIZATIONAL ethics; POLITICAL attitudes
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 2005, Vol 58, Issue 4, p307
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10551-005-1178-0