Ethics in Business - Professor Darryl Reed

Posted by Nasir Azam on Feb 05, 2018
Professor Darryl Reed with Jason & Nash
Ethics in Business and 4-way Test
Presentation by professor Darryl Reed - York University
 
The outline of the presentation were:
  • Initial Questions about the Four-Way Test
  • The Field of Business Ethics
    • 4 Tasks of Business Ethics
    • Theoretical Approaches to Business Ethics
    • The Scope of Business Ethics
    • The Problematic of Business Ethics
      Positive Analysis (How business functions)
      Social science disciplines
      levels of analysis (firm, industry, business system)
      Empirical and Theoretical analysis
      Normative Analysis (How business should run)
      Criteria from ethics and political theory
      Application of criteria to particular case
      • Different objects and at different levels
                     Strategic Analysis (How to change business)
                     bringing business practice in line with norms
                     professional fields (in the aid of justified norms)
  • Relating Business Ethics to the Four-Way Test
    • Important features of the 4-way test
      • recognizes different concerns/criteria
        • Fairness, goodness, relationships, etc.
  • Some challenges
    • need to be applied at different levels
      • easier at interpersonal, group levels
      • difficult at policy, organizational, societal levels
    • Questions require further reflection/discussion
      • What is fairness? What happens when criteria conflict? Who decides how to apply the questions?
 
 
 
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