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51Leadership, Engineering and Ethical Clashes at BoeingScience and Engineering Ethics 27 (1): 1-17. 2021.When there are disasters in our society, whether on an individual, organizational or systemic level, individuals or groups of individuals are often singled out for blame, and commonly it is assumed that the alleged culprits engaged in deliberate misdeeds. But sometimes, at least, these disasters occur not because of deliberate malfeasance, but rather because of complex organizational and systemic circumstances that result in these negative outcomes. Using the Boeing Corporation and its 737 MAX a…Read more
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50Multinational Corporations and Global Justice, by Florian Wettstein .Hardcover, 410 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8047-6240-3Business Ethics Quarterly 22 (1): 193-198. 2012.Increasingly, global businesses are confronted with the question of complicity in human rights violations committed by abusive host governments. This contribution specifically looks at silent complicity and the way it challenges conventional interpretations of corporate responsibility. Silent complicity impliesthat corporations have moral obligations that reach beyond the negative realm of doing no harm. Essentially, it implies that corporations have a moral responsibility to help protect human …Read more
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50Moral Imagination, Trading Zones, and the Role of the Ethicist in NanotechnologyNanoEthics 3 (3): 185-195. 2009.The societal and ethical impacts of emerging technological and business systems cannot entirely be foreseen; therefore, management of these innovations will require at least some ethicists to work closely with researchers. This is particularly critical in the development of new systems because the maximum degrees of freedom for changing technological direction occurs at or just after the point of breakthrough; that is also the point where the long-term implications are hardest to visualize. Rece…Read more
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50Social Constructivism, Mental Models, and Problems of ObedienceJournal of Business Ethics 100 (1). 2011.There are important synergies for the next generation of ethical leaders based on the alignment of modified or adjusted mental models. This entails a synergistic application of moral imagination through collaborative input and critique, rather than "me too" obedience. In this article, we will analyze the Milgram results using frameworks relating to mental models (Werhane et al., Profitable partnerships for poverty alleviation, 2009), as well as work by Moberg on "ethics blind spots'' (Organizati…Read more
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49Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective , by Norman E. Bowie. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 234 pp. ISBN: 978-1316343210 (review)Business Ethics Quarterly 28 (1): 110-113. 2018.
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47Corporate and individual moral responsibility: A reply to Jan Garrett (review)Journal of Business Ethics 8 (10). 1989.
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42Report on business ethics in north AmericaJournal of Business Ethics 16 (14): 1589-1595. 1997.Although many challenges remain, business ethics is flourishing in North America. Prominent organizations give annual business ethics awards, investments in socially screened mutual funds are increasing, ethics officers and corporate ombudspersons are more common and more influential, and new ideas are being tested in practice. On the academic side, two major journals specializing in business ethics are well-established and other major journals often include articles on business ethics and new o…Read more
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42Introduction: The Wide Reach of Business Ethics (review)Journal of Business Ethics 84 (S1). 2009.
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41Sandra day O'Connor and the justification of abortionTheoretical Medicine and Bioethics 5 (3). 1984.The recent Supreme Court decision upholding Roe v. Wade and in particular, the dissent by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, sheds new light on the issue of abortion. Let us consider any stage of a pregnancy when abortion is medically safe for the mother. If at that stage it is also medically viable to save the fetus, is an abortion performed at that stage of pregnancy morally justifiable? For example, if it is, or becomes, medically safe to perform abortions after first trimester of pregnancy and at …Read more
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40Women Leaders in a Globalized WorldJournal of Business Ethics 74 (4): 425-435. 2007.This article will defend a very simple thesis. In a diverse globalized “flat” world with expanding economic opportunities and risks, we will need to revisit and revise our mindsets about free enterprise, corporate governance, and leadership. That we can change our mindsets and world view is illustrated by studies of primate behavior, and the kind of leadership necessary in a global economy is, interestingly, exemplified by women.
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36Ethical and Environmental Challenges to EngineeringPearson. 2000.This short reader accompanies the textbook The Christian Theological Tradition. It was copiled by 13 members fo the Theology Dept. of the University of St. Thomas. All the translations have been done by department members.
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36Trust after the Global Financial MeltdownBusiness and Society Review 116 (4): 403-433. 2011.Over the last decade, and culminating in the 2008 global financial meltdown, there has been an erosion of trust and a concomitant rise of distrust in domestic companies, multinational enterprises, and political economies.In response to this attrition, this article presents three arguments. First, we suggest that trust is the “glue” of any viable political economy, and we propose that the stakes of violating public trust are particularly high in light of the asymmetry between trust and distrust. …Read more
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35Beyond Selfishness: Adam Smith and the Limits of the MarketAdam Smith and His Legacy for Modern CapitalismBusiness Ethics Quarterly 3 (4): 453-460. 1993.
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35Building Partnerships to Create Social and Economic Value at the Base of the Global Development PyramidJournal of Business Ethics 117 (4): 721-733. 2013.This paper builds on London and Hart’s critique that Prahalad’s best-selling book prompted a unilateral effort to find a fortune at the bottom of the pyramid. Prahalad’s instrumental, firm-centered construction suggests, perhaps unintentionally, a buccaneering style of business enterprise devoted to capturing markets rather than enabling new socially entrepreneurial ventures for those otherwise trapped in conditions of extreme poverty. London and Hart reframe Prahalad’s insight into direct globa…Read more
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34Justice, Impartiality, and Reciprocity A Response to Edwin HartmanBusiness Ethics Quarterly 4 (3): 287-290. 1994.
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33The Ethics of Health Care as a BusinessBusiness and Professional Ethics Journal 9 (3-4): 7-20. 1990.
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30Ethical Leadership in 21st Century Corporate AmericaJournal of Business Ethics 66 (2-3): 145-146. 2006.
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28McNeely, Jeffrey A. and Sara J. Scherr, Ecoagriculture. Strategies to Feed the World and Save Wild Biodiversity (Island Press, Washington, DC, 2003), 266+ pp (review)Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 16 219-221. 2003.
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28Evaluating the classificatory processJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 37 (3): 352-354. 1979.
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28Connecting the World Through GamesJournal of Business Ethics Education 8 (1): 199-230. 2011.When using cases to teach corporate strategy and ethical decision-making, the aim is to demonstrate to students that leadership decision-making is at its most effective when all affected stakeholders are considered, from shareholders and employees, to the local, national, and global societies in which the company operates. This paper challenges the obstructive perception of many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advocates that the interests of private organizations in the alleviation of soci…Read more
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28Systems Thinking and Moral Imagination: Rethinking Business Ethics with Patricia Werhane (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2018.This volume brings together a selection of papers written by Patricia Werhane during the most recent quarter century. The book critically explicates the direction and development of Werhane’s thinking based on her erudite and eclectic sampling of orthodox philosophical theories. It starts out with an introductory chapter setting Werhane’s work in the context of the development of Business Ethics theory and practice, along with an illustrative time line. Next, it discusses possible interpretation…Read more
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28The myth of minimums: Response to “ordinary reasonable care is not the minimum for engineers”Science and Engineering Ethics 7 (2): 298-302. 2001.
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