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42Ethics of contract pricingJournal of Business Ethics 11 (2). 1992.This study explores the legal and ethical issues associated with contract pricing. In particular, it focuses on a set of legal precedents which have addressed the enforceability of allegedly unfair contract prices. Traditionally, the common law has emphasized the consent of the parties. If the parties consented to a given price; it is presumptively fair and enforceable. The cases reviewed in this study, however, seem to draw upon alternative moral conceptions of fairness not normally associated …Read more
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16Corporate Beneficence and COVID-19Journal of Human Values 27 (1): 15-26. 2020.This article explores the motives underlying corporate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis begins with Thomas Dunfee’s Statement of Minimum Moral Obligation, which specifies, more precisely than any other contribution to the business ethics canon, the level of corporate beneficence required during a pandemic. The analysis then turns to Milton Friedman’s neoliberal understanding of human nature, critically contrasting it with the notion of stoic virtue that informs the works of Adam …Read more
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57Ethics of Tax InterpretationJournal of Business Ethics 165 (1): 83-94. 2020.This article joins a somewhat nascent, but growing, body of scholarship addressing the ethical obligation to pay tax. The analysis is grounded to the ethical duty to obey law generally and highlights two competing orientations to statutory interpretation. The norms of self-interested advocacy suggest that tax planners should assert that interpretation that will generate the most wealth for the client. The norms of professional advising, by contrast, direct the tax planner to interpret tax law wi…Read more
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25A business ethics experiential learning module: The Maryland business school experienceTeaching Business Ethics 1 (1): 21-32. 1997.
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19The team teaching of business ethics in a weekly semester long formatTeaching Business Ethics 4 (3): 225-238. 2000.
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15Religion and the Business Enterprise: An American PerspectiveJournal of Human Values 1 (1): 27-35. 1995.The main thesis of this essay is that religious inquiry can and should be central to business ethics instruction in both the business school classroom and the corporate boardroom. Religious conviction has always been a major factor in social progress in America. Hence, removing religious inquiry from ethical instruction severely restricts the potency of such instruction to effect change. The essay first analyzes two aspects of American culture that tend to inhibit religious dialogue: American fa…Read more
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29The Law and Ethics of K StreetBusiness Ethics Quarterly 17 (1): 33-63. 2007.This article explores the law and ethics of lobbying. The legal discussion examines disclosure regulations, employment restrictions,bribery laws, and anti-fraud provisions as each applies to the lobbying context. The analysis demonstrates that given the social value placed on the First Amendment, federal law generally affords lobbyists wide latitude in determining who, what, when, where, and how to lobby.The article then turns to ethics. Lobbying involves deliberate attempts to effect changes in…Read more
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535The Law and Ethics of K StreetBusiness Ethics Quarterly 17 (1): 33-63. 2007.This article explores the law and ethics of lobbying. The legal discussion examines disclosure regulations, employment restrictions,bribery laws, and anti-fraud provisions as each applies to the lobbying context. The analysis demonstrates that given the social value placed on the First Amendment, federal law generally affords lobbyists wide latitude in determining who, what, when, where, and how to lobby.The article then turns to ethics. Lobbying involves deliberate attempts to effect changes in…Read more
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Philosophy, Misc |
Other Academic Areas |
Indeterminacy and Legal Reasoning |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy, Misc |
Other Academic Areas |
Indeterminacy and Legal Reasoning |