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Rationaliteit en sociale normenIn Jon Elster & Stefaan E. Cuypers (eds.), Indirecte rede: Jon Elster over rationaliteit en irrationaliteit, Acco. 1995.
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23Retail Practitioners’ Views vs. Ideal Theoretical Positions Concerning Ethical Business Practices with Garment SuppliersBusiness and Professional Ethics Journal 41 (1): 59-92. 2022.The paper analyzes managers’ stance toward the ethical responsibility of those who work for multinational garment retailers. Most are charged with the social compliance policies affecting relationships with subcontractors. This study is based on interviews conducted with major European and American retailers. Our research question is: what is the normative stance of our respondents? We find that they reject the ideological way in which the normative debate on sweatshops has been conducted by bus…Read more
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32Sustainable Development and Well-Being: A Philosophical ChallengeJournal of Business Ethics 146 (2): 295-311. 2017.This paper aims at gaining a better understanding of the inherent paradoxes within sustainability discourses by investigating its basic assumptions. Drawing on a study of the metaphoric references operative in moral language, we reveal the predominance of the ‘well-being = wealth’ construct, which may explain the dominance of the ‘business case’ cognitive frame in sustainability discourses. We incorporate economic well-being variables within a philosophical model of becoming well :221–231, 2005)…Read more
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Business and Management Practices Influenced by Catholic Humanism: Three Case StudiesIn Martin Schlag & Domènec Melé (eds.), Humanism in Economics and Business: Perspectives of the Catholic Social Tradition, Springer Verlag. 2015.
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Schulz, W., Subjektivität im nachmetaphysischen Zeitalter (review)Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 56 (3): 595. 1994.
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88Human Rights in the Void? Due Diligence in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human RightsJournal of Business Ethics 116 (4): 799-814. 2013.The ‘Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ (Principles) that provide guidance for the implementation of the United Nations’ ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ framework (Framework) will probably succeed in making human rights matters more customary in corporate management procedures. They are likely to contribute to higher levels of accountability and awareness within corporations in respect of the negative impact of business activities on human rights. However, we identify tensions betwee…Read more
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70The Social License to OperateJournal of Business Ethics 136 (4): 675-685. 2016.This article proposes a way to zoom in on the concept of the social license to operate from the broader normative perspective of contractarianism. An SLO can be defined as a contractarian basis for the legitimacy of a company’s specific activity or project. “SLO”, as a fashionable expression, has its origins in business practice. From a normative viewpoint, the concept is closely related to social contract theory, and, as such, it has a political dimension. After outlining the contractarian norm…Read more
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78Universal Values and Virtues in Management Versus Cross-Cultural Moral Relativism: An Educational Strategy to Clear the Ground for Business EthicsJournal of Business Ethics 128 (4): 817-835. 2015.Despite the fact that business people and business students often cast doubt on the relevance of universal moral principles in business, the rejection of relativism is a precondition for business ethics to get off the ground. This paper proposes an educational strategy to overcome the philosophical confusions about relativism in which business people and students are often trapped. First, the paper provides some conceptual distinctions and clarifications related to moral relativism, particularis…Read more
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21Environmental Free-Riding and the Limited Scope of Interactive Justice A Comment on Axel GosseriesEthical Perspectives 11 (1): 61. 2004.
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42Non-Discrimination in Human Resources Management as a Moral ObligationJournal of Business Ethics 88 (1): 83-101. 2009.In this paper, I will argue that it is a moral obligation for companies, firstly, to accept their moral responsibility with respect to non-discrimination, and secondly, to address the issue with a full-fledged programme, including but not limited to the countering of microsocial discrimination processes through specific policies. On the basis of a broad sketch of how some discrimination mechanisms are actually influencing decisions, that is, causing intended as well as unintended bias in Human R…Read more
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12Public-Private Partnerships and Corruption in Developing CountriesBusiness and Professional Ethics Journal 30 (3-4): 253-268. 2011.In this paper we evaluate the ethical aspects of a public-private partnership (PPP) for the production and distribution of electricity in a particular context, i.e.,in a developing country characterized by a high corruption rate. In general, multinational enterprises (MNE) are considered suspect in developing countries by their own populations and by others, especially in those countries perceived as corrupt. A second source of suspicion concerns the privatization of utilities: utilities such as…Read more
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23Économie de la justice et de l'équité, Valérie Clément, Christine Le Clainche et Daniel Serra, Paris, Economica, 2008Revue de Philosophie Économique 2 (2): 115-120. 2009.
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1Achterhuis, H. , De maat van de techniek. Zes filosofen over techniek: Günther Anders, Jacques Ellul, Arnold Gehlen, Martin Heidegger, Hans Jonas en Lewis Mumford (review)Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 56 (3): 608. 1994.
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11Duties of Justice in BusinessIn Christopher Luetege (ed.), Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics, Springer. pp. 743--760. 2013.
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60Responsibility and Informal CSR in Formal Cameroonian SMEsJournal of Business Ethics 112 (4): -653-665. 2013.In this article, we explore the implicit conceptions of business ethics and social responsibility of owners−managers of small and medium enterprises (SME) in Cameroon. While using a hermeneutical approach, our main objective is to clarify how Sub-Saharan African business people themselves understand and define corporate responsibility in their particular economic and political environment. Our aim is not to deliver an empirical study of business practices and management behavior in SMEs. We wish…Read more
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Objectiviteit en rechtvaardigheidszin in de politieke filosofie.In Van Dooren W. & Hoff T. (eds.), Actueel filosoferen. Nederlands-Vlaamse filosofiedag, Eburon. 1993.
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Speltheorie en sociale normenIn Raymaekers B. (ed.), Gehelen en fragmenten: de vele gezichten van de filosofie. Acta van de 14e filosofiedag te Leuven, Universitaire Pers Leuven. 1992.
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16Justice as a competence. The normative relevance of empirical research on judgments of 'greatness'.Philosophica 53 53 39-56. 1995.
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Compensation et sélectivité en Sécurité Sociale. Eléments pour une interprétation normativeIn Méhaut Ph & Mossé Ph (eds.), Les politiques sociales catégorielles. Fondements, portée et limites, L’harmattan. 1998.
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Het pragmatisme van Boltanski & ThévenotIn Devos R. (ed.), De marges van de macht. Filosofie en politiek in Frankrijk: 1981-1995, Universitaire Pers. 1995.
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A comment on de R. Jeurissen: Integrating Micro, Meso and Macro Levels in Business EthicsEthical Perspectives 259-262. 1997.
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Une légitimation publique du droit au revenu : le débat sur le revenu minimum d’insertion en FranceIn Borghi Marco & Meyer-Bisch Patrice (eds.), Ethique économique et droits de l’homme. La responsabilité commune, Editions Universitaires. 1998.
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Market forces and mass media – competing for an audience of consumersIn Cassidy Eoin G. & McGrady Andrew G. (eds.), Media and the Marketplace – Ethical Perspectives, Ipa. 2001.
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23Environmental free-riding and the limited scope of interactive justiceEthical Perspectives 11 (1): 61-71. 2004.
Geert Demuijnck
EDHEC Business School
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EDHEC Business SchoolProfessor
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |