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Reason and Morality: A Critique of Alan Gewirth's Argument for an Egalitarian MoralityDissertation, University of Notre Dame. 1980.This dissertation is a critique of the argument Alan Gewirth offers for the necessity of an egalitarian approach to the distribution of freedom and well-being. Gewirth's argument is within the Kantian tradition and it centrally relies on a use of the Principle of Universalizability. In Chapter One of the dissertation I describe various possible interpretations of that principle so that Gewirth's own interpretation can be more clearly understood. Chapters Two and Three, respectively, deal with an…Read more
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74A defense of employee rightsJournal of Business Ethics 4 (5): 367-376. 1985.Recent trends in business ethics along with growing attacks upon unions, suggest that employee rights will be a major social concern for business managers during the next decade. However, in most of the discussions of employee rights to date, the very meaning and legitimacy of such rights are often uncritically taken for granted. In this paper, we develop an account of employee rights and defend this conception against what we take to be the strongest in-principle objections to it.
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7The Economics of SearchRoutledge. 2003.The economics of search is a prominent component of economic theory, and it has a richness and elegance that underpins a host of practical applications. In this book Brian and John McCall present a comprehensive overview of the economic theory of search, from the classical model of job search formulated 40 years ago to the recent developments in equilibrium models of search. The book gives decision-theoretic foundations to seemingly slippery issues in labour market theory, estimation theory and …Read more
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Chapter four: Advertising: Deception and unfairness 101Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics. forthcoming.
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9Employers and EmployeesIn Hugh LaFollette (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Blackwell. 2013.
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An Analysis of Friedman's “Social Responsibility” ArticleThe Same (Eds., 1990): Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics, 2nd Ed., Belmont. forthcoming.
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Employment at will and employee rightsIn George G. Brenkert & Tom L. Beauchamp (eds.), The Oxford handbook of business ethics, Oxford University Press. 2010.
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50Assessing American executive compensation: a cautionary tale for EuropeansBusiness Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 13 (4): 243-254. 2004.
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89Employee Voice in Corporate GovernanceBusiness Ethics Quarterly 11 (1): 195-213. 2001.This article surveys arguments for the claim that employees have a right to strong forms of decision-making participation. Itconsiders objections to employee participation based on shareholders' property rights and it claims that those objections are flawed. In particular, it argues the employee participation rights are grounded on the same values as are property rights. The articlesuggests that the conflict between these two competing rights claims is best resolved by limiting the scope of corp…Read more
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52A Defense of Just Cause Dismissal RulesBusiness Ethics Quarterly 13 (2): 151-175. 2003.The United States is distinctive among advanced economies in that its employment laws and practices are governed byEmployment at Will (EAW). Most other nations have variations on Just Cause dismissal rules. I argue that the U.S. preference for EAW is unsupported by concerns about net social or economic consequences. More centrally, I argue that the basic moral commitments that underlie the U.S. system of private property and freedom of contract are commitments that lend support to Just Cause ove…Read more
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51Leadership and ethics: Corporate accountability to whom, for what and by what means? (review)Journal of Business Ethics 38 (1-2). 2002.This paper argues that ethical evaluation of leadership requires standards of assessment that are independent of the definition of "leader." It suggests that Stakeholder Theory is incapable of providing a substantive standard of assessment. It suggests an alternative model for adjudicating between stakeholders' conflicting claims of right and it applies that method to determine what responsibilities corporate management might have to employees and how management might be held accountable for dis…Read more
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