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5Things we Know. By Frank B. Ebersole. Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon Books, 1967. Pp. viii, 304, $7.50 (review)Dialogue 8 (1): 155-157. 1969.
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26Corporations and MoralityThomas Donaldson Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982. Pp. ix, 214. $12.95, cloth; $8.95, paper - Business EthicsNorman Bowie Prentice-Hall Series in Occupational Ethics Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982. Pp. xiii, 159. $7.95, paper (review)Dialogue 22 (2): 364-366. 1983.
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18Bibliography of Philosophy in Canada: A Research Guide/Bibliographie de la philosophie an Canada: un guide de rechercheThomas Mathien Kingston, ON: Frye Library of Canadian Philosophy, 1988. 158 p.; index - Religion and Science in Early CanadaJ. D. Rabb, editor Kingston, ON: Frye Library of Canadian Philosophy, 1988. 348 p (review)Dialogue 29 (3): 462-466. 1990.
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5The Knowledge Economy and Moral CommunityJournal of Business Ethics 38 (1/2). 2002.This essay suggests that the 21st century knowledge economy represents a moderate form of moral community. To show this I first clarify the ideas of moral community and a knowledge economy. The latter reflects the emergence of high volume, high speed, high precision (or +VSP) electronic communications and exchange networks, both of which embody the ethical value of reciprocity. One result has been the emergence of commercially oriented knowledge communities. In conclusion, the +VSP communication…Read more
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32Mergers, takeovers, and a property ethicJournal of Business Ethics 7 (1-2). 1988.The recent takeover and merger trend cries out for ethical evaluation. This essay proposes a model for evaluating them in terms of their impact on a firm's immediate stakeholders: investors, owners, management and employees. Since mergers and takeovers are Transfers of Ownership of Firms (TOFs) they entail a property ethic of ownership, control, securing stakeholder interests, and defining which stakeholders should exercise these rights. I use the model to evaluate two fictional cases, a friendl…Read more
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21The leverage of foreigners: Multinationals in south Africa (review)Journal of Business Ethics 8 (11). 1989.This article argues that foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) in South Africa cannot evade an ethical choice, how best to exercise their leverage against apartheid? Disinvestment is only one, ambiguous option. MNCs need clear ethical goals and an effective strategy. Both arise from the political economy of the MNC (1). It involves 3 relationships, between the MNC parent and its subsidiary; the MNC home society and host society; and the MNC home state and host state. That political economy e…Read more
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32Environmental and social performanceJournal of Business Ethics 15 (7). 1996.If an organization cares for nature, this paper contends, it will act so as not to harm the ecosystems it affects, or when it cannot so act at the moment it will commit itself to such action over time. For an organization's commitment to ecologically beneficent performance to be credible, one requires an action plan with specified targets determining the best ecologically beneficent pollution abatement and ecosystem improvement approaches in a situation. To this end the 4 Direct Environmental Pe…Read more
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79Intellectual property and the commercialization of research and developmentScience and Engineering Ethics 11 (2): 203-219. 2005.Concern about the commercialization of research is rising, notably in testing new drugs. The problem involves oversimplified, polarizing assumptions about research and development (R&D) and intellectual property (IP). To address this problem this paper sets forth a more complex three phase RT&D process, involving Scientific Research (R), Technological Innovation (T), and Commercial Product Development (D) or the RT&D process. Scientific research and innovation testing involve costly intellectual…Read more
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29Mixed Motives and Ethical Decisions in BusinessJournal of Business Ethics 25 (1). 2000.Discerning the motives that lead businesspeople to make ethical decisions in economic contexts is important, for it aids the moral evaluation of such decisions. But conventional economic theory has for too long assumed an egoist model of motivation, to which many contrast an altruist view of ethical choices. The result is to see business decision making as implying dilemmas. On the other hand, we argue, if one assumes multiple motives, economic and ethical, in ordinary business decisions, a more…Read more
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11The Olivieri Report — A compelling study of the growing tensions in clinical research (review)Science and Engineering Ethics 9 (1): 125-132. 2003.
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38The knowledge economy and moral communityJournal of Business Ethics 38 (1-2): 167-177. 2002.This essay suggests that the 21st century knowledge economy represents a moderate form of moral community. To show this I first clarify the ideas of moral community and a knowledge economy. The latter reflects the emergence of high volume, high speed, high precision (or +VSP) electronic communications and exchange networks, both of which embody the ethical value of reciprocity. One result has been the emergence of commercially oriented knowledge communities. In conclusion, the +VSP communication…Read more
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Robert Steigerwald, Marxism and Late Bourgeois Ideology Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 2 (1): 31-33. 1982.
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10The leverage of foreigners: Multinationals in South AfricaJournal of Business Ethics 8 (11): 865-871. 1989.This article argues that foreign multinational corporations in South Africa cannot evade an ethical choice, how best to exercise their leverage against apartheid? Disinvestment is only one, ambiguous option. MNCs need clear ethical goals and an effective strategy. Both arise from the political economy of the MNC . It involves 3 relationships, between the MNC parent and its subsidiary; the MNC home society and host society; and the MNC home state and host state. That political economy explains th…Read more
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Robert Steigerwald, Marxism and Late Bourgeois Ideology (review)Philosophy in Review 2 31-33. 1982.
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27The Olivieri report — a compelling study of the growing tensions in clinical researchScience and Engineering Ethics 9 (1): 125-132. 2003.
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Smokescreen: The Truth Behind the Tobacco Industry Cover-Up by Phillip J. HiltsBusiness and Society 39 (2): 230-235. 2000.
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3John Evan Seery, Political Returns: Irony in Politics and Theory from Plato to the Antinuclear Movement Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 12 (3): 218-219. 1992.
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23Mergers, takeovers, and a property ethicJournal of Business Ethics 7 (1-2): 109-116. 1988.The recent takeover and merger trend cries out for ethical evaluation. This essay proposes a model for evaluating them in terms of their impact on a firm's immediate stakeholders: investors, owners, management and employees. Since mergers and takeovers are 'Transfers of Ownership of Firms' they entail a property ethic of ownership, control, securing stakeholder interests, and defining which stakeholders should exercise these rights. I use the model to evaluate two fictional cases, a friendly mer…Read more