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Putting the Law in Its Place: Business Ethics and the Assumption that Illegal Implies Unethical

Young, Carson

Journal of business ethics, 2019-11, Vol.160 (1), p.35-51 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Putting the Law in Its Place: Business Ethics and the Assumption that Illegal Implies Unethical
Autor: Young, Carson
Assuntos: Assumptions ; Business and Management ; Business Ethics ; Case studies ; Civil disobedience ; Education ; Ethics ; Illegal ; Law ; Management ; Organizational behavior ; Original Paper ; Philosophy ; Political obligation ; Quality of Life Research ; Ride sharing services ; Unlawful
É parte de: Journal of business ethics, 2019-11, Vol.160 (1), p.35-51
Descrição: Many business ethicists assume that if a type of conduct is illegal, then it is also unethical. This article scrutinizes that assumption, using the rideshare company Uber's illegal operation in the city of Philadelphia as a case study. I argue that Uber's unlawful conduct was permissible. I also argue that this position is not an extreme one: it is consistent with a variety of theoretical commitments in the analytic philosophical tradition regarding political obligation (i.e. the moral duty to obey the law because it is the law). I conclude by showing why business ethicists would have a better rejoinder to the "dominant view" of business ethics associated with Milton Friedman if they dispensed with the assumption that illegal implies unethical.
Editor: Dordrecht: Springer
Idioma: Inglês

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