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Exemplars, or concrete problems and resolutions, play a far more central role in business ethics than do detailed rules. Exemplars, such as case studies, anecdotes, parables, and fables, are nearly as important as general ethical principles. There are four arguments for recognizing this essential role for exemplars in business ethics. First, exemplars facilitate impartial agreement where agreement on detailed moral rules eludes us. Second, exemplars uniquely facilitate, for the purposes of training and decision making, the balanced integration of diverse sets of values. Third, the use of exemplars appropriately cultivates personal judgment, making detailed moral roles useful in exceptional cases only. Fourth, exemplars provide the flexibility necessary for making moral decisions within the continued flux of responsible business life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self- reference in logic, business policy, and ethics creates "strange loops" in these Generated for EBSCO inc. 2020/8/28 © 2020 Philosophy Documentation Center http://www.pdcnet.org Godel, Gadamer, and Ethical Business Leadership 139 fields. BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ETIUes JOURNAL, VOL.5, NO.3&4 Godel, Gadamer, and Ethical Business Leadership Paul de Vries ... Working with Strange Loops, Hermeneutical Circles, and Invisible Hands The very phrase "business ethics" used to raise eyebrows. Generated for EBSCO inc. 2020/8/28 © 2020 Philosophy Documentation Center http://www.pdcnet.org Godel, Gadamer, and Ethical Business Leadership 149 5. In addition, this circular self-understanding allows us to have both a conscious perspective Generated for EBSCO inc. 2020/8/28 © 2020 Philosophy Documentation Center http://www.pdcnet.org Godel, Gadamer, and Ethical Business Leadership 143 of ourselves and a genuine openness to broader "horizons" beyond ourselves. [Extracted from the article]