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Business Ethics in a Competitive Market.
- Source :
- Journal of Business Ethics; Sep94, Vol. 13 Issue 9, p663-666, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- Consequentialist reasoning and neoclassical assumptions about perfectly competitive markets encourage business school faculty and students to overlook the role of ethics in a market system. In a perfectly competitive economy, self-interest suffices to bring about a desirable outcome. However, discrepancies between an economist's assumptions and the realities of a market economy establish a need for business ethics. This essay, written as a lecture for MBA students, first reviews Pareto optimality as an argument in favor of market allocations. It then uses the discrepancies between actual and hypothetical markets to derive a Rawlsian duty of civility. This neoclassical case for business ethics requires individuals to avoid exploiting the defects that are inevitable in any social structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01674544
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Business Ethics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12134773
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00881324