Business ethics as personal ethics

João César das Neves*

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Abstract

Business ethics is a major issue for most, if not all companies. This paper attempts a clarification of the composite of forces and influences involved in the business ethics world. Its performance is then assessed, resulting in a relative failure of the huge efforts of the business world in recent decades, as the public doubts the moral sincerity of managers. The diagnostics of this credibility disease points to a flawed trust on the mechanic and judicial approach to ethics, preferring rules and measurements to character and intentions. The solution presented is the use of a virtue-based ethics, returning to the personal elements of morality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKnowledge discovery, knowledge engineering and knowledge management - 7th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2015, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsJoaquim Filipe, Ana Fred, Jan L. G. Dietz, Kecheng Liu, David Aveiro
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages3-12
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9783319527581
ISBN (Print)9783319527574
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 12 Nov 201514 Nov 2015

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume631
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Conference

Conference7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2015
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period12/11/1514/11/15

Keywords

  • Business
  • Ethics
  • Virtue

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