The role of existentialism in ethical business decision-making

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorMalloy, David C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-15T17:17:45Z
dc.date.available2015-01-15T17:17:45Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionPostprint uploaded 01/12/2015 link to publishers version http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8608.00185/abstracten_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an integrated model of ethical decision-making in business that incorporates teleological, deontological and existential theory. Existentialism has been curiously overlooked by many scholars in the field despite the fact that it is so fundamentally a theory of choice. We argue that it is possible to seek good organisational ends (teleology), through the use of right means (deontology), and enable the decision-maker to do so authentically (existentialism). More specifically, we provide a framework that will enable the decision-maker to integrate the various ethical schools of thought available to them and to apply this framework in the ethical decision-making process. The model presented makes explicit the existential position of choice and takes into account other contextual moderating factors. Negative Option Marketing is used as a running application to illustrate the role of existentialism in the decision-making process.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal, J. and Cruise Malloy, D. (2000), The role of existentialism in ethical business decision-making. Business Ethics: A European Review, 9: 143–154. doi: 10.1111/1467-8608.00185en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34131
dc.identifier.issn0962-8770.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/50307
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWiley Online Libraryen_US
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businessen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/en_US
dc.subjectDecision makingen_US
dc.subjectBusiness ethicsen_US
dc.subject.otherEthicsen_US
dc.subject.otherExistentialismen_US
dc.subject.otherPhilosophyen_US
dc.titleThe role of existentialism in ethical business decision-makingen_US
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineMarketingen_US
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