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It’s Time for Empirical Research in Business Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Larue Tone Hosmer
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Abstract:

We have a very decent belief structure or general paradigm underlying Business Ethics as a formal field of study. It has an explicit moral base. It can be stated in simple and direct terms. It has been developed over a number of recent years by a group of respected scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. It is, however, subject to multiple interpretations and open to extensive conflicts. We can easily tolerate if not benefit from the differing interpretations. We must—at some point—moderate if not resolve the debilitating conflicts. The argument I wish to make in this paper is that we have reached that point. It is time to resolve the conflicts, and the way to do so is to generate awkward, undeniable facts through basic empirical research. Those facts will then have to be incorporated into acceptable—and eventually accepted—theory.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 233 - 242
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2000

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