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A Single Framework for Strategic and Ethical Behavior in the International Context

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Scholars have developed many theories of international strategy and many theories of international ethics. Separating strategy and ethics in this way, though, perpetuates a perception that profit and ethics are mutually exclusive. Accordingly, I offer a framework that links international strategy and international ethics. I suggest that at an abstract level the strategic concepts of integration and responsiveness and the ethical concepts of justice and caring are concerned with the same theoretical quandaries. Therefore, in any situation there are behaviors that are both integrative and just and/or both responsive and caring, and these behaviors are both strategic and ethical. To demonstrate the potential descriptive and prescriptive value of the framework, I descend the ladders of abstraction associated with these concepts and apply the framework to two business situations.

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  • Reynolds, Scott J., 2003. "A Single Framework for Strategic and Ethical Behavior in the International Context," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(3), pages 361-379, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:13:y:2003:i:03:p:361-379_00
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    1. Alan Singer, 2010. "Integrating Ethics and Strategy: A Pragmatic Approach," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 92(4), pages 479-491, April.
    2. repec:hal:journl:hal-00880241 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. André, Kévin, 2013. "Why Should Business Education Care About Care? Toward an Educare Perspective," ESSEC Working Papers WP1315, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School.
    4. Harald Bergsteiner & Gayle Avery, 2012. "When Ethics are Compromised by Ideology: The Global Competitiveness Report," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 109(4), pages 391-410, September.
    5. Kévin André, 2013. "Why Should Business Education Care About Care? Toward an Educare Perspective," Working Papers hal-00880241, HAL.

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