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The Separation Thesis: Perhaps Nine Lives are Enough

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Is business intimately related to ethics or can the two be separated? I argue that examining this question by focusing on how the two areas might be separated is logically flawed. Examining how business and ethics are connected, however, can bear fruit. This examination shows that business is a proper subset of ethics. Understanding this intimate connection has two practical benefits. It removes the seemingly incommensurable conflict between financial and ethical responsibilities of managers and it gives us new and positive insights into Milton Friedman’s view that the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.

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  • Dienhart, John W., 2008. "The Separation Thesis: Perhaps Nine Lives are Enough," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(4), pages 555-559, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:18:y:2008:i:04:p:555-559_01
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    1. Fabien Martinez, 2014. "Corporate strategy and the environment: towards a four-dimensional compatibility model for fostering green management decisions," Post-Print hal-02887618, HAL.
    2. Andrew Abela & Ryan Shea, 2015. "Avoiding the Separation Thesis While Maintaining a Positive/Normative Distinction," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 131(1), pages 31-41, September.
    3. Fabien Martinez & Diego Vazquez-Brust & Ken Peattie & Keivan Zokaei, 2012. "Achieving greener growth: a business perspective for proactive commitment," Post-Print hal-02887705, HAL.
    4. John F. Hulpke & Michael P. Fronmueller, 2020. "Review of Evidence-Based Management: How to Make Better Organizational Decisions by Eric Barends and Denise Rousseau," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 164(2), pages 417-419, June.
    5. Miguel Alzola, 2011. "The Reconciliation Project: Separation and Integration in Business Ethics Research," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 99(1), pages 19-36, March.

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