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Integrating Ethics All the Way Through: The Issue of Moral Agency Reconsidered

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  • Rogene Buchholz
  • Sandra Rosenthal

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Integrating “ethics all the way throughâ€\x9D an organization suggests that the issue of moral agency and the corporation be reconsidered. Is the corporation a moral agent in some sense or is it no more than the people who are a part of the organization? Views which stress the role of the individual lose sight of the whole corporate entity, and views which think of the corporation as a collective lose sight of the individual. A view which rejects both these alternatives sees the corporation as a type of community where there is a dynamic tension between the corporation as a whole and the individuals who are part of the organization. This view has implications relative to the focus of efforts to integrate ethics throughout an organization. Copyright Springer 2006

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  • Rogene Buchholz & Sandra Rosenthal, 2006. "Integrating Ethics All the Way Through: The Issue of Moral Agency Reconsidered," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 66(2), pages 233-239, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:66:y:2006:i:2:p:233-239
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-5588-9
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