Self-Authorship through Mutual Benefit: Toward a Liberal Theory of the Virtues in Business

IF 3.4 2区 哲学 Q2 BUSINESS
Caleb Bernacchio
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This article develops a liberal theory of the virtues in business. I first articulate two key liberal values embodied within market society: self-authorship and mutual benefit. Self-authorship is a mode of autonomy given expression through the effective exercise of economic liberties. Mutual benefit involves the intentional pursuit of the well-being of one’s transaction partners within economic exchange. These values are uniquely realized, I argue, within business, conceptualized as a distinct, firm-level, social practice. More specifically, individuals realize self-authorship by purposively integrating cospecialized resources, forms of knowledge, and business functions to facilitate mutually beneficial transactions. Through their commitment to mutual benefit, businesspersons establish ongoing, cooperative relationships with customers, members of other firms, and various stakeholders more generally. These relationships are constitutive of a distinct liberal notion of the common good. The practice of business and the common good in a market society are sustained by a range of individual-level virtues. I recount these virtues and, before concluding, discuss several other theoretical implications of this account.
通过互惠互利的自我创作:走向商业美德的自由主义理论
这篇文章发展了一个关于商业美德的自由主义理论。我首先阐述了体现在市场社会中的两个关键的自由主义价值观:自我创作和互利。自我创作是一种通过有效行使经济自由而得到表达的自主模式。互惠互利包括在经济交换中有意追求交易伙伴的福祉。我认为,这些价值观是在企业内部独特实现的,被概念化为一种独特的、公司层面的社会实践。更具体地说,个人通过有目的地整合共同专业化的资源、知识形式和业务功能来实现自我创作,以促进互利的交易。通过他们对互惠互利的承诺,商人与客户、其他公司的成员以及更广泛的各种利益相关者建立了持续的合作关系。这些关系构成了一种独特的自由主义共同利益概念。在市场社会中,商业实践和共同利益是由一系列个人层面的美德维持的。我叙述了这些优点,并在结束之前讨论了这一说法的其他几个理论含义。
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6.20
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发文量
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期刊介绍: Business Ethics Quarterly (BEQ) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes theoretical and empirical research relevant to the ethics of business. Since 1991 this multidisciplinary journal has published articles and reviews on a broad range of topics, including the internal ethics of business organizations, the role of business organizations in larger social, political and cultural frameworks, and the ethical quality of market-based societies and market-based relationships. It recognizes that contributions to the better understanding of business ethics can come from any quarter and therefore publishes scholarship rooted in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields.
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