Managerial Pluralism: Thirty Years of Teaching Business Ethics

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Society Pub Date : 2024-08-15 DOI:10.1007/s12115-024-01011-6

Joseph L. Badaracco

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Abstract

The author reflects on 30 years of teaching business ethics at Harvard Business School. The paper presents tactical lessons for teaching courses in professional ethics and introduces “managerial pluralism.” This concept is akin to Isaiah Berlin’s value pluralism and directly addresses the complexity of ethical decision-making in business. Managerial pluralism also raises challenging questions about judgment, and the article argues that, while we can distinguish good and bad judgment, we fundamentally do not know what judgment is or how we make final judgments on complex moral and practical issues.

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管理多元化：商业伦理教学三十年

作者回顾了在哈佛商学院教授商业伦理的 30 年历程。本文介绍了教授职业道德课程的策略性经验，并引入了 "管理多元化"。这一概念类似于以赛亚-伯林（Isaiah Berlin）的价值多元化，直接涉及商业伦理决策的复杂性。管理多元化还提出了关于判断力的挑战性问题，文章认为，虽然我们可以区分好的判断力和坏的判断力，但从根本上说，我们并不知道判断力是什么，也不知道我们如何对复杂的道德和实践问题做出最终判断。

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Society Multiple-

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

11.10%

发文量

132

审稿时长

12 weeks

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