Individuals’ moral judgments of certain business practices and their decisions to engage in those practices are influenced by their personal moral philosophies: (a) situationists advocate striving for the best consequences possible irrespective of moral maxims; (b) subjectivists reject moral guidelines and base judgments on personal values and practical concerns; (c) absolutists assume that actions are moral, provided they yield positive consequences and conform to moral rules; (d) exceptionists prefer to follow moral dictates but allow for exceptions for practical reasons. These variations, which are based on two fundamental dimensions (concern for principles and concern for promoting human welfare) influence a variety of moral processes and have implications for ethical debates over business practices.
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Forsyth, D. R. (2013). Judging the morality of business practices: The influence of personal moral philosophies. In Citation Classics from The Journal of Business Ethics: Celebrating the First Thirty Years of Publication (pp. 265–277). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4126-3_12
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