Alerting corporate leaders to the need for ethical deliberation and sustainability

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dc.contributor.authorSharma, Umesh Prasaden_NZ
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Martinen_NZ
dc.contributor.editorHazelton, James
dc.contributor.editorDumay, John
dc.coverage.spatialSydney, Australiaen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T01:24:59Z
dc.date.available2015en_NZ
dc.date.available2017-10-30T01:24:59Z
dc.date.issued2015en_NZ
dc.description.abstractIn order to categorise business as “good” one must choose what characterises “Good Business”. Some argue that any profitable business is good business, but profitable business sometimes creates social and environmental problems. Anyone can list what good business characteristics are, but the list will not be acceptable to everyone. We argue that, over the past sixty years, many business students and managers have been prepared to accept unquestioningly what they are told good business characteristics are, without relating those characteristics to societal and environmental wellbeing. Some decision makers have been persuaded that ethical norms associated with good living are not relevant to business decisions, except when imposed by law. Business has created many problems in society. The Ancient Greeks chose to think carefully about the characteristics that should be encouraged in society. The results were sometimes questionable: women were not given a voice in societal decisions; the owning of slaves was acceptable. Nevertheless the decision makers of the time were required to build ethical arguments in to their decision making. In recent times business leaders have obtained huge power in society, but they have been excused building ethical considerations in to their decision models. Consequently our world is in jeopardy. Unless we build ethical considerations in to our deliberations, the world as we know it may collapse due to failures in the ecosystems, or rebellion from the huge number of intolerably poor people. We don’t believe it is possible to instruct future managers how to make correct ethical decisions, but we encourage them not to accept any extant decision model unquestioningly. Managers must install ethical considerations of their own choosing in to their decision models. Those responsible for management education must help future managers recognise the need for self-constructed ethical decision models in society.
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dc.identifier.citationSharma, U. P., & Kelly, M. (2015). Alerting corporate leaders to the need for ethical deliberation and sustainability. In J. Hazelton & J. Dumay (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference. Sydney, Australia.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/11437
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.isPartOfProceedings of the 14th Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference
dc.rights© 2015 Copyright with the authors.
dc.source14th Australasian Centre on Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conferenceen_NZ
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_NZ
dc.subjectethicsen_NZ
dc.subjectbusinessen_NZ
dc.subjectmodernityen_NZ
dc.subjectneoclassical economicsen_NZ
dc.subjectaccounting educationen_NZ
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectbusiness
dc.subjectmodernity
dc.subjectneoclassical economics
dc.subjectaccounting education
dc.titleAlerting corporate leaders to the need for ethical deliberation and sustainabilityen_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution
pubs.elements-id134039
pubs.finish-date2015-12-11en_NZ
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/2018 PBRF
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/FMGT
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/FMGT/2018 PBRF - FMGT
pubs.organisational-group/Waikato/FMGT/School of Accounting, Finance & Economics
pubs.owner.emailkelly@waikato.ac.nz
pubs.owner.nameKelly, Martin
pubs.publisher-urlhttp://academic-conferences.org/acsear/acsear2015/acsear15-home.htmen_NZ
pubs.start-date2015-12-09en_NZ
pubs.user.infoKelly, Martin (kelly@waikato.ac.nz)
pubs.user.infoSharma, Umesh (ups@waikato.ac.nz)
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