Search results for "ethical"

Ethical consumerism: a view from Finland

2004

Business ethics and corporate social responsibility have gained more attention in recent years. However, the consumers’ perspective on ethics is still a little researched area. This study reports a survey ( n = 713) on the views of Finnish consumers about ethics in trade. Consumers’ willingness to promote business ethics as well as the obstacles to ethical consumption are investigated. The results of the study show that while the majority of the respondents regard business ethics as important, this attitude does not translate into their choice behaviour. Consumers are uncertain about which products and firms follow ethical rules and which do not. The most important obstacles to ethical cons…

Conflicting values of ethical consumption in diverse worlds - A cultural Approach

2013

This paper examines the plurality of ethical consumption and aims to illustrate how consumers cope with its complexity in the context of everyday food consumption. This study seeks to outline the tensions that consumers inevitably face when pursuing ethical choices and to shed light on the various ways in which they solve these tensions in the rhythms of everyday life. The research applies Boltanski and Thévenot's theory of orders of worth as an interpretive framework. The research data has been collected from Finnish online discussion forums in which consumers debate various aspects of ethical food consumption. The analysis indicates that the participants in the discussions recognize vario…

Poglądy gospodarcze Marcina Lutra

2018

The 500th anniversary of the Reformation gave a perfect opportunity to remind and reflect on the most important issues of its father, Martin Luther. Although the socio- -economic problems were not the main ideas of his teaching, the Reformer from Wittenberg quite frequently raised questions which concerned the following topics: property and wealth, fair price and usury, professional work and vocation. Obviously Martin Luther did not create any specific and coherent system of economic ethics, but his socio-ethical reflections remain until today an important basis for contemporary Evangelical business ethics characterized, among others, by: individualism, creativity, familiarity, patriotism, …

Celebrities, violencia de género y derechos de las mujeres: ¿hacia una transformación del marco de reconocimiento?

2016

espanolIntroduccion. Ante los limites que presenta el actual marco de reconocimiento de la violencia de genero, el presente trabajo analiza las posibilidades que abre la accion de celebrities en la transformacion de este marco y en relacion a la lucha por los derechos de las mujeres. Para ello proponemos el concepto de ethical witnessing. Metodologia. Se propone un modelo de analisis a traves de la operacionalizacion de dicho concepto para el estudio de practicas representacionales que puedan desestabilizar los actuales parametros de representacion en aras de la resignificacion del sujeto-victima de la violencia. Las cuatro dimensiones de analisis son: el tipo de relacion que se genera entr…

The pre-zygote identity as a moral issue.

2008

Aidòs. Percorsi di etica del limite

2022

Come già Platone intuì con il mito di Protagora, la tecnica è figlia della finitezza. C’è tecnica, infatti, lì dove c’è bisogno di migliorare; ma lo stesso bisogno di migliorare è segno che non c’è ancora compimento. Nel crescente darsi da fare della tecnologia per strappare alla vita la sua imperfezione si nasconde così uno strano paradosso: lo scopo della tecnica non può che essere il proprio togliersi. Solo lì dove non ci sarà più tecnica, infatti, potrà esserci quella pienezza a cui l’uomo, tramite la tecnica, aspira. Ne consegue che il progresso qualitativo e quantitativo della tecnologia, lungi dall’avvicinarci gradualmente a un ultimo limite che sarà finalmente superato, è cifra di u…

The role of ethical attitudes in the mortality of patients with disorders of consciousness.

2022

On the current neuroenhancement use of transcranial direct current stimulation by healthy individuals—A non-fictional snap-shot: Commentary on Lapent…

2014

This commentary examines the pros and cons of the fictitious enhancement scenarios used in Lapenta et al. 2014. Then it gives a non-fictional impression of the current self-enhancement use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) by healthy individuals and discusses the ethical issues involved.

More planet and less profit? The ethical dilemma of an oil producing nation

2019

Every oil producing nation is confronted with a complex and fundamental ethical dilemma. On the one hand, there are moral arguments for the nation to use the petroleum resource for the benefit of society and make it available for countries who do not have this natural resource endowment. On the other hand, there are moral arguments for not extracting and using fossil fuels because of CO2 emissions. In short, this creates tension between the need for government revenues to finance welfare benefits and the objective of preserving the environment. A complicating factor is that a nation's domestic oil and gas activities are in its nature global because the activities have a direct impact on the…

How to be an effective charismatic leader: lessons for leadership development

2006

PurposeTo highlight and explore the concept of charisma and charismatic leadership and to suggest how good leadership is possible.Design/methodology/approachThe article is based on the conceptual consideration.FindingsA way to better charismatic leadership is possible to achieve, but this needs a lot of work and commitment.Practical implicationsThe article suggests some key points to develop better charismatic leadership.Originality/valueThe article will be of value to those business managers who want to develop their skills of leadership