Discourse and descriptive business ethics

Discourse and descriptive business ethics

Watson (2003: 168) claims that ‘although increasing academic attention is being paid to business ethics, the ways in which ethical consideration come into activities and decisions of organizational managers have been examined in a very limited way’. This article contributes by suggesting an interesting way to study moral managerial decisions is studying these decisions in their discursive conte...

Discourse Analysis and Business Writing1

Business writing classes are often designed on the belief that Business writing in English is entirely different from Spanish. Therefore, the classes are an attempt to teach different types of business letters to students assuming that the students have no knowledge about business correspondence in English. However, simultaneously this class is assuming that the students' knowledge about the co...

Modernity and Morality in Habermas’s Discourse Ethics

‘Modernity and Morality in Habermas’s Discourse Ethics’

This document is made available in accordance with publisher policies and may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the URL above for details on accessing the published version. Copyright and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual ...

Entrepreneurship, Religion, and Business Ethics

Interest in entrepreneurship has heightened in recent years, especially in business schools. Much of this interest is driven by student demand for courses in entrepreneurship, either because of genuine interest in the subject, or because students see entrepreneurship education as a useful hedge given uncertain corporate careers This paper reports a study of the importance of religious faith to ...