Considering the consequences should play an important role in our decision-making. However, as Wayne will discover, consequentialism raises four curly questions. They are: What is good? (How do we define good? For example...
Disappointed, Wayne puts the book back on the shelf. As he does so, he glances at another title that grabs his attention — Business By The Book.[4] Intrigued, he picks it up and...
In desperation, Wayne goes searching for help on his bookshelf. He spots a title that could be the very thing he’s looking for — The Businessman’s Topical Bible.[1] A quick glance indicates how...
Wayne is still struggling with his dilemma. He returns to his bookshelf to see what else might be of assistance. John Maxwell’s There’s No Such Thing as “Business” Ethics almost jumps out at...
Wayne knows that the Consumer Guarantees Act (of New Zealand) gives customers six guarantees about a vehicle they purchase. The critical one...
As Wayne contemplates his dilemma with the car, he wonders if there is any simple rule or command that can help him decide the right thing to do. One starting point is obvious...
We all know people whose lives exude character. The way they work in the marketplace seems to have integrity or consistency with...
Virtue ethics has important lessons to teach us: Making ethical decisions in the marketplace is much more than developing a good decision-making...
If developing character and virtue are so important, then there are several key questions we have to grapple with. They are: How do we define a virtue? Who actually determines what is virtuous...
