Codes of ethics — towards a rule-utilitarian justification
Journal of Business Ethics 2 (2):99 - 106 (1983)
| Abstract | This paper attempts to provide a conceptual underpinning for codes of ethics in business and the professions. Rule-utilitarianism is a theory of ethics which I believe can successfully do this. Business persons and professionals, hopefully, will be able to develop codes of ethics in a manner consistent with a well-formulated general ethical theory. This will help enable codes of ethics to be a bridge between general ethical theory and specific ethical decisions made in business and the professions. | |||||||||
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