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A business ethics practitioner and a moral theologian discuss business ethics. Drawing from value-added accounting principles, and extending them to include the company's stake-holders, especially its employees, Welch explains their significance for the origin, formation, and direction of his company's new ethics program. Primeaux responds to Welch from a perspective rooted in the economic theory of profit maximization and its ethical implications. Among the similarities in their thinking is a serious consideration of the role of profit for business and business ethics.
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Welch, E.J. Business Ethics in Theory and Practice: Diagnostic Notes A. A Prescription for Value. Journal of Business Ethics 16, 309–313 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017955814564
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017955814564