Virtue and vice attributions in the business context: An experimental investigation
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Robinson, Brian, Stey, Paul and Alfano, Mark. (2013). Virtue and vice attributions in the business context: An experimental investigation. Journal of Business Ethics. 113(4), pp. 649 - 661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1676-4
Authors | Robinson, Brian, Stey, Paul and Alfano, Mark |
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Abstract | Recent findings in experimental philosophy have revealed that people attribute intentionality, belief, desire, knowledge, and blame asymmetrically to side-effects depending on whether the agent who produces the side-effect violates or adheres to a norm. Although the original (and still common) test for this effect involved a chairman helping or harming the environment, hardly any of these findings have been applied to business ethics. We review what little exploration of the implications for business ethics has been done. Then, we present new experimental results that expand the attribution asymmetry to virtue and vice. We also examine whether it matters to people that an effect was produced as a primary or side-effect, as well as how consumer habits might be affected by this phenomenon. These results lead to the conclusion that it appears to be in a businessperson’s self-interest to be virtuous. |
Keywords | attributions; knobe effect; side-effect; side-effect effect; vice; virtue |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | Journal of Business Ethics |
Journal citation | 113 (4), pp. 649 - 661 |
Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
ISSN | 0167-4544 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1676-4 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84876868015 |
Page range | 649 - 661 |
Research Group | Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/86910/virtue-and-vice-attributions-in-the-business-context-an-experimental-investigation
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