In Search of Virtue: The Role of Virtues, Values and Character Strengths in Ethical Decision Making

Mary Crossan (), Daina Mazutis () and Gerard Seijts ()

Journal of Business Ethics, 2013, vol. 113, issue 4, 567-581

Abstract: We present a comprehensive model that integrates virtues, values, character strengths and ethical decision making (EDM). We describe how a largely consequentialist ethical framework has dominated most EDM scholarship to date. We suggest that reintroducing a virtue ethical perspective to existing EDM theories can help to illustrate deficiencies in existing decision-making models, and suggest that character strengths and motivational values can serve as natural bridges that link a virtue framework to EDM in organizations. In conjunction with the more fully formulated extant research on situational determinants, we present and discuss our model that introduces a virtue based orientation to EDM. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

Keywords: Character strengths; Ethical decision making; Virtues; Values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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