This paper proposes a framework to examine business ethical dilemmas and business attitudes towards such dilemmas. Business ethical dilemmas can be understood as reflecting a contradiction between a socially detrimental process and a self-interested profitable consequence. This representation...

Parallel streams of theory hold that intangible factors such as reputation may account for a major share of a firm's market valuation, and that a dialogic relationship with a firm's environment in general and direct stakeholders in particular is increasingly essential. A consumer boycott of...