The work of Donaldson and Dunfee (1999) offers an example of how normative and descriptive approaches to business ethics can be integrated. We suggest that in order to be truly integrative, however, the theory should explore the processes by which such integration happens. We therefore sketch...

One of the central uses of stakeholder theory, in its original form, was as a counterpoint to the idea that corporations should be managed in the interests of shareholders. As the theory developed the debate was often framed in terms of quot;shareholders vs. stakeholders.quot; While developing...

One of the most investigated research topics in the corporate sustainability literature is “the” business case. Long lionized for linking the profit motive to corporate environmental initiatives, the business case for sustainability is now vehemently criticized. These critics generally argue...

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce a view of leadership that infuses ethics into its definition. This chapter will demonstrate that previous conceptions of leadership within management literature define leadership as either amoral or having an instrumental use for values. However, we...