Creating Ties that Bind

Freeman, R. Edward; Harris, Jared D.

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Creating Ties that Bind

R. Edward Freeman

University of Virginia - Darden School of Business

University of Virginia - Darden School of Business

March 1, 2009

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Darden Business School Working Paper No. 1428979

Abstract:
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 some preliminary thoughts that extend Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT) by beginning to consider the process by which microsocial contracts are connected to hypernorms.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 18

Keywords: Integrative social contracts theory, hypernorms, moral disagreement, reflective equilibrium

JEL Classification: A13, I31, M14

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Date posted: July 3, 2009

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Freeman, R. Edward and Harris, Jared D., Creating Ties that Bind (March 1, 2009). Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming; Darden Business School Working Paper No. 1428979. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1428979

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R. Edward Freeman University of Virginia (UVA) - Darden School of Business ( email ) P.O. Box 6550 Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550 United States 804-924-0935 (Phone) 804-924-6378 (Fax) HOME PAGE: http://www.darden.virginia.edu/faculty/freeman.htm
Jared D. Harris (Contact Author) University of Virginia (UVA) - Darden School of Business ( email ) P.O. Box 6550 Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550 United States HOME PAGE: http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/harrisj

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Creating Ties that Bind

R. Edward Freeman

Jared D. Harris

Date posted: July 3, 2009

Suggested Citation

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R. Edward Freeman

Jared D. Harris (Contact Author)