The Wall Street gurus who had trumpeted deregulation were now seen demanding a bail-out from the federal government. For business enterprises to thrive today demands an astute understanding of philosophy and ethics, which is why professors are weaving Rousseau and systems theory into enterprise courses.
To understand the nature of business ethics, it is also critical to understand systems thinking. A business does not operate in isolation from the environment in which it operates. The University of Denver publication "The Essence of Enterprise" points out that "Every system has a purpose within a larger system." The business is therefore a system within a larger community. Ethics begins with an awareness of how businesses impact more than just their shareholders. Businesses impact the environment, the social and political climate, and the economic stability of whole regions.
The managing of risk is a constant ethical dilemma in business. How much risk is acceptable to make a profit? Since many business decisions are made through proxy on behalf of employees, shareholders, or lenders, the decision maker's fate alone is rarely at stake. The gap between the decision maker and the decision's consequences enables poor ethical choices. As the financial crisis has taught, poor ethical choices are bad for business.
Weighing the investment of various stakeholders in the decision is also essential. Often the stakeholders are not solely confined to members of the enterprise. It is here that reflecting upon the ideas of Jean Jacques Rousseau is so useful: a businessperson must not lose his or her sense of the 'human' obligation he or she has to greater society, and the impact his or her decisions may have upon others. Rousseau stated that some personal liberties must be sacrificed for the individual to live in harmony with the rest of the world.
Although social sacrifice might be thought to be the antithesis of good business practices, businesses today ignore social obligations at their peril. A company that pollutes the environment or exploits its workers will invariably draw negative publicity and cause profit loss, such as...
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