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

Authors: Mary Crossan, Daina Mazutis, Gerard Seijts

Published in: Journal of Business Ethics | Issue 4/2013

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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.

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Title: In Search of Virtue: The Role of Virtues, Values and Character Strengths in Ethical Decision Making
Authors: Mary Crossan
Daina Mazutis
Gerard Seijts
Publication date: 01-04-2013
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Business Ethics / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1680-8

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