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Business ETHICS/BUSINESS ethics: One Field or Two?*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Linda Klebe Trevino  and
Gary R. Weaver
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This paper delineates the normative and empirical approaches to business ethics based upon five categories: 1) academic home; 2) language; 3) underlying assumptions; 4) theory purpose and scope; 5) theory grounds and evaluation criteria. The goal of the discussion is to increase understanding of the distinctive contributions of each approach and to encourage further dialogue about the potential for integration of the field.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 113 - 128
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 1994

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