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Environmental Risk Problems and the Language of Ethics

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  • Frederick, Robert E.
  • Hoffman, W. Michael

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In this paper we present six criteria for assessing proposed solutions to environmental risk problems. To assess the final criterion—the criterion of ethical responsibility—we suggest another series of criteria. However, before these criteria can be used to address ethical problems, business persons must be willing to discuss the problem in ethical terms. Yet many decision makers are unwilling to do so. Drawing on research by James Waters and Frederick Bird, we discuss this “moral muteness”—the inability or unwillingness to use moral language to solve moral problems—and suggest some underlying causes of moral muteness.

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  • Frederick, Robert E. & Hoffman, W. Michael, 1995. "Environmental Risk Problems and the Language of Ethics," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(4), pages 699-711, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:5:y:1995:i:04:p:699-711_01
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    1. Tracy Van Holt & Matt Statler & Ulrich Atz & Tensie Whelan & Mara van Loggerenberg & James Cebulla, 2020. "The cultural consensus of sustainability‐driven innovation: Strategies for success," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(8), pages 3399-3409, December.
    2. Matthew J. Quade & Sara J. Perry & Emily M. Hunter, 2019. "Boundary Conditions of Ethical Leadership: Exploring Supervisor-Induced and Job Hindrance Stress as Potential Inhibitors," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 158(4), pages 1165-1184, September.
    3. Guido Palazzo & Franciska Krings & Ulrich Hoffrage, 2012. "Ethical Blindness," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 109(3), pages 323-338, September.

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