Facing the phenomenon of evil

Daryl Koehn

Facing the phenomenon of evil

Daryl Koehn

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Abstract

In this post-Enron era, we have heard much talk about the need to demonstrate integrity and to avoid evil. But what exactly do we mean by the terms "evil" and "integrity"? This paper argues that there are two ways to approach evil-the moralistic and the ethical way. I contrast the two approaches and then offer an ethical account of evil and integrity. The paper considers three ethical traditions' understanding of the idea of integrity and concludes with some considerations as to why it will continue to be difficult to eradicate corruption and evil. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	38-49
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Management Review
Volume	3
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

2410:Social responsibility
9190:United States
Buddhism
Business And Economics--Management
Business ethics
Christians
Confucianism
Good & evil
Morality
United States--US

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Facing the phenomenon of evil

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