Norman E Bowie
Biographic Data
| ID | 1121307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norman E Bowie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norman E |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowie |
| SIGNATURE | BOWIE N E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dignity and Meaningful Work
The central importance of dignity for meaningful work justifies an obligation to provide meaningful work. This is because people have intrinsic worth as “dignity beyond price” and also because, through meaningful work, people experience themselves as dignified persons. In the Kantian formulation, people have dignity because they have the capacity for autonomy and self-government, and therefore can be held to be responsible. This chapter takes dig…
K antian Capitalism
Kant's moral philosophy, especially the three formulations of the categorical imperative, can provide a compelling vision of what a business corporation ought to look like if it were organized as a moral firm. First, “Act only on that maxim by which you can will at the same time that it become a universal law,” provides a moral minimum. Second, treat the humanity in a person as an end and never as a means merely. This is often called “the respect…
Relativism, Cultural and Moral
Cultural relativism is a descriptive claim that ethical practices differ among cultures; that is, as a matter of fact, what is considered right in one culture may be considered wrong in another. Thus, the truth or falsity of cultural relativism can be determined by examining the world. There is widespread consensus among social scientists that cultural relativism is true. Moral relativism, on the other hand, is the claim that what is really right…
An Ethical Analysis of the Trust Relationship
The Handbook of Trust Research presents a timely and comprehensive account of the most important work undertaken in this lively and emerging field over the past ten to fifteen years. Presenting a broad range of approaches to issues on trust, the Handbook features 22 articles from a variety of disciplines on the study of trust in both organizational and societal contexts. With contributions from some of the most eminent names in the field of trust…
A Kantian Theory of Capitalism
Some years ago Ed Freeman and William Evan wrote an article offering a Kantian stakeholder theory of corporate responsibility. Ed was kind enough to allow Tom Beauchamp and me to publish that previously unpublished piece in the second edition of Ethical Theory and Business. That article has appeared in every subsequent edition. But a Kantian theory of stakeholder relationships is not, I believe, a complete Kantian theory of the modem corporation.…
Responsibility Matters
University-Business Partnerships
Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 A History of the Development of University-Business Partnerships, 1920-1980 Chapter 3 Government Assistance for University-Business Partnerships Chapter 4 The Role of Private Business in the Development of University-Business Partnerships Chapter 5 The Government University-Industry Roundtable Chapter 6 International Comparisons Part 7 The Evaluation of University-Business Partnerships: Advantages of University-Business P…
Business ethics
Equal Opportunity
Corporate Management
is being challenged by a new theory of corporate responsibility for the public good. In essence this new theory holds that corporations have responsibilities to society as a whole and a broader constituency to serve than that of stockholders alone. Business leaders ought to be concerned with more than profit; business leaders have others to serve besides stockholders. Indeed, the interest of the stockholder is not even
Rights
Should collective bargaining and labor relations be less adversarial?
The Work Ethic
Business Ethics
Even casual awareness of that fragment of recent intellectual history related to corporate behavior should dispel the belief that scholarly interest in business ethics represents a kneejerk reaction to the Gulf, Lockheed, and similar fiascoes. Such interest has been simmering for a long time. Nearly twenty years have elapsed since William Ruder, Assistant Secretary of Commerce in the Kennedy Administration, completed a government-sponsored survey…
Some Comments on Rawls’ Theory of Justice
Towards a New Theory of Distributive Justice
University-Business Partnerships
Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 A History of the Development of University-Business Partnerships, 1920-1980 Chapter 3 Government Assistance for University-Business Partnerships Chapter 4 The Role of Private Business in the Development of University-Business Partnerships Chapter 5 The Government University-Industry Roundtable Chapter 6 International Comparisons Part 7 The Evaluation of University-Business Partnerships: Advantages of University-Business P…
Responsibility Matters
Towards a New Theory of Distributive Justice
Some Comments on Rawls’ Theory of Justice
Business Ethics
Even casual awareness of that fragment of recent intellectual history related to corporate behavior should dispel the belief that scholarly interest in business ethics represents a kneejerk reaction to the Gulf, Lockheed, and similar fiascoes. Such interest has been simmering for a long time. Nearly twenty years have elapsed since William Ruder, Assistant Secretary of Commerce in the Kennedy Administration, completed a government-sponsored survey…
The Work Ethic
Should collective bargaining and labor relations be less adversarial?
Rights
Corporate Management
is being challenged by a new theory of corporate responsibility for the public good. In essence this new theory holds that corporations have responsibilities to society as a whole and a broader constituency to serve than that of stockholders alone. Business leaders ought to be concerned with more than profit; business leaders have others to serve besides stockholders. Indeed, the interest of the stockholder is not even
Equal Opportunity
Business ethics
Responsibility Matters
University-Business Partnerships
Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 A History of the Development of University-Business Partnerships, 1920-1980 Chapter 3 Government Assistance for University-Business Partnerships Chapter 4 The Role of Private Business in the Development of University-Business Partnerships Chapter 5 The Government University-Industry Roundtable Chapter 6 International Comparisons Part 7 The Evaluation of University-Business Partnerships: Advantages of University-Business P…
A Kantian Theory of Capitalism
Some years ago Ed Freeman and William Evan wrote an article offering a Kantian stakeholder theory of corporate responsibility. Ed was kind enough to allow Tom Beauchamp and me to publish that previously unpublished piece in the second edition of Ethical Theory and Business. That article has appeared in every subsequent edition. But a Kantian theory of stakeholder relationships is not, I believe, a complete Kantian theory of the modem corporation.…
An Ethical Analysis of the Trust Relationship
The Handbook of Trust Research presents a timely and comprehensive account of the most important work undertaken in this lively and emerging field over the past ten to fifteen years. Presenting a broad range of approaches to issues on trust, the Handbook features 22 articles from a variety of disciplines on the study of trust in both organizational and societal contexts. With contributions from some of the most eminent names in the field of trust…
K antian Capitalism
Kant's moral philosophy, especially the three formulations of the categorical imperative, can provide a compelling vision of what a business corporation ought to look like if it were organized as a moral firm. First, “Act only on that maxim by which you can will at the same time that it become a universal law,” provides a moral minimum. Second, treat the humanity in a person as an end and never as a means merely. This is often called “the respect…
Relativism, Cultural and Moral
Cultural relativism is a descriptive claim that ethical practices differ among cultures; that is, as a matter of fact, what is considered right in one culture may be considered wrong in another. Thus, the truth or falsity of cultural relativism can be determined by examining the world. There is widespread consensus among social scientists that cultural relativism is true. Moral relativism, on the other hand, is the claim that what is really right…
Dignity and Meaningful Work
The central importance of dignity for meaningful work justifies an obligation to provide meaningful work. This is because people have intrinsic worth as “dignity beyond price” and also because, through meaningful work, people experience themselves as dignified persons. In the Kantian formulation, people have dignity because they have the capacity for autonomy and self-government, and therefore can be held to be responsible. This chapter takes dig…
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