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Peer-reviewed
2012

Purpose of hypernorms and priority rules in Integrative Social Contracts Theory(General Theme)

Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics Study
  • Tanaka Takayuki

Volume
19
Number
0
First page
37
Last page
48
Language
Japanese
Publishing type
DOI
10.20664/jabes.19.0_37
Publisher
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS EHICS

In 1994, Donaldson and Dunfee proposed the Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT), with the aim of solving conflicts of norms often seen in the business context. But many business ethicists have pointed out that the ISCT is not easily applicable, because the concept of hypernorms is not clear. With such a point in mind, this article tries to reevaluate one of the very important contributions they made. That is an attempt to introduce the rules of thumb for prioritization. For this purpose, first I overview the theoretical framework of the ISCT. Second, I highlight their way to prioritize relevant norms, even if those norms are complicated or mutually exclusive. They call this way "the six sample rules of thumb." Since they have not developed the rules further, there remain some issues. Therefore at the end of this article, I explore a direction, so as to solve the issues.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.20664/jabes.19.0_37
CiNii Articles
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110009328210
CiNii Books
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/AN10441917
URL
http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/023489561
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  • DOI : 10.20664/jabes.19.0_37
  • ISSN : 1343-6627
  • CiNii Articles ID : 110009328210
  • CiNii Books ID : AN10441917

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