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The standard approach to business ethics has been to apply one or several moral standards, especially as drawn from utilitarianism or Kant’s duty ethics, to case studies from the context of modern business. The standard approach is contrasted with virtue ethics. With the contemporary retrieval of virtue ethics, the philosopher’s task is reconceived. Moral philosophy involves an “art of character,” the activity of making and developing character. After surveying recent literature calling for a humanistic approach to business, the developing field of medical humanities, especially the emphasis on narrative, is described and proposed as a model for developing a “business humanities” approach to advance humanism in business.
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Beabout, G.R. (2013). The Virtuous Manager, the Art of Character, and Business Humanities. In: The Character of the Manager. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137304063_10
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