Concept information
Preferred term
ethical role of the manager
Definition
- In a broad construction of the ethical role of the manager, managing and leading can be said to be inherently ethics-laden tasks because every managerial decision affects either people or the natural environment in some way—and those effects or impacts need to be taken into consideration as decisions are made. A narrower construction of the ethical role of the manager is that managers should serve only the interests of the shareholder; that is, their sole ethical task is to meet the fiduciary obligation to maximize shareholder wealth that is embedded in the law, predominantly that of the United States, although this point of view is increasingly accepted in other parts of the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Ethical Role of the Manager]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/ethical_role_of_the_manager
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