CHRISTIAN BUSINESS ETHICS ON THE EMPLOYMENT RELATION: MAPPING THE TERRAIN

Abstract

The past few years have seen a swelling of interest in explicitly Christian approaches to business ethics. The time is ripe, it would seem, to map the diversity of approaches within what I term “Christian business ethics.”¹ Here I will frame the diversity of approaches as answers to the distinctive kind of question which religiously minded ethicists have brought to the terrain of business. I will not use theological or religious terms or categories, since such language is not likely to be of interest to philosophers and social scientists. Drawing up this map has been rendered easier by the fact that Christian business ethicists themselves have used a language which is readily accessible to listeners outside their traditions.

Citation

Herman, S.W. (2003), "CHRISTIAN BUSINESS ETHICS ON THE EMPLOYMENT RELATION: MAPPING THE TERRAIN", Pava, M.L. and Primeaux, P. (Ed.) Spiritual Intelligence at Work: Meaning, Metaphor, and Morals (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1529-2096(03)05003-X