A moral agent is a person who has the ability to discern right from wrong and to
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A moral agent is a person who has the ability to discern right from wrong and to be held accountable for his or her own actions. Moral agents have a moral responsibility not to cause unjustified harm. By expecting people to act as moral agents, we hold people accountable for the harm they cause others.
A long−standing question in business ethics is whether business enterprises are themselves moral agents with distinct moral responsibilities. To date, the debate about corporate moral agency has focused on responsibility for past wrongdoing that involves violating negative duties (i.e., duties to refrain from certain actions).
Do corporations have moral responsibilities? And if so, what should companies do to make themselves more moral organizations?
As artificial intelligence develops, will robots have moral agency?
How can corporations be held responsible for their moral actions when their actions do harm to people? [please give examples of ways corporations are held responsible (if they are)]
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ISBN: 978-1111929954
12th Edition
Authors: Kenneth W. Clarkson, Roger LeRoy Miller, Frank B. Cross
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