Responsibilities of OSPs from a Business Ethics Point of View

Christoph Luetge

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47852-4_7

Responsibilities of OSPs from a Business Ethics Point of View

Christoph Luetge

Chair of Business Ethics

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Abstract

Certain parts of the debate on the ethical responsibilities of OSPs strike one with their heavily moralising and accusing tone. However, from a business ethics point of view, any assessment of these responsibilities should keep the pivotal role of economic competition in mind. Its exact degree or intensity may vary, but in general, economic competition limits the options of actors, which has consequences for their ethical responsibilities as well. I argue, first, that the OSP discussion should rest less on purely individual concepts of responsibility, but more on concepts of group agency. Second, there are still ways of ascribing responsibility to companies compatible with competition, as much of the debates on Corporate Social Responsibility show.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Law, Governance and Technology Series
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	119-133
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47852-4_7
State	Published - 2017

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Name	Law, Governance and Technology Series
Volume	31
ISSN (Print)	2352-1902
ISSN (Electronic)	2352-1910

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Business Ethic
Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility
Ethical Responsibility
Global Reporting Initiative

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