Thoughtful managers sometimes face business problems that raise difficult questions. Sometimes these questions are matters of right versus right, not right versus wrong. There are three basic types of right-versus-right problems: those that raise questions about personal integrity and moral identity; conflicts between responsibilities for others and important personal values; and, perhaps the most challenging, those involving responsibilities that a company shares with other groups in society. This article takes a look at all three of these types through the lens of Edouard Sakiz, Chairman of Paris-based Roussel-Uclaf, developer of the controversial abortion pill RU 486.
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Author: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
Source: strategy+business
Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Author: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
Source: strategy+business
Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)
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“The ideal of balance provides valuable guidance for managers who must resolve right-versus-right conflicts — especially those that pit so many important values and responsibilities against each other. Aristotle’s question for managers would be this: Have you done all you can to strike a balance, both morally and practically?