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  1. Ethics and the organizational person: Revisiting degeorge. [REVIEW]John R. Danley - 1991 - Journal of Business Ethics 10 (12):935 - 950.
    In this paper I review the dispute over DeGeorge's analysis of the issue of the ethical responsibilities of engineers in large organizations. I argue that this issue is no different than the question of the ethical responsibilities of any other relevantly situated employee because engineers have no special duty to hold paramount the safety of the public distinct from that of others. I demonstrate how critics like Mankin, James, and Curd and May have misread and misinterpreted DeGeorge's position and his (...)
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  • (1 other version)Roger Boisjoly and the Challenger disaster: The ethical dimensions. [REVIEW]Russell P. Boisjoly, Ellen Foster Curtis & Eugene Mellican - 1989 - Journal of Business Ethics 8 (4):217 - 230.
    This case study focuses on Roger Boisjoly's attempt to prevent the launch of the Challenger and subsequent quest to set the record straight despite negative consequences. Boisjoly's experiences before and after the Challenger disaster raise numerous ethical issues that are integral to any explanation of the disaster and applicable to other management situations. Underlying all these issues, however, is the problematic relationship between individual and organizational responsibility. In analyzing this fundamental issue, this paper has two objectives: first, to demonstrate the (...)
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