Legal Studies and Business Ethics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2009
Publication Source
Journal of Business Ethics
Volume
88
Issue
Supplement 4
Start Page
659
Last Page
664
DOI
10.1007/s10551-009-0335-2
Abstract
The dynamic relationship between hypernorms and microsocial contracts can explain novel, evolutionary changes in economic life. The conceptual machinery of Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT) can be expanded in order to understand dynamic moments in the evolution in economic life such as the economic crisis of 2008–2009. When a transition in the ethical interpretation of economic events occurs over time, it can be understood as a transition from the opaqueness of hypernorms to the relative clarity of microsocial contracts. This phenomenon deserves more study than it has received, and entails, at a minimum, the application of an enhanced, more dynamic interpretation of ISCT.
Copyright/Permission Statement
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0335-2.
Recommended Citation
Donaldson, T. (2009). Compass and Dead Reckoning: The Dynamic Implications of ISCT. Journal of Business Ethics, 88 (Supplement 4), 659-664. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0335-2
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.