NDLI: Autonomy as a Principle of Economics Research – Relations Between Decision Theory, Ethics and Neurobiology

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Küpper, Hans Ulrich
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Der Beitrag untersucht die Frage, ob Entscheidungsfreiheit als zentrale Voraussetzung der normativen Entscheidungstheorie durch Ethik und Neurobiologie in Frage gestellt wird. Nach dem in ihm entwickelten Verständnis der auf Werte ausgerichteten Unternehmensethik ist die Handlungsfreiheit der betrieblichen Handlungsträger eine notwendige Basis für die Behandlung ethischer Problemstellungen von Unternehmungen, nicht deren Beschränkung. Die Analyse der von der Neurobiologie als empirischer Wissenschaft aufgeworfenen Frage der Willensfreiheit führt zu der Hypothese, dass die Realität zwischen den Extrempositionen einer vollständigen Determiniertheit oder völligen Freiheit des Handelns liegt. Sie stützt das entscheidungstheoretische Konzept, unternehmerisches Handeln als Entscheiden unter Rahmenbedingungen zu sehen, das jedoch im Hinblick auf die Ergebnisse der experimentellen Forschung, der Ethik und der Neurobiologie um die im Bewussten und im Unbewussten verankerten Wertvorstellungen zu erweitern ist.This paper analyses whether freedom of decision as a crucial precondition of normative decision theory is questioned by ethics and neurobiology. It argues for an understanding of business ethics which sees the economic agents’ freedom of decision as the necessary basis for handling ethical questions in business practice, rather than as a limitation to this end. Analysing free will as a main object of scrutiny in neurobiology, it is hypothesised that acting in reality lies between plain determination on the one extreme and complete autonomy on the other. It supports the proposition in decision theory that managerial decisions are taken within the conditions of a certain framework. However, in the light of the recent developments in behavioural economics, ethics and neurobiology, it argues for the extension of this concept by consciously or unknowingly anchored norms.
Starting Page	781
Ending Page	800
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00442372
Journal	Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft
Volume Number	79
Issue Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	SP Gabler Verlag
Publisher Date	2009-06-10
Publisher Place	Wiesbaden
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Business ethics Decision theory Ethics Neurobiology Neuroeconomics Production/Logistics Personnel Management Accounting/Auditing Organization/Planning Management/Business for Professionals Business/Management Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Business and International Management Economics and Econometrics

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