Abstract
Diversity as a topic of business ethics has undergone a number of changes in recent years, primarily in reaction to political and societal events. Christoph Luetge begins his chapter by outlining the fundamentals of two prominent European approaches to business ethics: discourse ethics and order ethics. Then, he explores how these approaches have articulated responses to a current key challenge to inclusive diversity issues in Europe, namely the migrant crisis. Finally, he posits some lessons for an ethical, yet realistic, European migration policy.
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Notes
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See, for example, Hamington along with other articles in the section, “Gender Issues and Business Ethics,” in my Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics 2013.
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My translation; originally: “Unser Herz ist weit, doch unsere Möglichkeiten sind endlich.” See Petermann 2015.
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Luetge, C. (2018). Inclusive Diversity and Business Ethics: Challenges from the European Migrant Crisis. In: Gertz, S., Huang, B., Cyr, L. (eds) Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and Societal Contexts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70175-2_14
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