Rules for Making Exceptions to Rules

This paper examines the ethical aspects of administrative rule making with the specific purpose of explicating the "metarules" for rule construction and enforcement. It does this by reformulating classical and recent developments in ethical theory into somewhat less abstract guidelines for...

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Published in:The Academy of Management review 1987-07, Vol.12 (3), p.436-444
Main Author: Brady, F. Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bureaucracy
Decision making
Deontological ethics
Employment discrimination
Ethics
Exceptions
Moral judgment
Morality
Normativity
Organizational behavior
Personal computers
Process management
Rationality
Rules
Zoos
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Summary:This paper examines the ethical aspects of administrative rule making with the specific purpose of explicating the "metarules" for rule construction and enforcement. It does this by reformulating classical and recent developments in ethical theory into somewhat less abstract guidelines for use in decision making.
ISSN:0363-7425
1930-3807
DOI:10.2307/258511