Obedience to an authority is often found to adversely affect individuals' abilities to make ethical decisions in business. In this work, the authors analyse this claim, and suggest how a development of the 'moral imagination' enables decision-makers to be aware of, and mitigate, the influence of power - and obedience - relationships.
An examination of how obedience affects and overpowers the ethics of decision-making in business, and how this can be overcome.