TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krummel, Daniel
A1  - Siegfried, Patrick
T1  - Child labour ethics through the prism of utilitarianism and deontology
T2  - Open Access Library Journal
N2  - Purpose: Grounded in the theoretical concepts of utilitarianism and deontology, this paper aims to evaluate the issue of child labour from an ethics perspective. By linking utilitarianism with normative stakeholder theory, relevant stakeholder groups are being identified in order to examine their influence on and role in the occurrence of child labour allowing for a practical reference. The findings may serve companies in particular as a basis for decision-making in the development of their value chains. 

Design/Methodology/Approach: The author uses a literature review in order to analyze the findings of existing literature on the topic of child labour in an ethics context, thereby drawing on literature, indexed in Web of Science and Google Scholar by employing forward and backward citation analysis. 

Findings: The investigation of child labour in terms of ethics yields conflicting results. From a deontological perspective, child labour can never be ethical and should always be rejected as it is not wanted to become a general law. In contrast, according to a utilitarian sentiment, child labour is ethically justifiable as long as the beneficiaries of the labour are greater in number than the children working or suffering. 

Originality/Value: The examination of child labour from the perspective of deontology and utilitarianism in conjunction with normative stakeholder theory constitutes a novelty in the ethics literature. The integration of theoretical findings into a practical business context provides additional value for managers and global supply chain managers.
KW  - business ethics
KW  - corporate social responsibility
KW  - child labour
KW  - deontology
KW  - utilitarianism
KW  - ethics
KW  - Kinderarbeit
KW  - Corporate Social Responsibility
KW  - Unternehmensethik
KW  - Angewandte Ethik
KW  - Deontologie
KW  - Utilitarismus
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://hst.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/212
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-2128
N1  - Link zum Zeitschriftenarchiv: https://www.oalib.com/articles/6326103
VL  - 8
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
PB  - OALib
ER  -