Although Delphi has come a long way in the development of the method itself, or even in business organisation, it has not been used at all in business ethics. To fill this gap, we have reviewed the literature on the use of Delphi in business, and particularly in the field of business ethics; we have also evidenced the method’s lack of use in this field, but noted its potential contribution to this research stream. An online survey has been administered to scholars in business ethics that have previously participated in a Delphi survey. The scholars come from nine different countries, and the survey has been held between January 2015 and March-June 2016. The findings show that in the experts’ opinion Delphi is as rigorous, appropriate and useful as any other research method in the field of business ethics, such as focus group, interviews, surveys (online) and case analysis. The Delphi method is assessed anonymously and economically by a group of experts dispersed around the world. Moreover, applying the Delphi method in business ethics could enrich the consensus on limiting the fuzzy area in which ethical business decisions (ethical decision-making) are argued and determined. It is a way of facilitating the search for a solution to the ethical dilemmas delimiting a problem, which is a further advantage of the Delphi technique.

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Delphi方法对商业道德有效吗？调查分析

尽管Delphi在方法本身甚至是企业组织的开发中已经走了很长一段路，但它在商业道德中根本没有使用。为了填补这一空白，我们回顾了有关在商业中，尤其是在商业道德领域中使用Delphi的文献。我们还证明了该方法在该领域的不足，但指出了其对这一研究流的潜在贡献。已对先前参加过Delphi调查的商业道德学者进行了在线调查。来自九个不同国家的学者进行了调查，调查于2015年1月至2016年3月至2016年6月进行。调查结果表明，专家认为Delphi与商业领域的任何其他研究方法一样严格，适当和有用。道德规范，例如焦点小组，访谈，调查（在线）和案例分析。德尔菲方法由分布在世界各地的一组专家进行匿名和经济的评估。此外，在商业道德中应用德尔菲方法可以丰富关于限制模糊区域的共识，在模糊区域中争论和确定道德商业决策（道德决策）。这是促进寻找界定问题的道德困境的解决方案的方法，这是德尔菲技术的另一个优点。