The classic perspective of the Virtue Ethics ethical
model is that membership within a social community
carries with it both rights and obligations that
require individuals to demonstrate virtuous behaviors
(Manville and Ober, 2003). That behavior
transcends compliance within a set of rules and rises
to the level of a citizen’s commitment to the welfare
of society – consistent with the notion of commitment
to a ‘‘good society’’ suggested by Hosmer
(1994, p. 20). Solomon (1992) has suggested that a
virtue ethics approach ought to be at the foundation
of business ethics based upon Aristotelian duties
owed to society by the business community.