Entrepreneurs have been promoted as a main engine of progress. However, recent scandals and questionable behavior have led to increased discussion of entrepreneurs’ ethics. The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize entrepreneurial responsibility throughout the entrepreneurial process from an ethical viewpoint. We model entrepreneurial responsibility based on normative ethics (deontology and teleology), enabling us to better understand entrepreneurs’ active and conscious responses to their ethical duties and the consequences thereof. Our theorizing opens new avenues for scholarly research related to the ethical nature of opportunities, the interconnection of entrepreneurial intentions and outcomes from a moral perspective, and potential societal impact.

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创业责任：理解整个创业过程中道德二元论的概念框架

企业家被提升为进步的主要引擎。然而，最近的丑闻和可疑行为引发了对企业家道德的更多讨论。本文的目的是从伦理角度概念化整个创业过程中的创业责任。我们根据规范伦理（道义论和目的论）对企业家责任进行建模，使我们能够更好地理解企业家对其道德义务的积极和有意识的反应及其后果。我们的理论为学术研究开辟了新的途径，涉及机会的道德本质、从道德角度来看创业意图和结果的相互联系以及潜在的社会影响。