This paper extends an ongoing discussion about establishing a sharper way to conduct ethical investigations into managerial virtue. It does so by relying on Alasdair MacIntyre's moral philosophy in place of those more dominant approaches taken by scholars who make up the field of positive social science. A connection is drawn herein between a MacIntyrean “narrative approach” to investigating managerial virtue and the idea of “work as a calling.” Specifically, it will be argued that the MacIntyrean‐influenced idea of “work as a calling” provides a substantive moral vision that supports an understanding of how virtuous managers ought to narrate their primary workplace motivations. Ultimately, virtuous managers fulfill a “political calling” to support and sustain (a) good work, (b) the good of individual lives, and (c) the common good of communities that their organization reaches. To do this, they must rely on the “shepherd virtue” of practical wisdom (phronesis). Practical wisdom aids virtuous managers’ thinking about achieving the ends of their “calling” as well as any necessary course‐corrections that ought to be made toward the better achievement of those good and worthy ends.

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道德管理者的召唤：实践智慧助长的政治

本文对正在进行的讨论进行了讨论，该讨论是关于建立一种更清晰的方法来对管理品德进行道德调查的。它通过依靠阿拉斯泰尔·麦金太尔（Alasdair MacIntyre）的道德哲学来代替那些构成积极社会科学领域的学者所采用的更为主导的方法。本文在MacIntyrean的一种用于研究管理美德的“叙事方法”与“作为呼叫的工作”的思想之间建立了联系。具体而言，将争论认为，在MacIntyrean的影响下，“作为呼叫的工作”概念提供了实质性的道德观，从而支持了对道德管理者应如何叙述其主要工作场所动机的理解。最终，贤良的管理者会履行“政治号召”，以支持和维持（a）良好的工作，（b）个人生活的美好，（c）其组织所达到的社区的共同利益。为此，他们必须依靠实践智慧的“牧羊人美德”（phronesis）。实践智慧有助于德性管理者思考实现“呼叫”目标的想法，以及为更好地实现这些良好和有价值的目标而应进行的必要的课程修正。