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Dancing on a Tightrope: Globalization, Deterritorialization, and Standardization in Multicultural Environment Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Medha Bakhshi
The article introduces a new perspective on the impact of globalization on identity formation, which marks a shift from traditional understandings of fixed territorial (cultural) identities. It uses Deleuze and Guattari’s theoretical terms of Deterritorialization and Reterritorialization and establishes these as the essence of Globalization Scholte (Globalization: A Critical Introduction, Palgrave
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Butler, Hegel and the Role of Recognition in Organizations Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2024-02-16
Abstract In the past decade, the concept of recognition appears to have acquired an important theoretical position in the work and organization literature. While in principle recognition denotes a positive and social form of freedom, in current-day organizations recognition may be often negative or instrumental. In order to capture this ambivalence in organizational recognitive conditions, the recent
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The Market in the Kingdom of Ends Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2024-02-15
Abstract In the literature on the Moral Limits of the Markets, Kant’s moral philosophy is often employed to assess the amoral or immoral nature of the commercial sphere. Markets and morality are antipodes since the instrumentality of market transactions excludes or undermines moral values. The kingdom of ends, where everything has either a price or a dignity, closes the door to market logic. The present
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The Sky is the Limit: Evaluating Business Models from an Integral and Non-Reductionist View of Reality Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Guilherme Coelho da Rocha de Castro, Humberto Elias Garcia Lopes
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Job Autonomy from Philosophical Lenses Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Mortaza Zare
The central focus of this essay is Isaiah Berlin’s arguments about the concepts of negative freedom and positive freedom, developed in his philosophical work Two Concepts of Liberty. By adopting a philosophical standpoint, this essay explores the application of Berlin’s notions of freedom at the organizational level, within the workplace, and in the management field. This essay presents three philosophical
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An Alternative Understanding of Social Entrepreneurs in Terms of Resonance and Vulnerability: Based on Hartmut Rosa’s Philosophy and Sociology Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Rim Hachana, Patrick Gilormini
In their pursuit of addressing social and environmental challenges, social entrepreneurs should be social transformers emancipating stakeholders. Rosa’s critical theorizing in philosophy and sociology points the ways to expanding the conventional conception of social entrepreneurship to include long-term social transformation. Modifying Rosa, social entrepreneurship is not anti-capitalist but reforms
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Management – from Farms to Arms and Further on Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Hakan Erkal, Wim Vandekerckhove
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Integrity and the University Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Damian Cox, Jacqueline Boaks, Michael P. Levine
This paper examines the idea of the integrity of academic practice. We offer an account of the integrity of professional practice in general before applying it to academic professional practice within the contemporary, western university. We then introduce the concept of integrity traps and explain how they can make it difficult for academics working within a contemporary university environment to
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The Philosophy of Management Today Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-10-18 David Carl Wilson
This essay reviews the recently released Handbook of Philosophy of Management, using it as a jumping off point to explore some potential confusions in contemporary philosophy of management. The handbook itself, comprising 58 articles and some 1,000 pages, is a milestone for the field. At the same time, it brings a few problems into sharp relief. I argue for more clarity about the distinction between
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Do Managerial Practices Need Philosophy? Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Marian Eabrasu, Erwan Lamy
This article serves as an introduction to the special issue discussing the usefulness of philosophy in managerial practice. We present the papers included in this special issue and identify keynote directions for further research. The initial intention of the call for papers was to promote this topic on research agendas by offering a platform for discussing if, why, and how philosophy can complement
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Why Power (Dunamis) Ontology of Causation is Relevant to Managers: Dialogue as an Illustration Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-08-19 Marja-Liisa Kakkuri-Knuuttila
Since management is about influencing - influencing people who work in the organization, the structure and practices of the organization, as well as its environment - how ‘influencing’ is understood evidently makes a huge difference. The still popular empiricist concept of cause-effect relations as presupposing regularities is mistaken, since it forms no sufficient basis for action in new and unique
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Aristotle’s akrasia and Corporate Corruption: Redefining Integrity in Business Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Ioanna Patsioti-Tsacpounidis
Despite many twenty-first century efforts to minimize corporate corruption, initiatives taken by local governments, global organizations, academic institutions, or the corporate world itself, it is clear that corporate corruption is perpetuating itself. In this paper, I apply the Aristotelian concept of “akrasia” (moral weakness) in order to provide an interpretation of corporate corruption as an act
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Do Managerial Practices Need Philosophy? Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Matteo Giannasi, Francesco Casarin
Abstract This article answers the question raised by the special issue of this journal in a positive way: managerial practices do need philosophy. In particular, it argues for a more concrete claim: managerial practices have needed philosophy in the past to develop some important intellectual tools, and today they still need to be open to the continuous conceptual and methodological innovations introduced
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Rethinking Evidence-Based Management Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Erik Weber, Ann Wyverkens, Bert Leuridan
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Governing corporations with ‘strangers’: Earning membership through investor stewardship Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Donald Nordberg
Despite decades of theorising and empirical research, the problems of corporate governance seem intractable, particularly the relationships between investors and companies. The thought experiment in this paper asks us to look at the problem through a fresh lens. It draws on the quaint British legal custom of calling shareholders “members”, and then uses the political philosopher Michael Walzer’s idea
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Whiteheadian Experience in Beer’s Cybernetic Model: Policy-making in Cooperative Societies. Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Camilo Osejo-Bucheli
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An Essay about a Philosophical Attitude in Management and Organization Studies Based on Parrhesia Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Jesus Rodriguez-Pomeda
Management and organization studies (MOS) scholarship is at a crossroads. The grand challenges (such as the climate emergency) humankind must face today require an improved contribution from all knowledge fields. The number of academics who criticize the lack of influence and social impact of MOS has recently grown. The scientific field structure of MOS is based on its members’ accumulation of symbolic
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The Problem of Efficiency: Redefining the Relation Between Success & Excellence in Business Ethics Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Nisigandha Bhuyan, Arunima Chakraborty
This paper argues that a proper evaluation of the notion of efficiency in business ethics requires that we separate efficiency qua human good from the originally value-neutral sense of the term. The adverse consequences of hyper-efficiency consist in paradoxically causing greater inefficiencies (‘perversity’) as well as a negative impact on the human capacities to pursue various forms of excellence
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Secundum Naturam Vivere: Stoic Thoughts of Greco-Roman Antiquity on Nature and Their Relation to the Concepts of Sustainability, Frugality, and Environmental Protection in the Anthropocene Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Hendrik Müller
This paper wants to shed light on the way the philosophical school of Stoicsm in Greco-Roman antiquity has dealt with the relationship of men and nature by pointing out to some of the key texts in which these issues are mentioned. Although the modern concept of sustainability or environmental protection did not really exist in antiquity, the Stoa was convinced that individual decisions had a direct
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Are Psychological Theories on Self-Awareness in Leadership Research Shaping Masters not Servant Leaders? Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Anne Sebastian, Matthias P Hühn
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A Sound Proposition that may not be Enough Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-03-02 César González-Cantón
In this book, the author proposes an understanding of corporate responsibility that can be captured in the answer to the following question: What are the implications for companies, as main drivers of economic activity (Part III), of the idea that the purpose of the economy is to create wealth (Part I) within the normative-ethical framework of human rights (Part II)? Enderle crafts a solid, well-thought
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Why does Faithful Epistemic Representation Matter for Management Practices? The Case of the Natural Environment in Management Theory Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Rose Hiquet, Claire Wordley, Shahzad Ansari
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Reconstructing the Moral Logic of the Stakeholder Approach, and Reconsidering the Participation Requirement Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-02-04 Marc A. Cohen
The most recent restatements of stakeholder theory formulate that approach in terms of the distribution of value: “A stakeholder approach to business is about creating as much value as possible for stakeholders, without resorting to tradeoffs” (Freeman et al. 2010: 28). This formulation marks a shift from earlier work, which included a procedural dimension—a requirement that stakeholders participate
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Toward a Constructive Critique of Managerial Agency: MacIntyre’s Contribution to Strategy as Practice Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Caleb Bernacchio
MacIntyre’s distinctive version of practice theory has already influenced strategy as practice research but his approach has further relevance to the field. The MacIntyrean approach further focuses attention on joint production as an organization-wide practice that potentially encompasses and integrates sub-organizational practices. It also highlights the way that ordinary organization members engage
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How Digital Technology Shapes Self-Consciousness in Work Relationships? Reference to Hegel Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Albena Neschen
Up to now, there is a big debate, about what self-consciousness is, what inhibits it, and how this is related to work. By referring to classical theories of mind by Hegel this paper advances the thesis of an apparent congruence of self-consciousness and work as a developmental process in social relationships. This paper aims to open up a wider philosophical horizon for the criticism of current digitalization
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Writing, Violence and Writing the Non-Western Other in Business Ethics: Toward an Ethics of Alterity Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Dhammika Jayawardena
This article examines how the textual rendering of the non-Western Other in Business Ethics in the West often remains a misrepresentation. Informed by the Derridean ethico-political project on writing/violence and ethics, the article analyzes the writing of this Other in Western academic production of Business Ethics, through a consideration of writing on the Buddhist doctrine of karma. It shows that
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Reflecting on Practice: An interview with Nigel Laurie Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-12-24 Eva Tsahuridu
This is an expanded version of an interview with Nigel Laurie, based on his contribution to the 11th Annual Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) Conference, held on 8 December 2021. The conference theme Calculative silences and the agency of business ethics scholars is the focus of this interview. After studying philosophy at Glasgow and Guelph in Canada and a career in IBM, Nigel Laurie established
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Effective Management and Skepticism: Exploring Criteria in Judging Outcomes Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Jose Enrique Idler
What does it mean to manage effectively? This paper discusses the historical problem of the criterion, stemming from skeptical thinkers, and applies it in a management environment. The aim is to highlight how awareness of criteria in judging outcomes may yield richer and more nuanced views of effectiveness. The argument begins by exploring the characterization of management actions and discusses how
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Reflections on How to Apply Norbert Elias’ Philosophy of Figurations to Problems of Marketing Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-11-26 Roshni Das
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A Consideration of Project Ontology Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-11-05 Brian Tebbitt
In this essay, I engage in ontological analysis beginning with questions like “What is a project?”, “What is a process?”, and “What is project failure?” In search of a basic ontology of projects, primarily critiquing and expanding on parts of Frame (2006), I propose a novel theory of projects as sets of propositions, contrast it with a current (albeit informal) theory of projects, and suggest that
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Review of Strategies for Distributed and Collective Action: Connecting the Dots by Martin Kornberger, Oxford University Press, 2022, 240 pp., ISBN: 978-0198864301 Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Caleb Bernacchio
This is a review of Martin Kornberger’s Strategies for Distributed and Collective Action: Connecting the Dots. This book offers a comprehensive account of novel modes of organizing that are both distributed and collective. I briefly summarize each chapter and offers some critical comments.
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Management in Conversation with Agamben. A Governmental-Political Interpretation of Modern Management Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Enrico Beltramini
In this article, I place management theory in conversation with Giorgio Agamben’s political theology with the dual scope of offering (a) a critical examination of the Agambenian interpretation of management, and (b) an application of such interpretation to illuminate and eventually explain the nature of some decisive and persistent limitations of the discipline. The main argument is that Agamben’s
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The metaphysics of financial performance in financial accounting Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Brian A Rutherford
This paper argues that the metaphysics of financial performance in the conceptual framework employed by accounting standard-setters is incoherent: income and expenses cannot, as the framework holds, both be independent elements of financial statements, identified from underlying events, tested for recognition and measured by discrete acts, separately from the identification, testing and measurement
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The Management Practice of Servant Leadership: A Levinasian Enrichment Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Peter McGhee
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Jesuit-Informed Casuistry and the Role of Principles for Organizational Ethics Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Jeffery Smith, Dung Q. Tran
Contemporary casuistry, informed by a centuries-old intellectual tradition within the Jesuit order of the Catholic Church, characteristically maintains that ethical judgment does not rely on abstract laws, general rules or universal principles. Ethical judgment is formed through a subtle activity of comparing prior, settled cases with the current problem one is experiencing. Judgment on moral matters
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Researching Leadership Behavior- in Search of a Middle Ground Between Objective and Subjective Approaches Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-09-09 Peter Sørensen, Søren Harnow Klausen, Bruno Broucker
The question of how to become and remain an effective leader has been discussed for decades, and the answers that have been proposed have led to numerous theories and taxonomies of leadership behavior. By taking a critical approach to a contemporary integrative model of leadership behavior, this theoretical research proposes an alternative approach that can supplement both the integrative model and
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The Digital Markets Act and E.U. Competition Policy: A Critical Ordoliberal Evaluation Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Manuel Woersdoerfer
The E.U. is shortly before implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which aims to regulate digital markets and (ideally) rein in the power of big tech gatekeepers. Several researchers claim that this proposal – and especially its goal to ensure the contestability and fairness of digital markets – is ordoliberal in nature, yet what is missing in the academic literature is a closer look at the parallels
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Sensemaking of COVIDian Crisis for Work and Organization Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Shradha Kundra, Rohit Dwivedi
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Grounding and Applying an Ethical Test to Organisations as Moral Agents: The Case of Mondragon Corporation Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-08-15 David Ardagh
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Rational Egoism Virtue-Based Ethical Beliefs and Subjective Happiness: An Empirical Investigation Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Jeffrey Overall, Steven Gedeon
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On the Nature of Problematical Situations: Developing Cynefin from an Information Processing Perspective Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Payam Hanafizadeh, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Bahadornia
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Defining Leadership Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-07-26 David Carl Wilson
This essay examines the concept of leadership as it is commonly understood within the field of leadership studies today. The inquiry is framed by an analysis of three generally accepted definitions of leadership. I look at the selected definitions from four angles, which I call the four dimensions of leadership: the behavioral (what the leader does, or ought to do, that makes it leadership), the asymmetrical
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Management, Political Philosophy, and Social Justice Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Marian Eabrasu, David Carl Wilson
This paper introduces the special theme on management and political philosophy, following a call for papers in the journal Philosophy of Management. The scope of this introduction is to emphasize the importance of political philosophy as a subtheme in the discipline of philosophy of management by shedding light on a cornerstone conversation: the role of the state in fostering corporate accountability
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The Anti-Egoist Perspective in Business Ethics and its Anti-Business Manifestations Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Marja K. Svanberg, Carl F. C. Svanberg
This article identifies the moral premises of contemporary business ethics. After analyzing thirty business ethics texts, the article shows that many business ethicists hold the conventional view that being moral is altruistic. This altruistic perspective logically implies a negative evaluation of self-interest and the profit motive, and business. As a result, the prevailing attitude in mainstream
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Making Money from Misfortune: Casuistry for Future Capitalism Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Christopher Michaelson
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Building the Case for Paradigmatic Reflexivity in Strategic Management Research using Entrepreneurial Opportunity as an Exemplar Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Rajesh Jain, Apoorv Khare
This article casts in high relief the paradigmatic rigidity in strategy research by highlighting the underlying philosophical assumptions (ontological, epistemological, methodological), their advantages, and their limitations. The article discusses four philosophical paradigms that underpin strategy research. While positivism and constructivism are the dominant paradigms, critical realism and pragmatism
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Virtue Ethics, Aesthetics, and Reflective Practices in Business Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-04-21 John Dobson
This paper begins from the context of virtue ethics theory as applied to business ethics. We note that the concept of a practice therein lacks the full richness of the Aristotelian concept of virtue. In essence, when applied to business in the virtue ethics literature, the practice loses its reflective quality. It becomes beholden to, and irredeemably interdependent with, the economic institution (i
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The political philosophy of whistleblowing Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Wim Vandekerckhove
This article uses two recent books on whistleblowing authored by political philosophers, to suggest that what political philosophy can contribute to the whistleblowing debate are notions of public interest that can help to enable and delineate responsibilities and protection of different actors. Whilst it is acknowledged that these recent works on whistleblowing offer a welcome articulation of the
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The Chronos Principle: “Knowing Thy Time” in Communication Management Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Gavin F. Hurley
This article develops how wider understandings of time may help inform managers’ communication decisions. Using Peter F. Drucker as an initial touchstone—but going much deeper—the article employs an applied liberal arts methodology to establish a time-minded attitude toward communication. Applying perspectives from both classical philosophy (specifically Plato and Aristotle) as well as twentieth century
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The Separation Thesis Weighs Heavily on Integrative Social Contracts Theory: A Comprehensive Critique Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-02-17 César González-Cantón
For more than three decades, Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT) has been lauded as a business ethics theory particularly well suited to the international arena, especially because of its alleged ability to reconcile respect for cultural idiosyncrasies and normative teeth. However, this theory has also faced various objections, many of which its authors have responded to with varying degrees
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Theory Evaluation and Formulation: A Reply to Ludic Theory through A.N.Whitehead´s Aesthetic Experience Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-02-16 Camilo Osejo-Bucheli
This article uses Whitehead's process ontology and epistemology to propose Aesthetic Experience as a theory that can be used in organizational studies. The article starts from the intersections of ludic theory and aesthetics, to formulate a theory of Aesthetic Experience that improves and promotes enjoyment, creativity, satisfaction, and productivity in the workspace. Located in a process ontology
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Manahau: Toward an Indigenous Māori theory of value Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-02-16 Jason Paul Mika, Kiri Dell, Jamie Newth, Carla Houkamau
The theoretical challenge posed by this paper is to find a conceptualisation of value for entrepreneurship theory grounded in Indigenous knowledge from a Māori perspective capable of guiding entrepreneurs operating for sustainability and wellbeing. We review Western and Māori theories of value, values, and valuation. We argue that Indigenous concepts of value centre on collective wellbeing as opposed
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An Ancient Greek Philosophy of Management Consulting: An Interview with David Shaw Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Wim Vandekerckhove
This article is a transcript of an interview with David Shaw, the author of the book, “An Ancient Greek Philosophy of Management Consulting: Thinking Differently about its Assumptions, Principles and Practice”, published with Springer in 2022. It discusses his reasons for looking to the ancient Greek philosophers for new ideas about management consulting, and how his papers for this journal have contributed
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Celebration ! Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2021-11-25 Vandekerckhove, Wim
This editorial celebrates the completion of the 20th volume of this journal, and brings an homage to Paul Griseri.
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Kant on Remote Working: a Moral Defence Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2021-11-20 Corvino, Fausto
In this article I maintain that when employers could free workers from the space constraint of the office without incurring unbearable economic losses, it is morally wrong not to grant workers the possibility to work remotely, as this violates the humanity formulation of Kant’s categorical imperative. The article therefore aims to contribute to the development of Kantian business ethics, taking into
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Management, Political Philosophy, and Colonial Interference Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2021-11-20 Werhane, Patricia H., Bevan, David
In this paper we set out to explore the claims that corporate social responsibility (CSR) itself is little more than a complementary extension of the project of coloniality initiated by the Enlightenment (e.g. Banerjee 2019). We will not dispute that claim. Rather we will develop three points. First, we will apply a non-linear, systems approach to demonstrate how we all, of any color, ethnic origin
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Re-Imagining Business Agency through Multi-Agent Cross-Sector Coalitions: Integrating CSR Frameworks Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2021-11-17 Dorstewitz, Philipp, Lal, David
This theoretical paper takes an agency-theoretic approach to questions of corporate social responsibility (CSR). A comparison of various extant frameworks focusses on how CSR agency emerges in complex multi-agent and multi-sector stakeholder networks. The discussion considers the respective capabilities and relevance of these frameworks – culminating in an integrative CSR practice model. A short literature
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Aristotelian Virtuous Leadership: between Calculative Bureaucracy and Emotional Tyranny Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2021-10-28 Platanakis, Charilaos
This paper argues for an Aristotelian account of good leader as ethical and effective by outlining the ethical motivation and the constraints that moral luck imposes on effectiveness. This account of a good leader, which is grounded on practical wisdom, is assessed against the contemporary leadership debate by addressing the tension between the ethical and the effective and by contrasting the Aristotelian