A Case Study of a Justice-Based Virtuous Organization

Abstract

Good cases featuring virtuous leaders and the practices and processes of their organizations can be hard to find. To find them we can look to virtue-driven social entrepreneurs who often launch businesses with a responsible purpose of serving a broader social good. In this chapter, we describe a case of one such leader, CEO Dean Cycon, and his exemplary organization, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company. Cycon had been a lawyer, social activist, and Fulbright scholar when he created the company as a way to continue his social activism through business. With a passion for social justice and established connections with indigenous coffee growers on four continents, he created the K.P. Manz (*)

Library Services for the Poor: Theoretical Framework for Library Social Responsibility

“…Justice allows us to recognize and respect the rights of others: thus, it provides legitimacy and wide support of inclusive programs in civil society. Included in such programs are provisions for access to health care, to education, and to information, among others (Stumpf et al, 2016;Manz et al, 2015).…”