Business ethics and existentialism

Ashman, Ian; Winstanley, Diana

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8608.2006.00445.x

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“…To begin with it is necessary to concentrate on the concept of nothingness. I have argued here and elsewhere (Ashman & Winstanley, 2006) that nothingness, that is, the absence of being, lies at the heart of Sartrean existentialist thought. It is notable that whenever leadership (or any other subject of organizational psychology/HRM) is discussed concern is reserved almost exclusively for what is present -who is involved what they are doing and so on.…”

Section: Existentialism Nothingness and Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 72%

Existentialism and Leadership: A Response to John Lawler with Some Further Thoughts

Ashman

2007

Leadership

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Section: Existentialism Nothingness and Leadershipmentioning

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Existentialism and Leadership: A Response to John Lawler with Some Further Thoughts

Ashman

2007

Leadership

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“…Some attempts have been made to incorporate existential themes into business ethics, notably Ashman and Winstanley (2006), Jackson (2005), and Agarwal and Malloy (2000). Both Ashman and Winstanley and Jackson emphasised the contribution that existential themes and considerations can make in business, including decision-making, but did not go so far as to formulate these considerations into a practical model.…”

Section: Existentialism In Businessmentioning

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Sartrean Existentialism and Ethical Decision-Making in Business

West

2007

J Bus Ethics

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“…Rorty 1989). In a Heideggerian sense, moral existence is being‐in‐the‐moral‐world with the practical utilities as ready‐to‐hand and the contemplated things as present‐at‐hand (Ashmanand and Winstanley 2006). There is always room to “personalize” CSR.…”

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Ethical Room for Maneuver: Playground for the Food Business

Pompe¹,

Korthals²

2010

Business and Society Review

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In a world of glossy corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports, the shallowness of the actual CSR results may well be its counterpart. We claim that the possible gaps between aspirations and implementations are due to the company's overrating abilities to deal with the irrational and complex moral world of business. Many academic approaches aim to lift business ethics up to a higher level by enhancing competences but will fail because they are too rationalistic and generalistic to match the pluralistic and situational practice constituted by the mosaic of values and set of constraints. This is demonstrated by describing and analyzing the CSR development of the multinational caterer Sodexo and in particular its Dutch branch. We explain what they do and why they are not successful. We present a new tool named Ethical Room for Maneuver that centers experiences and concrete situations in a playground of inquiry and experiment to enhance abilities to operate in themoral world and to meliorate business and society with more effectiveness.

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Business ethics and existentialism

Cited by 18 publications

References 22 publications

Existentialism and Leadership: A Response to John Lawler with Some Further Thoughts

Existentialism and Leadership: A Response to John Lawler with Some Further Thoughts

Sartrean Existentialism and Ethical Decision-Making in Business

Ethical Room for Maneuver: Playground for the Food Business

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