Can Creativity Be a Collective Virtue? Insights for the Ethics of Innovation

Astola, Mandi; Bombaerts, Gunter; Spahn, Andreas; Royakkers, Lmm Lambèr

doi:10.1007/s10551-021-04833-0

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“…The question already posed above can be reformulated in terms of this character trait: is care a necessary condition for orienting towards the goals of the governance frameworks such as responsible innovation or is it already a necessary condition of any innovation? Building on others' arguments [6,50,51], we submit that care is a necessary condition for responsible innovation, including within micro-level practices. For example, Xavier Pavie [52] argues that care requires the consideration of "the essential interdependence between the innovator and the citizen."…”

Section: Moral and Poietic Virtuesmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Group virtues have been discussed in social philosophy, social epistemology, and business ethics in terms of "group moral virtues," "collective epistemic virtues" and, in the case of creativity, "collective virtues" cf. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]44,51]. Granted that there are these group virtues, a reinterpretation of such a case involving vices could be given.…”

Section: Collective Virtues?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Integrative Expert: Moral, Epistemic, and Poietic Virtues in Transformation Research

Poznic

Fisher

2021

Sustainability

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Over the past 50 years, policy makers have sought to shape new and emerging technologies in light of societal risks, public values, and ethical concerns. While much of this work has taken place during “upstream” research prioritization and “downstream” technology regulation, the actual “midstream” work of engineers and other technical experts has increasingly been seen as a site for governing technology in society. This trend towards “socio-technical integration” is reflected in various governance frameworks such as Sustainable Development (SD), Technology Assessment (TA), and Responsible Innovation (RI) that are at the center of transformation research. Discussions around SD, TA, and RI often focus on meso- and macro-level processes and dynamics, with less attention paid to the qualities of individuals that are needed to support transformation processes. We seek to highlight the importance of micro-level practices by drawing attention to the virtues of technical experts. Drawing on empirical study results from embedding philosophical-reflective dialogues within science and engineering laboratories, we claim that poietic, as well as moral and epistemic, virtues belong to those required of technical experts who foster integrative practices in transformation research.

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Section: Moral and Poietic Virtuesmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Collective Virtues?mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Integrative Expert: Moral, Epistemic, and Poietic Virtues in Transformation Research

Poznic

Fisher

2021

Sustainability

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“…Of these, one turned out to be the most popular -Creativity and Innovation Management -in which three articles were published. Only three publications appeared in journals ranked above 150 h-index points: Astola et al (2021) in the Journal of Business Ethics, Brown and Anthony (2011) in the Harvard Business Review and Lee and van Dolen (2015) in the Information & Management. The average number of h-index points was 74.…”

Section: Descriptive Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The analysis of data sources observed a uniform approach to research, i.e., the use of mixed primary and secondary sources. Two articles stood out: Brown and Anthony (2011) used only raw data, and Astola et al (2021) used secondary data. Scientific publications differed in data-obtaining methods.…”

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Collective creativity in management science

Ciachorowski

Lis

2022

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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This paper aims to establish the current state of knowledge on collective creativity in management science based on a systematic literature review. A systematic review was performed based on the three-step SPL procedure proposed by Tranfield et al. (2003). Two databases (Scopus and Web of Science) were searched electronically until March 2022. Literature analysis and content analysis were performed based on the secondary data. Eighteen studies met the inclusion criteria following the systematic literature review procedure. The conducted descriptive and thematic analysis allowed establishing the state of knowledge in the analysed area and identifying the main thematic areas along with the future research directions. The research was the first to conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) on collective creativity in management science. The main contribution of this paper is its exclusive focus on analysing existing research in the collective creativity field, limited to management science. SLR allowed determining that research in the analysed area was still at a fairly early stage. Although the existing literature sheds some light on collective creativity, studies investigating the aspects of teamwork focused on problem-solving are required.

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“…The creative process model of Amabile (1996) defined creativity as the generation of new and useful ideas or products. The novelty of ideas or products is usually formed in the individual positive psychological processes, and the best ideas often come from unexpected sources ( Astola et al, 2021 ). Prior research has indicated that employee creativity can be triggered by factors related to their self-awareness ( Liu et al, 2016 ).…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strengths-Based Job Crafting and Employee Creativity: The Role of Job Self-Efficacy and Workplace Status

2021

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While argued to be fostering creativity, the effect of job crafting on creativity often turned out to be less effective than expected. The reason is that most existing studies focused on the top-down job design interventions. We proposed an elaborated theoretical model to explain the influence of strengths-based job crafting (SJC) on employee creativity (EC). Specifically, we examined the mediating effect of job self-efficacy (JSE) and the moderating effect of workplace status (WP) based on self-affirmation theory. A sample of 480 employees and their supervisors completed a battery of questionnaires. The results revealed that strengths-based job crafting was positively related to employee creativity, with job self-efficacy acting as a mediator for this relationship. Workplace status moderated both the direct and the indirect effects of job self-efficacy. For employees with a higher workplace status, strengths-based job crafting may generate more forces to promote employee creativity. The results suggest that strengths-based job crafting and workplace status can inspire employee creativity through a self-affirmation process.

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Can Creativity Be a Collective Virtue? Insights for the Ethics of Innovation

Cited by 12 publications

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The Integrative Expert: Moral, Epistemic, and Poietic Virtues in Transformation Research

The Integrative Expert: Moral, Epistemic, and Poietic Virtues in Transformation Research

Collective creativity in management science

Strengths-Based Job Crafting and Employee Creativity: The Role of Job Self-Efficacy and Workplace Status

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