Capitalism and transparency

Murphy, Jonathan

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“…33 33 Here, of course, TI‐internal power structures also come into the picture. In the process of franchising national chapters, the Secretariat has picked or encouraged particular organisations that already suited the image of a national chapter envisioned by the Secretariat (De Sousa, ; Murphy, ). By now, a particular conception of corruption and the right way to fight it is deeply instituted within the NGO chapters (regarding this ‘isomorphism’, see Larmour, ) so that it would certainly be very difficult to allow for organisations with a very different approach to join TI.…”

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Human Nature and Morality in the Anti‐corruption Discourse of Transparency International

Gebel

2012

Public Admin & Development

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SUMMARY Against the background of failing anti‐corruption programmes, this article examines the discourse of the anti‐corruption international non‐governmental organisation Transparency International (TI), thereby focussing on the organisation's use of the concepts of integrity and ethics. Their meaning and significance is explored by looking at policy measures advocated by TI and particularly at the conception of human nature underlying the organisation's discourse. On the basis of TI documents and interviews with TI staff, the article argues that there is dominance within TI discourse of a mechanistic conception of human nature as rational and self‐interested. This leads to an over‐emphasis on institutional engineering and the strengthening of oversight and control (to set ‘disincentives’ for corruption), while neglecting the social–moral components of human behaviour as well as the political processes of their generation. This conception of human behaviour makes concepts such as ‘ethics’ mean not much more than ‘rules’, ‘integrity’ mean no more than ‘rule‐conforming behaviour’ and ‘prevention’ mean no more than ‘control’. While discussing some of the difficulties involved in addressing morals, the article argues that without reconsidering its conception of human nature, it will be difficult for TI to re‐orient and improve its approach. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Human Nature and Morality in the Anti‐corruption Discourse of Transparency International

Gebel

2012

Public Admin & Development

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“…This becomes apparent by a growing dissatisfaction with capitalism, a lack of trust in financial institutions, and an increasing pressure on democratic political institutions (Castells 2010, Murphy 2011, Rifkin 2014, Weaver 2014). These in turn focus attention on the meaning and quality of life, which can intensify individuals' desires to live in a more responsible and meaningful way as citizens, workers, and consumers, which again are accompanied by an increasing attention to social value creation (based on the attention to these issues in magazines and business literature) (see O'Riordan 2013).…”

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“…Increasing inequality could give rise to social tensions and a resistance and even hostility toward sustainability unless the explanation of sustainability is geared to the improvement of equality. It can also be postulated that the economic crisis has aggravated a significant downfall in public confidence in the European Union in many of the traditional institutions that have underpinned political, economic, and social arrangements during the 20 th century (Murphy 2011, Weaver 2014. A sociopolitical perspective thus frames the economic crisis as a symptom of socioeconomic and political struggles.…”

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“…It changed the lives of many whose employment or work conditions were drastically affected (Melike 2014). It also made many observers much more critical about capitalism and the stability of markets, especially financial markets (Murphy 2011, Stephan and Weaver 2011, Rifkin 2014, Weaver 2014. In Europe, the economic crisis was accompanied by (perceptions of) a debt crisis, a banking crisis, and a euro crisis, all interrelated.…”

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The economic crisis as a game changer? Exploring the role of social construction in sustainability transitions

Loorbach¹,

Avelino²,

Haxeltine³

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ABSTRACT. Continuing economic turbulence has fuelled debates about social and political reform as much as it has stimulated actions and initiatives aimed at a more fundamental transition of dominant economic systems. This paper takes a transition perspective to explore, from a Western European viewpoint, how the economic crisis is actually viewed through a variety of interpretations and responded to through a range of practices. We argue that framing societal phenomena such as the economic crisis as "symptoms of transition" through alternative narratives and actions can give rise to the potential for (seemingly) short-term pressures to become game changers. Game changers are then defined as the combination of: specific events, the subsequent or parallel framing of events in systemic terms by engaged societal actors, and (eventually) the emergence of (diverse) alternative narratives and practices (in response to the systemic framing of events). Game changers, when understood in these terms, help to orient, legitimize, guide, and accelerate deep changes in society. We conclude that such dynamics in which game changers gain momentum might also come to play a critical role in transitions. Therefore, we argue for developing a better understanding of and methodologies to further study the coevolutionary dynamics associated with game changers, as well as exploring the implications for governance.

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“…The inevitable secrecy and withholding of intellectual capital that is necessary for competition creates the conditions for corrupt and illegal activity at individual or corporate levels (Anand et al, 2005;Brown & Cloke, 2006Murphy, 2011;Pinto et al, 2008) and corporate corruption has now begun to receive more widespread and explicit attention (see special issues on the topic in Academy of Management Review [33,3,2008] and Critical Perspectives on International Business [7,2,2011]). Examinations of systematic accounting malpractice, tax evasion and the collusion of accounting institutions in these practices are undertaken by Mitchell, Sikka and Willmott (1998), Sikka (2008), Sikka and Willmott (2010) and Christensen (2011).…”

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Theorizing and Researching the Dark Side of Organization

Linstead

Maréchal

Griffin

2014

Organization Studies

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The paper offers an introduction to research that concerns itself with the 'dark side' of organization and attempts to bring theoretical resources from a range of disciplines to bear upon the problem. This stream of research has emerged most visibly since the 1990s, although its concerns can be found in much earlier research. Frustrations with the tendencies of mainstream work to overlook, ignore or suppress difficult ethical, political and ideological issues, which may well mean life or death to some people, has in recent years led to a research that self-identifies its concerns as being with the dark side. We structure our review around key contributions on the dark side of organizational behaviour, mainly in psychology but also including the concept of organizational misbehaviour; the sociology of the dark side, with particular reference to mistakes, misconduct and disaster; and a wider range of critical approaches to the dark side including Marxist, post-Marxist and postcolonial perspectives. We also undertake a review of methodologies for investigating dark side phenomena, and finally introduce the five papers that comprise this special issue. Keywords

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Capitalism and transparency

Cited by 28 publications

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Human Nature and Morality in the Anti‐corruption Discourse of Transparency International

Human Nature and Morality in the Anti‐corruption Discourse of Transparency International

The economic crisis as a game changer? Exploring the role of social construction in sustainability transitions

Theorizing and Researching the Dark Side of Organization

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