Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality - Abridged (English Language Version)

Erhard, Werner; Jensen, Michael C.; Zaffron, Steve

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1542759

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“…Finally, Jensen, like Pfeffer and many other academicians, prefers to avoid 'value judgments-i.e., assessing whether something is good or bad-because value judgments are considered 'unscientific'. Jensen, instead, has developed the idea of 'integrity', which according to him is not ethics but a 'positive' concept [38]. More or less explicitly, the idea behind this is that Pfeffer's approach is a 'realistic' approach, while 'BS' analyzes are not: managers should base their decisions on facts instead of values.…”

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The Relative Role of the Intellectual and Moral Virtues in Sustainable Management Decisions: The Case of Practical Wisdom and Justice

Cugueró-Escofet

Rosanas

2020

Sustainability

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We analyze the status of virtues in management by going in some depth into the two main virtues, justice and practical wisdom. We next study how ethics requires that all virtues should be present under the ideal concept of a ‘unity of virtues’ for a completely wise person and discuss the practical limitations of this concept. Then, we draw a framework for decision making depending on whether the decision maker possesses justice and practical wisdom or lacks one of them and then discuss which one is better to have. We conclude that justice is more important, as it is about setting objectives and prioritizing, whereas practical wisdom is about attaining these objectives, once listed, in a rationally wise and contextual way. Hence, we conclude that objectives (justice) must come first, because this makes it more likely that, in the end, practical wisdom is developed, and thus we end up having the two virtues.

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Section: Management and Ethicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relative Role of the Intellectual and Moral Virtues in Sustainable Management Decisions: The Case of Practical Wisdom and Justice

Cugueró-Escofet

Rosanas

2020

Sustainability

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“…For instance, the well-known Harvard professor Michael Jensen sees the mixture of integrity with morality and ethics as a conceptual confusion and insists on a positive rather than normative account of integrity (Jensen, 2009). Erhard et al (2009) define integrity as a matter of person's word, nothing more and nothing less. When you honour your word, your word is whole and complete; when your word is whole and complete, your identity is whole and complete; when your identity is whole and complete, you are unbroken, unimpaired, sound and complete, which becomes the state and condition of integrity.…”

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Integrity and Its counterfeits: implications for economy, business and management

2018

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While the concept of integrity has long been explored by great philosophers and thinkers, its application in modern and postmodern business and economic contexts has been underdeveloped. Little have been done to address the vagueness and paradoxicality of integrity and its shadow reality of counterfeits. The thematic collection, which this paper complements, entitled 'Integrity and Its Counterfeits: Implications for Economy, Business and Management', makes a contribution towards filling the gap between the abstract concept of integrity and its application into business and economy, with a particular attention on the ambiguous, equivocal and diverse meanings of the concept, the complex and dynamic practicality of integrity, and the grey and dark areas of business out of integrity. This article introduces the background of the research theme and provides exemplary debates and emerging avenues of discussion on this topic.

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“…Integrity is the integration within an individual of beliefs, statements, and actions (Tullberg, 2012). The employees' integrity can manifest in their promise-keeping behavior (Erhard et al, 2017). In more popular terms, it is called walk-the-talk behavior.…”

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Promoting Integrity Behaviour in Family Firms

Rochimat,

Irawan,

Suhartanto

2024

ijaeb

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As the family firms grow, they face the challenges of moral hazard and nepotism. To overcome these challenges, family firms should instill integrity values in their family members and employees so that they behave ethically. Integrity strengthens employee effectiveness, loyalty, and ethical behavior, leading to firm performance. This study investigates the emergence of integrity behavior in employees of a family firm. The aim is to examine the relationship between employees' attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control (PBC), intention, and behavior toward integrity. The study was conducted in an Indonesian public family firm operating as an interior contractor and furniture manufacturer. This study analyzes 433 cases and found a significant positive relationship among these variables. Interestingly, integrity subjective norm is the strongest factor influencing integrity behavior, fully mediated by integrity intention. Considering that integrity attitude should be the most influential factor forming integrity behavior, this study suggests that family firms design a selection process that can recruit candidates with an integrity attitude.

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Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality - Abridged (English Language Version)

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

The Relative Role of the Intellectual and Moral Virtues in Sustainable Management Decisions: The Case of Practical Wisdom and Justice

The Relative Role of the Intellectual and Moral Virtues in Sustainable Management Decisions: The Case of Practical Wisdom and Justice

Integrity and Its counterfeits: implications for economy, business and management

Promoting Integrity Behaviour in Family Firms

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