Levinas, Weber, and a Hybrid Framework for Business Ethics

Tajalli, Payman; Segal, Steven

doi:10.1007/s40926-018-0100-7

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“…Levinas' philosophical concepts have been influential in many different disciplines. His ideas reverberate through fields as diverse as medicine (Clifton-Soderstrom 2010), pedagogy (Zembylas and Vrasidas 2005), business ethics (Tajalli and Segal 2019), business administration (Blok 2018) and psychoanalysis (Todd 2003). Although his ethical work has been recognised globally (see, for example, Druker 2006), Levinas' ontological writings on economy and elementary nature have barely been employed in environmental philosophy.…”

Section: Levinas On Economy and Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Philosophy of a Bio-Based Economy: A Levinassian Perspective on the Relations between Economic and Ecological Systems

Veraart¹,

Blok²

2021

Environmental Values

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This paper investigates the fundamental idea at stake in current bioeconomies such as Europe’s Bio-Based Economy (BBE). We argue that basing an economy upon ecology is an ambivalent effort, causing confusion and inconsistencies, and that the dominant framing of the damaged biosphere as a market-failure in bioeconomies such as the BBE is problematic. To counter this dominant narrative, we present alternative conceptualisations of bio-economies and indicate which concepts are overlooked. We highlight the specific contradictions and discrepancies in the relation between economy and ecology, and then work towards outlining a genuine and consistent conceptualisation of the BBE. The philosophical perspective of Emmanuel Levinas is employed to develop a more profound understanding of the tensions at stake; Levinas’ work is compared with that of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s work on bioeconomics, and found to be of complementary value. Our hypothesis is that, rather than the impossible, absolute amalgamation of economy and ecology striven for today, a principal heterogeneity between humankind and nature must be acknowledged if a bioeconomy that truly operates within the carrying capacity of planet Earth is to be achieved.

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Section: Levinas On Economy and Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Philosophy of a Bio-Based Economy: A Levinassian Perspective on the Relations between Economic and Ecological Systems

Veraart¹,

Blok²

2021

Environmental Values

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“…Ethics is about the relationship with "other" (Lévinas, 1985) and ethics in organizations involves a relationship between the parties. Ethics is not what one does but how the relationship with other raise the self's sensitivity to act responsibly (Tajalli and Segal, 2019). Therefore, we give a definition of interactional context considering relational and interactional aspects of organizations.…”

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Impact of interactional context on relationship between ethical leadership and unethical behaviors: a serial mediation model

Yagmur

2021

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Purpose Behavioral effects of contextual factors that organizations subject to daily life and social dynamics of ongoing organizational life are conveyed to interactional context. It is considered as a form of coorientation blending organizational and individual ethics in relational form. This study aims to examine well-known effects of ethical leadership on unethical behaviors in interactional context. Sequentially related mediator effects of leader member exchange and symmetrical communication in this relationship are empirically explored. Design/methodology/approach Survey is applied to 494 personnel from 29 large companies. Obtained survey data is analyzed by confirmatory factory analysis, and hypotheses are tested for serial mediation by structural equation modelling with bootstrapping procedure. Findings Study proves the impact of interactional context on organizational constructs. It is demonstrated that individual behaviors are influenced by interactional, dynamical, contextual and social factors. Study finds that leadership effect can be empowered by socialization processes. Quality of social relationships and social interactions; socializing impact of symmetrical communication can foster ethical management. Interactional context can facilitate organizations’ adaptation to changing conditions. Originality/value A human is a relational being. They cannot act in vacuum, rather, act in ongoing context of relationships. Taking account of relational aspect of individual–organizational interaction, this study contributes to literature by proposing a definition of interactional context and by exploring the impact of interactional context on organizational behaviors. Also, the impact of ethical leadership on unethical behaviors is empirically explored in relational dimension which seems to be neglected by ethics literature.

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“…This journal is developing scholarship on Levinas (e.g. Blok 2014Blok , 2018Faldetta 2019;Loumansky and Lewis 2013;Tajalli and Segal 2019) and Tillich is coming (Eabrasu 2019, and also currently some papers in the review process). But our journal has nothing on Camus yet.…”

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