Virtue and Vice Attributions in the Business Context: An Experimental Investigation

Robinson, Brian; Stey, Paul; Alfano, Mark

doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1676-4

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“…Inter-rater reliability on coding for 'primary data,' 'secondary data,' 'theoretical paper,' 'cross-sectional,' and 'longitudinal' was all (p \ 0.001) using a binomial distribution. Of 36 highly cited papers on 'virtue' in the Journal of Business Ethics, only eight use primary empirical data (Batson et al 2006;Beadle 2013a, b;Chun 2005;Lau and Wong 2009;Murphy 1999;Robinson et al 2013;Shanahan and Hyman 2003). Most discussions of virtue are conceptual (Alves and Moreira 2013;Arjoon 2000;Chismar 2001;Dierksmeier 2013;Gowri 2007;Hartman 2011;McAdams and Koppensteiner 1992;Melé 2009;Nicholls 2010;Parkan 2008;Sethi 1994;Whetstone 2001).…”

Section: Virtue In Business Ethics: An Aristotelian Account and Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bertland 2009;Cavanagh and Bandsuch 2002;Crockett 2005;Hartman and Beck-Dudley 1999;Romar 2002), at times these are quite detailed and context-specific (Drake and Schlachter 2008), but cases are also often explicitly introduced as anecdotal, 'let's consider a true story' (Crockett 2005, p. 199), 'look at what happened to a friend of mine' (Kurzynski 1998, p. 76), or for teaching purposes (Mintz 1996). When data are collected, it is cross section (Batson et al 2006;Beadle 2013a, b;Chun 2005;Lau and Wong 2009;Murphy 1999;Robinson et al 2013;Shanahan and Hyman 2003); an exception-with secondary data-being Cai et al (2011). At the same time, virtue scholars are likely to agree that to apply a virtue lens to a specific setting requires an account of context, tradition, history, and social forces.…”

Section: Virtue In Business Ethics: An Aristotelian Account and Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, what does it mean as a citizen, a parent, a friend, or simply a human being, to act in the right way, over time. Virtue ethics is the oldest, most well-established approach to questions of appropriate action that we have, yet it remains of contemporary, indeed growing, interest within business ethics (Alves and Moreira 2013;Beadle 2013a, b;Fontrodona et al 2013;Koehn 2013;Morrell 2012;Robinson et al 2013). Partly because there are many varieties of virtue ethics (Slote 1997), it is of wider relevance than other normative ethical systems in the sense it can be considered as compatible with both deontological and consequentialist approaches (Dierksmeier 2013;Morrell 2004), and an ethics of care (Slote 1997), in a way that is unlike the basic tension between Utilitarianism and Kant (Crisp and Slote 1997).…”

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Governance and Virtue: The Case of Public Order Policing

Morrell

Brammer

2014

J Bus Ethics

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For Aristotle, virtues are neither transcendent nor universal, but socially interdependent; they need to be understood chronologically and with respect to character and context. This paper uses an Aristotelian lens to analyse an especially interesting context in which to study virtuethe state's response when social order breaks down. During such periods, questions relating to right action by citizens, the state, and state agents are pronounced. To study this, we analyse data from interviews, observation, and documents gathered during a 3-year study of riot policing in the U.K. In doing so, we contribute by joining a number of other conversations within JBE, suggesting detailed empirical examination of this context is useful in opening up considerations relevant to 'virtue' elsewhere. This extreme context helps us raise interesting and empirically informed questions that can encourage future theoretical and empirical contributions to virtue in business ethics. One such question is on the role of habituation in virtue, which is not just the inculcation of a reflex or automaticity, but can also refer to a trained and developed tendency to behave in the right way, for the right reasons, at the right time. Whilst we stop short of a simplistic alignment of habituation and virtue, we show ways in which it can inform understanding of both courage and phronēsis.

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Section: Virtue In Business Ethics: An Aristotelian Account and Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Virtue In Business Ethics: An Aristotelian Account and Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Governance and Virtue: The Case of Public Order Policing

Morrell

Brammer

2014

J Bus Ethics

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“…For them, it is important to follow the biblical account of creation-that God is a creator and, thus, craftsman, and that it is important to emulate God's character in one's work. Robinsons et al (2013) found that it is the business person's self-interest to be virtuous. In fact, virtue is indeed of value to both business and those concerned with government policy (Flynn 2008) and that virtue is crucial in the Christian ethical heritage.…”

Section: The Virtue Solutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The utility of virtue: management spirituality and ethics for a secular business world

Udani¹,

Lorenzo-Molo

2016

Asian J Bus Ethics

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Spirituality is an area of interest for management and business. But two issues confront it: (1) the struggle to be amidst a utilitarian framework where spirituality is reduced as a means to forward profit-oriented goals and (2) difficulty with spirituality's subjective and multifaceted nature in business management. Challenges abound in determining which spirituality is appropriate. Business scholarship is dominated by a utilitarian view, which some more philosophically oriented scholars have opined to be counterintuitive to the real purpose of workplace spirituality. But some recognize the significance of pragmatic and useful approaches, which this paper views as something integrated into the more philosophic approaches, particularly through virtue ethics. Thus, the authors offer the case for virtue, examined in the person of Corazon C. Aquino, Asia's first woman president, who successfully bridged the gap between the sacred and secular. To appease both utilitarian and more metaphysical orientations, this research stipulates that for every value-added service rendered to others, there is a corresponding virtue enhancement in the person.

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“…Traditional decision-making approaches often set apart moral and ethical considerations as if these elements would not be of interest in a completely rational choice model (Robinson et al, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Finding the extraordinary and creating the unexpected

Pellegrini

Ciappei

Zollo

et al. 2016

Journal of Management Development

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Purpose-This paper aims to present an integrated framework for ethical decision making in uncertain conditions, such as those of entrepreneurship. The model aims to build an exceptional ethical heuristic employable by entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach-The theoretical framework is anchored to Aquinas' theory of practical reason virtue, specifically its minor virtue gnome, and the Kantian faculty of genius or to better say its modus operandi. Thanks to the composition of these prima facie distant ontologies it is possible to build a 'ready-to-use' heuristic. Findings-The paper through a philosophical discussion offers a ready-to-use heuristic that may help entrepreneurs and businesspersons when 'navigating' uncertain and troubled situations. In such situations, firstly it is important to recognize the 'exceptionality' of the situation, disregarding where necessary the ordinary criteria of judgment (an act directed by gnome). Secondly, a creative reconstruction of available knowledge able to reshape the 'rules of the game' is needed (an act directed by PR but with connotations drawn from genius). Research limitations/implications-The paper provides only a theoretical conceptualization of the heuristic model. However, the result is a ready-to-use heuristic rule for entrepreneurs, who work in uncertain and unclear conditions. Empirical validation of the framework can represent an opportunity for future research to test the operative impact of such an exceptional ethical heuristic. Originality/value-Little attention has been dedicated to ethical decision making in the entrepreneurial setting built on a virtue ethics approach. This paper's proposed model may represent an innovative alternative to strictly rational models for ethical decision making.

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Virtue and Vice Attributions in the Business Context: An Experimental Investigation

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Governance and Virtue: The Case of Public Order Policing

Governance and Virtue: The Case of Public Order Policing

The utility of virtue: management spirituality and ethics for a secular business world

Finding the extraordinary and creating the unexpected

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