Vocational Virtue Ethics: Prospects for a Virtue Ethic Approach to Business

Istraživanje povezanosti etike vrlina i zadovoljstva organizacijom

“…To zna i imati skup nepopustljivih granica koje ograni avaju popustljivost zbog uloge koju je potrebno preuzeti. Konzistentnost, kao i integritet, postavlja granice karakternoj ß eksibilnosti" (McPherson, 2013.). Kako bismo došli u fazu posjedovanja vrlina u cijelosti, moramo shvatiti da vrline ne možemo koristiti i iskazivati povremeno i po potrebi, estite aktivnosti slijede iz vrstog i dosljednog karaktera (McPherson, 2013.).…”

“…Konzistentnost, kao i integritet, postavlja granice karakternoj ß eksibilnosti" (McPherson, 2013.). Kako bismo došli u fazu posjedovanja vrlina u cijelosti, moramo shvatiti da vrline ne možemo koristiti i iskazivati povremeno i po potrebi, estite aktivnosti slijede iz vrstog i dosljednog karaktera (McPherson, 2013.). estita osoba je motivirana za izvo enje estitih aktivnosti osje ajem postignu a koji doživljava prilikom izvo enja takvih aktivnosti.…”

Ethics and Behavioural Theory: How Do Professionals Assess Their Mental Models?

“…It is argued that a limited, one-dimensional approach to daily decision-making has resulted in an insufficient concern for society, the context within which professionals make decisions and the values upon which they base them (Purnell and Freeman 2012;McPherson 2013). Both finance professionals and managers (Khurana and Nohria 2008;Khurana 2010) have been depicted as only being interested in money and thus having no awareness of the ethical issues and neglecting societal interests.…”

“…Nielsen 2010Nielsen , 2016. With the revival of virtue ethics in moral philosophy and business ethics (Fontrodona et al 2013), craftsmanship also appears to have been rediscovered (McPherson 2013;Taylor et al 2015). This is illustrated by the popularity of the sociologist Richard Sennett's book The Craftsman in the public domain, which depicts craftsmanship as 'an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake' (Sennett 2008, p. 9).…”

“…Brinkmann and Henriksen 2008;Brinkmann 2009;Nielsen 2010Nielsen , 2016Fichter 2016). Within this perspective, a professional is a 'good' professional when he, as a 'craftsman', is able to reflect and act on certain virtues within his vocation (McPherson 2013). A professional is a reflective craftsman, whereas some practitioners can also be craftsman within certain definitions, but do not need reflective skills and circumstances (including training, professional standards and professional associations).…”