The heart of the good institution : virtue ethics as a framework for responsible management / Howard Harris, Gayathri Wijesinghe, Stephen McKenzie, editors

Livre

Edited by Springer. Dordrecht - 2013

This book addresses the question: how can institutions develop and maintain a good purpose? And how can managers contribute to this endeavour? Twelve contributions explore this question, using MacIntyrean inquiry as a basis for exploring four main themes: Can management be considered a practice in the MacIntyrean seanse?

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Stephen McKenzie. pt. I Can Management Be a Practice?. 2.Re-imagining the Morality of Management: A Modern Virtue Ethics Approach / Geoff Moore. 3.Management as a Practice / Denis Anthony (Tony) O'Malley. 4.Judgement, Virtue and Social Practice / Chris Provis. 5.Courage as a Management Virtue / Howard Harris. pt. II Leadership, Virtue and Vice. 6.Virtue Ethics in Leadership Operations: A Pathway for Leadership Development / Erich C. Fein. 7.The Conscious Corporate Growth Strategic Approach and Its Implementation / Mario Carrassi. 8.Organisational Narcissism: A Case of Failed Corporate Governance? / Peter McGhee. 9.YouTube as a Nascent Practice: A Maclntyrean Analysis of User-Generated Content / Stephen McKenzie. pt. III Case Studies. 10.Embedded Moral Agency: A Maclntyrean Perspective on the HR Professional's Dilemma / Tracy Wilcox. Contents note continued: 11.Can Hospitality Workers Engage in Virtuous Practice in a Commercial Context? A Study of Virtue Ethics and Virtues of Commerce / Gayathri Wijesinghe. 12.Thoughts on a Maclntyrean Approach to Social Sustainability Reporting / Stephen McKenzie. pt. IV A Concluding Reflection: Narratives of Virtue in Responsible Management. 13.Murdoch, Trollope and Drucker: Virtue Ethics as Conveyed by Stories / Michael Schwartz.

Autres documents dans la collection «Issues in business ethics (Print)»

• Contains
• Subject
• Description
• Work
• Notes