Connected Moral Agency in Organizational Ethics

We review both the aspects of values-related research that complicate ideations of what we ought to do, as well as the psychological impediments to forming beliefs about the way things are. We find that more traditional moral theories are without solid empirical footing in the psychology of human va...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2008-08, Vol.81 (2), p.323-341
Main Authors: Watson, George W., Freeman, R. Edward, Parmar, Bobby
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Business management
Business studies
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive psychology
Education
Ethical behavior
Ethics
Industrial and organizational psychology
Management
Moral agency
Moral psychology
moral values
Morality
Organizational effectiveness
Philosophical psychology
Philosophy
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Quality of Life Research
Research methods
Self deception
Social psychology
Social values
Studies
Theory
Values
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Summary:We review both the aspects of values-related research that complicate ideations of what we ought to do, as well as the psychological impediments to forming beliefs about the way things are. We find that more traditional moral theories are without solid empirical footing in the psychology of human values. Consequently, we revise the notion of values to align with their socially symbolic utility in self-affirmation and reformulate our understandings of moral agency to allow for the practicalities of context, circumstance, and connectedness. We close by discussing the research and practical implications for these revisions.
ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-007-9497-y