Moral Agency and Decent Management

Tsahuridu, Eva E.

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“…This can refer both to moral issues associated with work conditions (ILO, 1999), as well as the pursuit of meaning, such that '[Decency] implies … some interest in, and commitment to, promoting the ability of all members of society to lead a dignified, humanly meaningful life' (Markus, 2001(Markus, , p. 1021. See also Tsahuridu (2020). The principle of parsimony suggests that a single theory of 'good work' (or 'decent work') may be desirable.…”

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Meaningful work and unethical work: The crisis in Australian financial advice

West

2023

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Recurrent scandals in business ethics demonstrate that work is, on occasion, unambiguously unethical. It is not clear, however, exactly how the concept of ‘meaningful work’ can be applied to such work, and whether, for example, work can be both unethical and meaningful. This article explores three different conceptualisations of meaningful work: where meaningful work is considered to be subjective, primarily subjective but with objective constraints or primarily objective (adopting Alasdair MacIntyre's neo‐Aristotelian framework). These competing conceptualisations are examined in relation to the ethical failures in the Australian financial advice industry. From 2009, a range of parliamentary inquiries, including a Royal Commission, documented significant ethical failures at both individual and institutional levels across the industry, which caused substantial hardship to tens of thousands of clients. Among the subsequent reforms was a drive towards the professionalisation of financial advice through enhanced educational standards, a code of ethics and the development of a professional identity. This case demonstrates the different ways in which the conceptualisations of meaningful work can be applied. However, Alasdair MacIntyre's scheme of practices, institutions, internal and external goods is presented as a preferred conceptualisation of the case, accommodating considerations of both ethics and meaningful work and contributing towards a theory of good work in general.

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Section: Andrew Westmentioning

confidence: 99%

Meaningful work and unethical work: The crisis in Australian financial advice

West

2023

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Moral Agency and Decent Management

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Meaningful work and unethical work: The crisis in Australian financial advice

Meaningful work and unethical work: The crisis in Australian financial advice

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