The nature of managerial moral standards

Bird, Frederick; Waters, James A.

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“…4 In our initial studies in business ethics, Jim Waters and I first attempted to gain a lively sense of moral issues from the perspective of managers before we began to recommend how they ought to address the ethical issues they faced (see Bird and Waters, 1986;Bird et al, 1990;Waters and Bird, 1987;Waters et al, 1986). 5 It makes considerable difference for methodological reasons whether these typological scales are treated as classificatory schemes of the sort used in biology or chemistry, or as analytical schemes -heuristic indicators -of the sort proposed by a number of social scientists, including especially Weber in his account of ideal types (Weber, 1949, ch.…”

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Why the Responsible Practice of Business Ethics Calls for a Due Regard for History

Bird

2009

J Bus Ethics

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Why the Responsible Practice of Business Ethics Calls for a Due Regard for History

Bird

2009

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“…When employees witness inconsistencies between the actual behaviour and the values declared by their superiors, they begin to wonder what the acceptable behaviours in an organisation are (Bird & Waters, 1987;Jensen & Wygant, 1990;McClelland, 1987). Interest in and the need for teamwork and simultaneous effective leadership increase within organisations (Manderscheid & Arichvili, 2008).…”

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Work Anomie in an Organisation

Sypniewska

2017

IJCM

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Background. Anomie at work is a type of social anomie interrelated with professional activities that entail employees being exposed to repeated temptations. Under such conditions they come up with credible justifications that become fixed. Anomie manifests itself in organisations where there are values that have even been written down, but they are not held on to. One should seek the sources of anomie in the organisational culture, organisational structure, organisation of work, motivation and management methods, legal rules as well as in human behaviours and value systems, and in the mechanisms regulating social behaviours in an organisation. The phenomenon of anomie at work is part of the nature of any business, but every ethical act limits it. The objective of this paper is to analyse anomie at work, the conditioning and causes of this phenomenon, and methods of dealing with anomie at work.

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“…Also the underlying values and criteria can be evaluated from the ethical point of view. (Bassmann & London, 1993;Bird & Waters, 1987;Bird & Waters, 1989;Ciulla, 2011; Destructive leadership behavior can be defined as harming the organizational members or aiming at short term results on the expense of long term consequences. Destructive leadership can also be called unethical leadership.…”

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Apposition, contradiction, conflict and domination

Pynnönen

Takala

2014

International Journal of Public Sector Management

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively describe and explain the contemporary Finnish discourse of municipal managers. The emphasis within is on analyzing the encounters of the public sector management discourse and the private sector management discourse, and the effects that these encounters have on the construction and representation of municipal management. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a three-phase discourse analysis, proceeding from the textual and linguistic level through interpretive analysis to critical analysis. This analysis is based on the proceedings and presentations of a seminar of municipal leadership and management, arranged in 2013 in Finland. Findings – The encounters of the discourses form three types: apposition of actors; contradiction and conflict of contexts; and domination of the private sector discourse. Apposition is a surface-level phenomenon, synonymizing the actors of the two discourses. Contradiction and conflict are caused by the incompatibility of operational and value contexts. Domination is a phenomenon of prioritizing the private sector principles and values in conflict situations. All these may affect the role and work of, as well as expectations toward, the municipal manager. Research limitations/implications – Further research and more samples are needed to assess wider applicability of the present findings. Originality/value – The study highlights the roles of language and discourse in the construction and representation of municipal management and managers. It increases the importance of understanding the discursive elements of the new public management phenomenon. In addition, the study supplements the existing macro-level studies.

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The nature of managerial moral standards

Cited by 46 publications

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Why the Responsible Practice of Business Ethics Calls for a Due Regard for History

Why the Responsible Practice of Business Ethics Calls for a Due Regard for History

Work Anomie in an Organisation

Apposition, contradiction, conflict and domination

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