Embedded ethics: Discourse and power in the New South Wales Police Service

Gordon, R; Clegg, S; Kornberger, M

Embedded ethics: Discourse and power in the New South Wales Police Service

Gordon, R Clegg, S

Kornberger, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Organization Studies, 2009, 30 (1), pp. 73 - 99
Issue Date:: 2009-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Gordon, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kornberger, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Organization Studies, 2009, 30 (1), pp. 73 - 99	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0170-8406	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10667
dc.description.abstract	In this paper we report an ethnographic research study conducted in one of the world's largest police organizations, the New South Wales Police Service. Our research question was, 'How do forms of power shape organizational members' ethical practices?' We look at existing theories that propose the deployment of two interrelated arguments: that ethics are embedded in organizational practices and discourse at a micro-level of everyday organizational life, which is contrasted with a focus on the macro-organizational, institutional forces that are seen to have an impact on ethics. Resisting this distinction between the 'micro' and the 'macro', we build on these two bodies of knowledge to explain ethical change as deeply embedded in power relations that traverse the scale of social action. copyright © 2009 SAGE Publications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Organization Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0170840608100515	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Embedded ethics: Discourse and power in the New South Wales Police Service	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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Abstract:

In this paper we report an ethnographic research study conducted in one of the world's largest police organizations, the New South Wales Police Service. Our research question was, 'How do forms of power shape organizational members' ethical practices?' We look at existing theories that propose the deployment of two interrelated arguments: that ethics are embedded in organizational practices and discourse at a micro-level of everyday organizational life, which is contrasted with a focus on the macro-organizational, institutional forces that are seen to have an impact on ethics. Resisting this distinction between the 'micro' and the 'macro', we build on these two bodies of knowledge to explain ethical change as deeply embedded in power relations that traverse the scale of social action. copyright © 2009 SAGE Publications.

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