Enabling the Epistemic Authority of Domestic Violence Survivors in a Work Setting

Schweinsberg, D; Schweinsberg, S

Enabling the Epistemic Authority of Domestic Violence Survivors in a Work Setting

Schweinsberg, D Schweinsberg, S

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Publisher:: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, 2024, 16, (3), pp. 67-84
Issue Date:: 2024-12-17

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dc.contributor.author	Schweinsberg, D
dc.contributor.author	Schweinsberg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8820-8302
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-06T05:59:42Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-06T05:59:42Z
dc.date.issued	2024-12-17
dc.identifier.citation	Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, 2024, 16, (3), pp. 67-84
dc.identifier.issn	1837-5391
dc.identifier.issn	1837-5391
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/185545
dc.description.abstract	Domestic violence is a social issue, which can cause immense pain and suffering to people in our community. However, it also presents a challenge to business. How can businesses offer support to domestic violence survivors to navigate an immediate crisis situation or, if they wish, to empower survivors with the epistemic authority to apply their own personal experiences and knowledge to affect change in an organisation? In this paper we argue that managers have an important role to play in enabling the epistemic authority of members of the workforce which have been affected by domestic violence. We argue that the ability of a manager to enable a domestic violence survivor is grounded in that manager’s willingness to critically examine their own sense of self. Will they be guided by the prevailing cultural understanding around domestic violence in their organisation? Or will they be guided by their own values and understanding? We examine these questions with reference to West’s (2008) model of existential ethical decision making.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
dc.relation.ispartof	Cosmopolitan Civil Societies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.5130/ccs.v16.i3.8957
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dc.subject	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 16 Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.classification	35 Commerce, management, tourism and services
dc.subject.classification	44 Human society
dc.title	Enabling the Epistemic Authority of Domestic Violence Survivors in a Work Setting
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Domestic violence is a social issue, which can cause immense pain and suffering to people in our community. However, it also presents a challenge to business. How can businesses offer support to domestic violence survivors to navigate an immediate crisis situation or, if they wish, to empower survivors with the epistemic authority to apply their own personal experiences and knowledge to affect change in an organisation? In this paper we argue that managers have an important role to play in enabling the epistemic authority of members of the workforce which have been affected by domestic violence. We argue that the ability of a manager to enable a domestic violence survivor is grounded in that manager’s willingness to critically examine their own sense of self. Will they be guided by the prevailing cultural understanding around domestic violence in their organisation? Or will they be guided by their own values and understanding? We examine these questions with reference to West’s (2008) model of existential ethical decision making.

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