On the dark side of codes: Domination not enlightenment

Helin, S; Jensen, T; Sandström, J; Clegg, S

On the dark side of codes: Domination not enlightenment

Helin, S Jensen, T Sandström, J Clegg, S

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Citation:: Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2011, 27 (1), pp. 24 - 33
Issue Date:: 2011-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Helin, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jensen, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sandström, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2011, 27 (1), pp. 24 - 33	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0956-5221	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18941
dc.description.abstract	In this paper, we show how a middle manager interprets the action of two employees as problematic and how he solves it by using the company's code of ethics as the basis for firing them. Our telling of the story unmasks a darker side of codes and we conceptualize it in terms of power and domination. The paper contributes to the literature on corporate codes of ethics (CCEs) and corporate ethics programs by showing that such codes need not necessarily play an enabling role in organizations. Rather than being instruments of enlightenment and self-regulation, they may be used as instruments to further domination. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Scandinavian Journal of Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.scaman.2010.12.001	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	On the dark side of codes: Domination not enlightenment	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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In this paper, we show how a middle manager interprets the action of two employees as problematic and how he solves it by using the company's code of ethics as the basis for firing them. Our telling of the story unmasks a darker side of codes and we conceptualize it in terms of power and domination. The paper contributes to the literature on corporate codes of ethics (CCEs) and corporate ethics programs by showing that such codes need not necessarily play an enabling role in organizations. Rather than being instruments of enlightenment and self-regulation, they may be used as instruments to further domination. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

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