Normal Compassion: A Framework for Compassionate Decision Making

Simpson, AV; Clegg, S; Pitsis, T

Normal Compassion: A Framework for Compassionate Decision Making

Simpson, AV

Clegg, S

Pitsis, T

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Business Ethics, 2014, 119 (4), pp. 473 - 491
Issue Date:: 2014-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Simpson, AV https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7768-328X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pitsis, T https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9084-6373	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Business Ethics, 2014, 119 (4), pp. 473 - 491	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0167-4544	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/35936
dc.description.abstract	In this empirical paper, we present a model of the dynamic legitimizing processes involved in the receiving and giving of compassion. We focus on the idea of being 'worthy of compassion' and show how ideas on giving and receiving compassion are highly contestable. Recognition of a worthy recipient or giver of compassion constitutes a socially recognized claim to privilege, which has ethical managerial and organizational implications. We offer a model that assists managers in fostering ethical strength in their performance by encouraging reflection on the ethical complexity involved in compassion relations. The model emphasizes the dynamics of both the givers and receivers of compassion and so can also be used by organizations to both assess how others may view the legitimacy of their compassion relations and also to develop a positive organizational ethic of compassionate conduct. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Business Ethics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10551-013-1831-y	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Applied Ethics	en_US
dc.title	Normal Compassion: A Framework for Compassionate Decision Making	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	119	en_US
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utslib.for	1505 Marketing	en_US
utslib.for	2201 Applied Ethics	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
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
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	119	en_US

Abstract:

In this empirical paper, we present a model of the dynamic legitimizing processes involved in the receiving and giving of compassion. We focus on the idea of being 'worthy of compassion' and show how ideas on giving and receiving compassion are highly contestable. Recognition of a worthy recipient or giver of compassion constitutes a socially recognized claim to privilege, which has ethical managerial and organizational implications. We offer a model that assists managers in fostering ethical strength in their performance by encouraging reflection on the ethical complexity involved in compassion relations. The model emphasizes the dynamics of both the givers and receivers of compassion and so can also be used by organizations to both assess how others may view the legitimacy of their compassion relations and also to develop a positive organizational ethic of compassionate conduct. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

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