Business ethics as practice

Clegg, S; Kornberger, M; Rhodes, C

Business ethics as practice

Clegg, S

Kornberger, M Rhodes, C

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Citation:: British Journal of Management, 2007, 18 (2), pp. 107 - 122
Issue Date:: 2007-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kornberger, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rhodes, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-2872	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	British Journal of Management, 2007, 18 (2), pp. 107 - 122	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1045-3172	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5438
dc.description.abstract	In this article we develop a conceptualization of business ethics as practice. Starting from the view that the ethics that organizations display in practice will have been forged through an ongoing process of debate and contestation over moral choices, we examine ethics in relation to the ambiguous, unpredictable, and subjective contexts of managerial action. Furthermore, we examine how discursively constituted practice relates to managerial subjectivity and the possibilities of managers being moral agents. The article concludes by discussing how the 'ethics as practice' approach that we expound provides theoretical resources for studying the different ways that ethics manifest themselves in organizations as well as providing a practical application of ethics in organizations that goes beyond moralistic and legalistic approaches. © 2006 British Academy of Management.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	British Journal of Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00493.x	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Business ethics as practice	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	18	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1505 Marketing	en_US
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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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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	18	en_US

Abstract:

In this article we develop a conceptualization of business ethics as practice. Starting from the view that the ethics that organizations display in practice will have been forged through an ongoing process of debate and contestation over moral choices, we examine ethics in relation to the ambiguous, unpredictable, and subjective contexts of managerial action. Furthermore, we examine how discursively constituted practice relates to managerial subjectivity and the possibilities of managers being moral agents. The article concludes by discussing how the 'ethics as practice' approach that we expound provides theoretical resources for studying the different ways that ethics manifest themselves in organizations as well as providing a practical application of ethics in organizations that goes beyond moralistic and legalistic approaches. © 2006 British Academy of Management.

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