Toward an Ethical Theory of Organizing

dc.contributor.authorNaveed Yazdani
dc.contributor.authorMurad, Hasan Sohaib
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-10T11:34:01Z
dc.date.available2014-04-10T11:34:01Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractCurrent organizations are underpinned by utilitarian ethics of Modernity. Pure economic motive driven organizations detach themselves from larger societal interest. Rising number of corporate scandals and intraorganizational income inequalities are breeding similar trends in society at large. Current organizations base their competitive advantage on resources and capabilities which boils down to economic supremacy at all cost whether it is named I/O or RBV of the firm. This theoretical article posits Ethics-based Trust as the main competency and capability for attaining sustained competitive advantage. It in no way condemns utility view of the firms but treats it as a natural yet secondary outcome of genuine ethicality of the firm. Cultivating an ethical culture in the firm through identifying antecedents, organizational practices, and the outcomes where profitability is an automatic but secondary outcome under the supremacy of ethics is detailed in the multilevel model presented in this article. The main call of this article is to posit ethics and morality over and above short-term profits so that organizations fulfill their trustee role for society through enacting socio-humanistic theories within organizations. A brief analysis of the proposed ethical theory of firm is undertaken in light of the ‘‘schooling’’ notion in the contemporary organization theory literature.en_US
dc.identifier.citationYazdani, N., & Murad, H. S. (2014). Toward an Ethical Theory of Organizing. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-19.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/1108
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Business Ethicsen_US
dc.subjectBusiness Ethicsen_US
dc.subjectTheory of Firmen_US
dc.subjectQuantum Organizationsen_US
dc.subjectTrust-Dependence View of Firmen_US
dc.subjectTransformative Learningen_US
dc.subjectEthical Leadershipen_US
dc.subjectOrganization Theory Schoolsen_US
dc.titleToward an Ethical Theory of Organizingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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