... about such things as local languages, religions, cultural and business practices, and political an...
Organisational spirituality has gained popularity. While some authors see a spiritually fulfilling workplace as a benefit for employees and organisations alike, critical authors point out the potentially totalising effects of organisations that try to colonise employees' minds, hearts and souls. Whereas most existing critical studies are based on literature analyses and mainly refer to societal developments and how organisations are affected by them, the paper at hand provides a single case study on the organisational level. The case study allows a more detailed examination of how organisations can employ spirituality to serve organisational goals. The article identifies three aspects in which workplace spirituality can be misused: to mislead members about the nature of their work, abou...
... 1998) because it offers its members its own world- view and a strong community of believers (see als... a link to institutionalised forms of religions such as ecclesiastical institutions. This is a rel...
This paper examines the social relationships in and around a German subsidiary in Hungary during the first 15 years of Hungarian transition to a market economy. It draws on a recent conceptual framework that sees multinational corporations as transnational social spaces, in which transnational communities - communities of individuals that exhibit a unique cross-national organisational identity - may emerge. Empirically investigating two basic types of cross-border social relationship in multinational corporations, the paper argues that, due to the constant interplay of crossborder management and ownership relationships, the emergence of transnational communities is a demanding process, with established communities being precarious entities.
... most intriguing organisations in the modern world. Their organisational differentiation and geograph... states, economic systems, cultures, and religions. This controversy, along with a colourful history ...
Ethics in the Economy. Handbook of Business Ethics, edited by Laszlo Zsolnai, is reviewed.
... global commons, but his vision of the world's future is one with less economic globalization. ..., the economic teachings of the world religions have the potential to challenge the way capitalism...
In recent times, the question about the proper essence of a Christian economic ethics has rarely been asked explicitly. However, the concept of a post-secular society, as presented by Jürgen Habermas, offers renewed access. The necessary foundation for this approach involves the relationship between belief and reason as the basis for communication, the concept of 'being made in God's own likeness' as regulating factor and the association with the Christian way of life as a prerequisite for responsible economic activity. One possible consequence hereof is to see the social market economy as a third way, situated between socialism and capitalism, with its extra-economic prerequisites and its particular relationship between market and state. After all, the aim is also to consider the role ...
... should conserve the moral potentials of religions (Habermas 2001)? We should continue by dealing wit..., can be considered an exception on the world stage. Second, he states, the idea that from an au...
Human rights have traditionally been considered a domain of governments. The ongoing economic globalization, however, has rendered this state-centered view increasingly inadequate. In this contribution we will argue that also the powerful transnational corporations must bear more and more direct responsibility for the impact of their actions on human rights. Florian Wettstein and Sandra Waddock will first clarify the conceptual connection between existing approaches to corporate citizenship (CC) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the newly emerging "business and human rights" debate. Partly in contradiction to the "traditional" view on CSR/CC as a voluntary affair for business, we will then plea for mandatory human rights standards for corporations. However, human rights obli...
... Bretton Woods organizations, that is, the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International ... that bind" across nations, cultures, religions and traditions in what they call "hypernorms". Hyp...
This paper considers the impact of ethnocentric policies, using as an example diversity policies, created by Multinational Companies (MNCs), Non Government Organisations (NGOs) and international agencies then imposed on a host country and its population. Examples of practices in the Asian Pacific region illustrate how the experience of colonialisation, war and migration have major impact on perceptions of the Host Country governments and nationals The paper discusses possible reasons for Host Country Nationals (HCNs) to resist foreign, apparently, ethnocentric policies. The resistance is often based on the experience of being colonised or the fragile social cohesiveness by the host nations. The motives of the MNC are often perceived to be to weaken the host nation and its organisations ...
... countries that are leading economies of the world. secondly, they are all 'Western' nations, includi... and followers of other and no religions) to be depraved. The HCNs in many places outside t...
This paper proposes a socio-psychological approach for empirical research into the influence of civil society contexts on the practices of individual economic actors. This methodological approach is based on social theories that explicitly take into account the link between structure and agency, and the paper explains how such framework can be utilized in qualitative interview-based studies. To illustrate the usefulness of such socio-psychological approach, the paper reports on the findings of a research project that used this methodology as it sought to investigate the influence of Christianity on SME owner-managers' conceptualizations of practice.
..., Giddens does not think that the social world should be solely understood in terms of 'objective... sociopsychological analysis are other religions (Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism etc.), as they...
Applied Ethics in Management, edited by Chakraborty and Chatterjee, is reviewed.
...In a multicultural world with different languages, values, belief systems aand religions transnational communicators work under new conditi...
This paper portrays "neo-liberalism" in its original conceptual meaning as opposed to the generic term of depreciation which it is commonly used. Fair competition is identified and the denial of all privilege is declared as the major concern of neo-liberals. Ethical merit for competition might, at first sight, be based on only two principles: individual natural rights (equal liberty) and socially desirable outcomes ("unintended altruism"). It was the neo-liberal idea to put fairness-norms or universally applicable rules of just behavior between an unqualified "input-based" ethics and an unqualified "output-based" ethical consequentialism. The enforcement of such rules is a major obligation of the state. Today, the European Union assumes the role of "guardian" of competition. In a certai...
... should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies... amongst principalities, states, religions, schools of thought, and thus of laws, institution...
ver las páginas en versión mobile | web
ver las páginas en versión mobile | web
© Copyright 2012, vLex. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
vLex-Inhalte Deutschland
vLex durchsuchen
Für Berufstätige
Für Mitglieder
Andere interessante Suchvorgänge:
kakao berlin | staatsbibliothek bremen | indien boutique | Käserei | duties and powers of the president | pouvoir d'achat définition | resumo deliberação 29 | farm rental property | harmful plants to horses | cooperação financeira internacional
