Hancock, Philip (2008) Embodied generosity and an ethics of organization. Organization Studies, Vol.29 (No.10). pp. 1357-1373. doi:10.1177/0170840608093545

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Abstract

In this essai I address the subject of organization and ethics. In contrast to both the Kantian legislative tradition, and the idea of organizational virtue, both of which are predominant within contemporary accounts of business ethics, I argue for an ethics of organization based on the principles of recognition. Such an ethics would be both intersubjective and embodied, sensitive to what Diprose (2002) has described as corporeal generosity. In doing so, I lay claim to a set of ontologically a priori conditions in order to provide an alternative ethical foundation for modes of organizing, as well as a retort to more mundane assumptions about the ethical character of organizational life.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Business ethics, Organizational behavior -- Moral and ethical aspects
Journal or Publication Title:	Organization Studies
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0170-8406
Official Date:	October 2008
Dates:	Date Event October 2008 Published
Volume:	Vol.29
Number:	No.10
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 1357-1373
DOI:	10.1177/0170840608093545
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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