Pub Date : 2005-10-13DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00403.X
S. Arkani, R. Theobald
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Pub Date : 2005-10-13DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00407.X
J. Pratten
{"title":"The attitude of a town's pub licensees to their responsibilities","authors":"J. Pratten","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00407.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00407.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"219 1","pages":"250-260"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88077029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-13DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00406.X
G. Napal
{"title":"Is bribery a culturally acceptable practice in Mauritius","authors":"G. Napal","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00406.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00406.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"27 1","pages":"231-249"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90587984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-13DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00404.X
D. Arnold, L. Hartman
Disputes concerning global labour practices are at the core of contemporary debates regarding globalization. Attention frequently focuses on the real or alleged unjust exploitation of workers in developing economies by multinational corporations (MNCs) and their suppliers. Critics charge MNCs with the unjust exploitation of workers in developing nations and seek laws restricting the use of sweatshop labour (Gray 1998, Kaplan 2001, Featherstone 2002). Many economists and sociologists retort that the existence of sweatshops is an important and inevitable feature of economic development, and that laws that seek to restrict the production of goods in sweatshops will harm the very people they were intended to help (Maitland 1997, Krugman 1999, Kristof 2000, Henderson 2001, Norberg 2003). However, insufficient attention has been paid to firms that engage in truly good and beneficial activities with regard to their global workforces, where the result is not a ‘sweatshop’ environment but is instead a safe and healthy workplace where labourers are treated with respect. Workers have basic rights that should not be violated, notwithstanding the geographical locale of their workplace. In this essay, we argue that the labour practices of ‘positive MNC deviants’ can serve as models for other MNCs that wish to respect human rights while taking advantage of the economic benefits of a global workforce. Positive deviants are MNCs that deviate from specific norms in praiseworthy ways. While positive deviancy can occur in reference to both strategic and legal norms, in this essay we are primarily concerned with positive deviance from ethical norms. In particular, we call attention to those positive MNC deviants in the footwear and apparel sector that demonstrate enhanced respect for basic human rights and corresponding workers’ rights. These positive deviants have used creative approaches to global labour practices in order to move beyond sweatshops and to provide workers with wages and working conditions that respect their basic human dignity. The organization of this essay is as follows. First, we outline the conventional debate over sweatshops. Second, we provide a summary of the basic human and workers’ rights that ought to be respected by employers. Third, we present a pioneering account of positive deviancy and explain why our view is preferable to two alternative views that have recently been defended in the literature. Next, we use recent empirical field studies of MNC factories in developing nations conducted by one of the present authors, together with other recent research, as a basis for arguing that MNCs are capable of voluntarily respecting the basic rights of workers while remaining economically competitive. Finally, we provide a summary of the numerous strategic Respectively, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA and Associate Vice President and Professor of Business Ethics, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
{"title":"Beyond Sweatshops: Positive Deviancy and Global Labour Practices","authors":"D. Arnold, L. Hartman","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00404.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00404.X","url":null,"abstract":"Disputes concerning global labour practices are at the core of contemporary debates regarding globalization. Attention frequently focuses on the real or alleged unjust exploitation of workers in developing economies by multinational corporations (MNCs) and their suppliers. Critics charge MNCs with the unjust exploitation of workers in developing nations and seek laws restricting the use of sweatshop labour (Gray 1998, Kaplan 2001, Featherstone 2002). Many economists and sociologists retort that the existence of sweatshops is an important and inevitable feature of economic development, and that laws that seek to restrict the production of goods in sweatshops will harm the very people they were intended to help (Maitland 1997, Krugman 1999, Kristof 2000, Henderson 2001, Norberg 2003). However, insufficient attention has been paid to firms that engage in truly good and beneficial activities with regard to their global workforces, where the result is not a ‘sweatshop’ environment but is instead a safe and healthy workplace where labourers are treated with respect. Workers have basic rights that should not be violated, notwithstanding the geographical locale of their workplace. In this essay, we argue that the labour practices of ‘positive MNC deviants’ can serve as models for other MNCs that wish to respect human rights while taking advantage of the economic benefits of a global workforce. Positive deviants are MNCs that deviate from specific norms in praiseworthy ways. While positive deviancy can occur in reference to both strategic and legal norms, in this essay we are primarily concerned with positive deviance from ethical norms. In particular, we call attention to those positive MNC deviants in the footwear and apparel sector that demonstrate enhanced respect for basic human rights and corresponding workers’ rights. These positive deviants have used creative approaches to global labour practices in order to move beyond sweatshops and to provide workers with wages and working conditions that respect their basic human dignity. The organization of this essay is as follows. First, we outline the conventional debate over sweatshops. Second, we provide a summary of the basic human and workers’ rights that ought to be respected by employers. Third, we present a pioneering account of positive deviancy and explain why our view is preferable to two alternative views that have recently been defended in the literature. Next, we use recent empirical field studies of MNC factories in developing nations conducted by one of the present authors, together with other recent research, as a basis for arguing that MNCs are capable of voluntarily respecting the basic rights of workers while remaining economically competitive. Finally, we provide a summary of the numerous strategic Respectively, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA and Associate Vice President and Professor of Business Ethics, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"146 1","pages":"206-222"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75053520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00414.X
Joanne B. Ciulla
The editors of this special issue asked me to write an article on the state of leadership ethics. In some ways, this is an easy assignment because the literature in this area is still quite small. In other ways, it is very difficult because I am not sure that there is a consensus on what constitutes the field of leadership ethics or whether it is a field rather than simply a topic. People might also disagree on what counts as an academic book or article on leadership ethics. As leadership ethics is still new and the approaches to it are quite fragmented, I would not presume to speak for everyone who works in this area. So what follows is a personal account of how I see the field, based on work that I have performed alone and with others over the last 14 years. I will highlight the problems that I have encountered, some areas that beg to be explored and, most importantly, some of the excellent new contributions to the field. Again, I emphasize that the field is still young and wide open for development. Please regard my take on it as a heuristic and not as something set in stone. The goal of this paper is to stimulate research. I am eager to see more scholars from outside of the USA writing on leadership ethics. We cannot begin to understand subjects like ethics and leadership without research from a variety of disciplines, cultures and points of view. Background
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Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00419.X
M. Broussine, Chris. Miller
{"title":"Leadership, ethical dilemmas and 'good' authority in public service partnership working","authors":"M. Broussine, Chris. Miller","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00419.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00419.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"34 1","pages":"379-391"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88017849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00416.X
T. Harle
{"title":"Serenity, courage and wisdom: changing competencies for leadership","authors":"T. Harle","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00416.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00416.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"36 1","pages":"348-358"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87709889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00417.X
D. Knights, Majella O'leary
{"title":"Reflecting on corporate scandals: the failure of ethical leadership","authors":"D. Knights, Majella O'leary","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00417.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00417.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"47 1","pages":"359-366"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89811910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00420.X
J. A. Andersen
{"title":"Trust in managers: a study of why Swedish subordinates trust their managers","authors":"J. A. Andersen","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00420.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00420.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"112 1","pages":"392-404"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87789364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-10-01DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00415.X
Frank Hamilton, Cynthia J. Bean
{"title":"The importance of context, beliefs and values in leadership development","authors":"Frank Hamilton, Cynthia J. Bean","doi":"10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00415.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1467-8608.2005.00415.X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47954,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics-A European Review","volume":"179 1","pages":"336-347"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74726359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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