Sinnicks, Matthew (2020) The Just World Fallacy as a Challenge to the Business-As-Community Thesis. Business & Society. pp. 1269-1292. ISSN 0007-6503
Abstract
The notion that business organizations are akin to Aristotelian political communities has been a central feature of research into virtue ethics in business. In this article, I begin by outlining this “community thesis” and go on to argue that psychological research into the “just world fallacy” presents it with a significant challenge. The just world fallacy undermines our ability to implement an Aristotelian conception of justice, to each as he or she is due, and imperils the relational equality required for shared participation in communities. In the final section, I offer a description of what Aristotelian community might look like within organizations, and some suggestions about how it may be possible to resist the challenge posed by the just world fallacy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Aristotelianism, business ethics, communities, just world fallacy, virtue ethics |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2019 08:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 16:05 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650318759486 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0007650318759486 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151685 |
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