Burton, Nicholas and Sinnicks, Matt (2022) Quaker Business Ethics as MacIntyrean Tradition. Journal of Business Ethics. pp. 507-518. ISSN 0167-4544
Abstract
This paper argues that Quaker business ethics can be understood as a MacIntyrean tradition. To do so, it draws on three key MacIntyrean concepts: community, compartmentalisation, and the critique of management. The emphasis in Quaker business ethics on finding unity, as well as the emphasis that Quaker businesses have placed on serving their local areas, accords with MacIntyre’s claim that small-scale community is essential to human flourishing. The emphasis on integrity in Quaker business ethics means practitioners are well-placed to resist the compartmentalising pressures of contemporary work. Quaker business ethics is also highly critical of the manipulative forms of management that MacIntyre regards as dominant. As such, Quaker business ethics provides evidence that more morally ameliorative forms of running business organisations is possible, even if they remain difficult to achieve.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021 |
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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: | 18 Jan 2021 12:00 |
Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2024 00:49 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04706-y |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10551-020-04706-y |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:170129 |
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