Binding: Hardcover
Description: The world of wage labour seems to have become a soulless machine an engine of social and environmental destruction. Employees seem to be nothing but 'cogs in this system - but is this true? Located at the intersection of political theory moral philosophy and business ethics this book questions the picture of the world of work as a 'system'. Hierarchical organizations both in the public and in the private sphere have specific features of their own. This does not mean however that they cannot leave room for moral responsibility and maybe even human flourishing. Drawing on detailed empirical case studies Lisa Herzog analyses the nature of organizations from a normative perspective: their rule - bound character the ways in which they deal with divided knowledge and organizational cultures and their relation to morality. The volume examines how individual agency and organizational structures would have to mesh to avoid common moral pitfalls and develops the notion of 'transformational agency' which refers to a critical creative way of engaging with one's organizational role while remaining committed to basic moral norms. The volume goes on to explore the political and institutional changes that would be required to re - embed organizations into a just society. Whether we submit to 'the system or try to reclaim it Herzog argues is a question of eminent political importance in our globalized world.
Title: Reclaiming The System Moral Responsibility Divided Labour And The Role Of Organizations In Society
Author(s): Herzog Lisa (Professor Of Political Philosophy And Theory Professor Of Political Philosophy And Theory School Of Public Policy Technical University Of Munich)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198830405
Pages: 328 Pages
Publication Date: 1/1/2019
Category: Business Ethics & Social Responsibility