Virtue at Work: Ethics for Individuals, Managers, and Organizations

Synopsis

'Virtue at Work' is about good organizations, good managers, and good people, and how these can contribute to good communities. It provides an integrated and philosophically-grounded framework that enables a coherent approach to organizations and organizational ethics from the perspective of practitioners in the workplace, from the perspective of managers in organizations, as well as from the perspective of organizations themselves. The philosophical grounding comes from the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. In line with MacIntyre's own commitments, 'Virtue at Work' makes philosophy down-to-earth and practical. It provides a new way of understanding ethics and organizations that is both realistic and attractive, but also challenging. And it also provides tough but realistic suggestions in order to put this approach into practice.-- Part I. Organizations and virtue ethics. Organizations and ethics -- Virtue ethics and organizational ethics -- A MacIntyrean approach to organizations and organizational ethics -- Part II. Implications for individuals, managers, and organizations. Implications for individuals -- Implications for managers -- Implications for organizations -- Part III. Organizational virtue ethics in practice. Virtue ethics in business organizations -- Virtue ethics in non-business organizations -- Conclusions. Geoff Moore. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index.