The contribution of fiction to organizational ethics

Alasdair MacIntyre described humans as storytelling animals. Stories are essential to any organization. They help organizations define who they are, what they do, and how they do it. Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, in explaining their well-known search for excellence in leading organizations, wrote...

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Other Authors Schwartz, Michael (College teacher), Harris, Howard
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
SeriesResearch in ethical issues in organizations ; v. 11.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781783509485
ISSN1529-2096 ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xiii, 206 p.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Fictive creativity and morality : a multi-dimensional exploration / Daryl Koehn
  • Otherness in self and organisations : Kafka's The metamorphosis to stir moral reflection / CĂ©cile Rozuel
  • Wired to fail : virtue and dysfunction in Baltimores narrative / Hugh Breakey
  • Profile of a narcissistic leader : Coffee's for closers only / John F. Ehrich, Lisa C. Ehrich
  • Into darkness : a study of deviance in Star Trek / Jonathan Furneaux, Craig Furneaux
  • Why moral philosophy cannot explain Oskar Schindler but Keneally's novel can / Michael Schwartz, Debra R. Comer
  • A critique of business school narratives and protagonists with help from Henri Bergson and Friedrich Nietzsche / Rosa Slegers
  • How stories can be used in organisations seeking to teach the virtues / Katalin Illes, Howard Harris
  • Using films to teach business ethics students / Teressa L. Elliott, Catherine Neal.