The Hidden moral language of organizations
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog3778
- Author
- Massie, Robert (Robert Kinloch), 1956-
- Publication Date
- [1995]
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- HD 30.23 M37 1995
- Place of Publication
- Tulsa OK
- Publisher
- University of Tulsa, Faculty of Philosophy and Religion
- Publication Date
- [1995]
- Physical Description
- [29] p., 1 diagram ; 21.2 x 14 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Cover title.
- At head of title: The Rita and William H. Bell Professorship in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies.
- "[By] Robert Kinloch Massie, Jr."
- "Public Lecture, the University of Tulsa, October 15, 1995".
- "In this essay I will argue that individuals merge moral deliberation and policy formulation by translating their values into a defined group of organizational principles. In combination these principles provide a common structure that underlies the distinctive moral languages of different organizations. In brief, I contend that when members of organizations are asked to deliberate about policy they appeal to five different core principles, or `organizational imperatives' : survival, growth, efficiency, legitimacy, and consistency. While under normal conditions participants in policy discussions rely most heavily on the growth and efficiency imperatives, conditions of crisis transform those deliberations in such a manner that legitimacy, consistency, and survival emerge as the most important. At the end I will offer some reflections on the implications of these insights, suggesting that with this typology we can 1) better understand policy debates taking place within organizations 2) craft more effective arguments to influence the direction of policy and 3) reshape our institutions so that they are more likely to take ethical considerations into account as they establish and implement their plans". -- Intro., pp. [1-2].
- Contents divided into six main sections: Introduction -- The Example of Acme Ethico -- Preliminary Considerations -- The Formation of a Deliberative Group -- The Language of Organizational Imperatives -- Implications.
- Brief note re "The Bell Distinguished Visting Professorship and Lecture Series" on inside front cover.
- "On October 15, 1995, Professor Robert Kinloch Massie, Jr., Director of the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School, presented the seventh public lecture in the series". -- inside front cover.
- Series
- Bell Distinguished Visiting Professorship and Lecture series ; 7
- Bell lecture series (University of Tulsa) ; 1995
- Added Entry
- University of Tulsa. Rita and William H. Bell Professorship in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies
- Subjects
- Associations, institutions, etc. - Decision making
- Ethics
- Business ethics
- Decision making - Moral and ethical aspects
- Corporate social responsibility
- Call Number
- HD 30.23 M37 1995
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)