Moral Imagination and the Search for Ethical Decision-Making in Management

ruffin_darden ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 75-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia H. Werhane ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Imagination

Moral Imagination in Organizational Problem-solving

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Vidaver-Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Organizational Problem

Abstract:This essay responds to Patricia Werhane’s 1994 Ruffin Lecture address, “Moral Imagination and the Search for Ethical Decision-making in Management,” using institutional theory as an analytical framework to explore conditions that either inhibit or promote moral imagination in organizational problem-solving. Implications of the analysis for managing organizational change and for business ethics theory development are proposed.

Imagination, Fantasy, Wishful Thinking and Truth: Life is translation and we are all lost in it. (Clifford Geertz)

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne B. Ciulla
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Wishful Thinking ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Conceptual Schemes ◽  
Clifford Geertz ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Way

In “Moral Imagination and the Search for Ethical Decision-Making,” Patricia H. Werhane observes that people and institutions sometimes do unethical things because they have a narrow perspective on their situation and little in the way of moral imagination. She defines moral imagination as “an ability to imaginatively discern various possibilities for acting in a given situation and to envision the potential help and harm that are likely to result from a given action.” Werhane’s paper focuses on how the conceptual schemes of people and organizations hinder the exercise of moral imagination. She develops two key concepts for understanding moral imagination, memory or moral amnesia and empathy. Both of these give us a better picture of how imagination bridges the gap between moral principles and actions.

Moral Imagination in Organizational Problem-Solving: An Institutional Perspective

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. 123-148
Author(s):  
Deborah Vidaver-Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Organizational Problem

Abstract:This essay responds to Patricia Werhane’s 1994 Ruffin Lecture address, “Moral Imagination and the Search for Ethical Decision-making in Management,” using institutional theory as an analytical framework to explore conditions that either inhibit or promote moral imagination in organizational problem-solving. Implications of the analysis for managing organizational change and for business ethics theory development are proposed.

Utility, Duty, Morality, and Justice

2015 ◽  
pp. 16-23
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Moral Virtue ◽  
The Other ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Good Will ◽  
The Mean

Utility is the theory of the greatest happiness to as many people as possible. The end justifies the means where consequences matter and what makes the action moral is the result. Duty deontology implies that we are doing a good job as long as we are following the rules even if it is against our will. It is our duty, our obligation, even sometimes leading to pain. All actions and decisions should be of a good will regardless of the results. On the other hand, moral virtue is acquired by habit and does not come by nature. Virtue represents the mean between extremes. Therefore, moral virtue has to do with feelings followed by actions, where the mean is not always the middle of two opposite extremes. This chapter explores utility, duty, morality, and justice as philosophical foundations of moral imagination in ethical decision making.

Moral Imagination in Organizational Problem-Solving

ruffin_darden ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 123-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Vidaver-Cohen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Organizational Problem

This essay responds to Patricia Werhane's 1994 Ruffin Lecture address, "Moral Imagination and the Search for Ethical Decision-making in Management," using institutional theory as an analytical framework to explore conditions that either inhibit or promote moral imagination in organizational problem-solving. Implications of the analysis for managing organizational change and for business ethics theory development are proposed.

scholarly journals Moral Imagination And Ethics For The Accounting Professional

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence M. Metzger
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Ethical Conduct ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Accounting Professionals

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The accounting professional, whether s/he be in the private or public sector, faces many situations in his/her day-to-day activities that require thoughts and actions that have ethical overtones. One needs only look at the Enron situation to verify this idea. While the accounting profession has long had established codes of ethical conduct, these codes are by no means the be all and end all of ethical decision-making. So while accounting professionals can certainly refer to and use the relevant code of ethics for a particular situation, it is clear that these by themselves are not usually sufficient in depth and detail to solve all but the most straightforward, if there is such a thing, situations. To address most ethical situations calls for thinking far beyond the tenets of a code of ethics. It requires significant intellectual capacities and specific skills. Specifically, it requires moral imagination.</span></span></p>

The psychologist’s role in ethical decision making: Adolescent bariatric surgery.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin L. Price ◽  
Margaret E. Lee ◽  
Gia A. Washington ◽  
Mary L. Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
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