This exciting new text engages with the issue of ethical dilemmas encountered in different organizations. By exploring the conditions that lead to these dilemmas and the strategies used to deal with or steer away from them, this book provides a deeper understanding of ethical processes.
Christina Garsten is Professor and Chair of the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Tor Hernes is Professor in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
1. Introduction: Dilemmas of Ethical Organizing Christina Garsten and Tor Hernes 2. Risk, Responsibility and Conscience Tore Bakken 3. White as Snow or Milk? Tor Hernes, Gerhard E. Schjelderup and Anne Live Vaagaasar 4. Does Rule-Based Moral Management Work? A Case Study in Sexual Harassment Steve McKenna 5. Challenges to Leader Integrity Steven L. Grover and Robert Moorman 6. Transparency Tricks Christina Garsten and Monica Lindh de Montoya 7. The Power of Activism Debora L. Spar and Lane T. La Mure 8. Thoughts and Second Thoughts about Enron Ethics Ronald R. Sims and Johannes Brinkmann 9. No Smoke without Fire? Todd Bridgman 10. Overmanagement and the Problem of Moral Consciousness Hervé Laroche 11. Tying Some Ends Together Christina Garsten and Tor Hernes