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Article: Re-evaluating the realist conception of war as a business metaphor
| Title | Re-evaluating the realist conception of war as a business metaphor |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Keywords | Aristotlean ethics Corporate strategy Ethical relativism War analogy Whistleblowing |
| Issue Date | 1999 |
| Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1382-6891 |
| Citation | Teaching Business Ethics, 1999, v. 3 n. 1, p. 27 - 35 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | The state of war is a popular metaphor employed by many business writers seeking to explain the imperatives of strategic decision-making. It is a metaphor which draws on a “realist” characterisation of war as a Hobbesian state of nature devoid of a moral dimension. However, the work of Walzer (1977) has demonstrated that rules of war, established over generations and across cultural divides, play a significant role in the conduct of warfare. Through identifying and analysing rules of war in parallel with ethical dilemmas in business life, such as whistleblowing, it is possible to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the war metaphor in place of simplified, state of nature realism. This alternative version of the war metaphor is a useful means of introducing students to Aristotlean virtues as well as challenging their preconceptions about the nature of business activity. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/169901 |
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Macfarlane, BJ | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-26T00:48:35Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-26T00:48:35Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Teaching Business Ethics, 1999, v. 3 n. 1, p. 27 - 35 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1382-6891 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/169901 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The state of war is a popular metaphor employed by many business writers seeking to explain the imperatives of strategic decision-making. It is a metaphor which draws on a “realist” characterisation of war as a Hobbesian state of nature devoid of a moral dimension. However, the work of Walzer (1977) has demonstrated that rules of war, established over generations and across cultural divides, play a significant role in the conduct of warfare. Through identifying and analysing rules of war in parallel with ethical dilemmas in business life, such as whistleblowing, it is possible to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the war metaphor in place of simplified, state of nature realism. This alternative version of the war metaphor is a useful means of introducing students to Aristotlean virtues as well as challenging their preconceptions about the nature of business activity. | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1382-6891 | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Teaching Business Ethics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aristotlean ethics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Corporate strategy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethical relativism | en_US |
| dc.subject | War analogy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Whistleblowing | en_US |
| dc.title | Re-evaluating the realist conception of war as a business metaphor | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Macfarlane, BJ: bmac@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Macfarlane, BJ=rp01422 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1023/A:1009753807317 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.volume | 3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.spage | 27 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.epage | 35 | en_US |
| dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 1382-6891 | - |