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Fashioning ethical subjectivity: The embodied ethics of entrepreneurial self-formation

Journal
Organization: the critical journal of organization, theory and society
ISSN
1350-5084
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2019-03-19
Author(s)
Poldner, Kim  
Branzei, Oana
Steyaert, Chris  
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508418793990
Abstract
Organizational ethics has attracted increasing attention, but how individuals make sense of themselves as ethical subjects is a yet to be explored domain. The few empirical articles on ethical subjectivity have focused on how people within organizations seek to find a balance between a sense of ethical selfhood and dominant organizational discourse. We are interested in the role of the body and embodied experiences in constructing the entrepreneurial self and how this process unfolds over time. Viewing entrepreneuring as an ethical practice, we rely on a larger study of 58 entrepreneurs and a smaller multi-modal ethnography of three entrepreneurs in the ethical fashion industry. Drawing on the Deleuzian four folds of subjectivity that we employ as an analytical device, the data analysis reveals how our protagonists use the body as sensor, source, and processor in constructing themselves as ethical subjects. Our study complements rational perspectives on ethical decision making in entrepreneurship and establishes the body as a primary mechanism for one’s formation as an ethical subject. Through connecting the body with ethics, we aim to disclose the continuous subtle interaction between morality and materiality in the process of entrepreneuring. Our abductive framework discloses how one’s body prompts and informs the development of moral actions and material artifacts.
Language
English
Keywords
Embodiment
entrepreneurship
ethics
process model
sustainable fashion
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage Publ.
Volume
26
Number
2
Start page
151
End page
174
Pages
24
URL
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/98827
Subject(s)

social sciences

cultural studies

Division(s)

OPSY - Research Insti...

Eprints ID
255647

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