Moral Organizational Development
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2008-10-17
Author(s)
Spitzeck, Heiko
Abstract
The critique voiced by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) asks corporations to act responsibly and legitimately, in short to learn morally. Traditional theories of organizational learning have centred on organizational efficacy and efficiency and do not formulate a theory of moral organizational learning. By use of the case study of Citigroup and the critique voiced by the Rainforest Action Network this paper explores organizational moral learning paths and sketches a new approach to moral organizational development. In the conflict Citigroup learned to formulate new moral arguments to justify its behaviour and institutionalized new organizational structures to embed responsibility in its practices.
Language
English
Keywords
Organizational learning
Kohlberg
organizational development
cognitive learning
structural learning
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
o.V.
Start page
135
Event Title
21st Annual Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
Event Location
Antalya, Turkey
Event Date
17.-19.10.2008
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
50587