The age of responsibilization: on market-embedded morality

Shamir, Ronen

doi:10.1080/03085140701760833

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The age of responsibilization: on market-embedded morality

Shamir, Ronen·2008·Economy and Society

DOI 10.1080/03085140701760833

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This article explores emerging discursive formations concerning the relationship of business and morality. It suggests that contemporary tendencies to economize public domains and methods of government also dialectically produce tendencies to moralize markets in general and business enterprises in particular. The article invokes the concept of ‘responsibilization’ as means of accounting for the epistemological and practical consequences of such processes. Looking at the underlying ‘market rationality’ of governance, and critically examining the notion of ‘corporate social responsibility’, it concludes that the moralization of markets further sustains, rather than undermining, neo-liberal governmentalities and neo-liberal visions of civil society, citizenship and responsible social action.

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Shamir (2008) discussed that responsibilisation involves placing teachers at the forefront of accountability for outcomes beyond their direct control, such as students' achievements and overall school advancement.
“Shamir (2008), calling it responsibilisation, discussed that this notion involves placing teachers at the forefront of accountability for outcomes beyond their direct control, such as students' achievements and overall school advancement.”
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Imparting knowledge may place undue burden on people by making them responsible for tasks they lack the mental, financial, temporal, etc. capabilities for, a process called responsibilization.
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Authors: Shamir, R.
Corresponding author: Shamir, Ronen
ORCID: Shamir, Ronen
Venue: Economy and Society
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2008-02
Volume: 37
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-19
ISSN: 0308-5147 (ISSN-L)
1469-5766
DOI: 10.1080/03085140701760833
OpenAlex: W2034306838
Cited by: 1,025
References: 81
Citations by year: 2026: 47 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 100 · 2019: 104 · 2018: 72 · 2017: 63 · 2016: 48 · 2015: 55 · 2014: 40 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 33
FWCI: 71.50
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Economy and Society (publishedVersion, public-domain)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Foucault, Power, and Ethics
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Globalization and political ideologies
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Keywords: responsibilization, market rationality, corporate social responsibility, neoliberalism, neoliberal governmentality, civil society, citizenship

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