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Virtue in Organizations: Moral Identity as a Foundation for Moral Agency
Abstract
Framing issues of organizational ethics in terms of virtues and moral agency (rather than in terms of rules and ethical behavior) has implications for the way social science addresses matters of morality in organizations. In particular, attending to matters of virtue and moral agency directs attention to the moral identity, or self-concept, of persons, and to the circumstances that influence self-identity. This article develops parallels between philosophical theories of virtue and the concept of moral identity as developed in social cognitive identity theory. Explicating notions of virtue and moral agency in terms of social cognitive identity theory, in turn, helps direct attention to a range of factors—including both organizational and extraorganizational, macro-cultural ones—that can foster or inhibit moral agency in organizations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Weaver, G. R.
- Venue
- Organization Studies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-03
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 341-368
- ISSN
- 0170-8406 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3044
- OpenAlex
- W1994791463
- Cited by
- 345
- References
- 15
- FWCI
- 26.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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