Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices

Moore, G.

Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices

Moore, G.

Authors

Professor Geoff Moore geoff.moore@durham.ac.uk
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

Contributors

D. Carr
Editor

Abstract

This chapter will argue that any approach to character and virtue in professional organisations and practices that does not have an adequate conceptual framework for the inter-related individual-organisational-societal levels will fail to be much more than a plea for individuals to be virtuous at work, or for organisations to be in some sense ‘good’. The essay will then provide such a conceptual framework based on the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. It will apply this framework by critically considering the role of professional practices both as organisations / institutions in their own right and in relation to other organisations, where professional organisations and practices potentially have the ability to play a positive moderating role.

Citation

Moore, G. (2018). Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices. In D. Carr (Ed.), Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice (110-123). Routledge

Acceptance Date	Jun 8, 2017
Online Publication Date	Jan 19, 2018
Publication Date	Jan 19, 2018
Deposit Date	Feb 2, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Jul 19, 2019
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	110-123
Book Title	Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice.
ISBN	9781138742314
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1636754
Publisher URL	https://www.routledge.com/9781138742314

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice on [date of publication], available online: https://www.routledge.com/9781138742314