Corporate Philanthropy as a Context for Moral Agency, a MacIntyrean Enquiry

Nicholson, H.; Beadle, R.; Slack, R.

doi:10.1007/s10551-019-04188-7

Corporate Philanthropy as a Context for Moral Agency, a MacIntyrean Enquiry

Nicholson, H.; Beadle, R.; Slack, R.

Authors

H. Nicholson

R. Beadle

Professor Richard Slack richard.slack@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

It has been claimed that ‘virtuous structures’ can foster moral agency in organisations. We investigate this in the context of employee involvement in corporate philanthropy, an activity whose moral status has been disputed. Employing Alasdair MacIntyre’s account of moral agency, we analyse the results of eight focus groups with employees engaged in corporate philanthropy in an employee-owned retailer, the John Lewis Partnership. Within this organisational context, Employee-Partners’ moral agency was evidenced in narrative accounts of their engagement in philanthropic activities and in their disputes about the moral status of corporate philanthropy.

Citation

Nicholson, H., Beadle, R., & Slack, R. (2020). Corporate Philanthropy as a Context for Moral Agency, a MacIntyrean Enquiry. Journal of Business Ethics, 167, 589-603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04188-7

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 16, 2019
Online Publication Date	May 29, 2019
Publication Date	2020-12
Deposit Date	May 17, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Jun 19, 2019
Journal	Journal of Business Ethics
Print ISSN	0167-4544
Electronic ISSN	1573-0697
Publisher	Springer
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	167
Pages	589-603
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04188-7
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1301114

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