Why Values in Organizations?

Ole Thyssen
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Ole Thyssen: Copenhagen Business School

Chapter 7 in Business Ethics and Organizational Values, 2009, pp 109-130 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The claim that an organization is required to fulfil values is so banal that it hardly deserves mention — and thus it has now been mentioned. Generally, however, these values are linked to organizational products. Inquiries about quality tend to focus on whether the metal or the education or the chicken meets certain requirements. An organization uses the fact that its products are in demand and the quality high to legitimize its existence. What goes on inside the organization is only interesting if it affects the product. Only if it turns out that chickens are infected with salmonella do the mass media begin to look into what happens behind closed doors. The organization then has to answer a number of questions, since refusing to answer is perceived as an answer, too: the organization is trying to hide something. But in daily life organizations are impenetrable.

Keywords: Business Ethic; Mass Medium; Sexual Harassment; Private Company; Goal Programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250932_7

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