Ethical Judgments About Social Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Influence of Spatio-Cultural Meanings

Maria Margarida Avillez (), Andrew Greenman () and Susan Marlow ()
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Maria Margarida Avillez: Nottingham Trent University
Andrew Greenman: The University of Nottingham
Susan Marlow: University of Birmingham

Journal of Business Ethics, 2020, vol. 161, issue 4, No 9, 877-892

Abstract: Abstract Within this paper, we adopt a qualitative process approach to explore how ethical judgments are influenced by spatio-cultural meanings applied to social entrepreneurship in the context of Mozambique. We analyse how such ethical judgments emerged using data gathered over a 4 year period in Maputo. Our findings illustrate three modes used to inform ethical judgments: embracing, rejecting and integrating. These describe how ethical judgments transpire as participants evaluate social entrepreneurship drawing upon related global normative meanings and those embedded within the local context. This analysis offers a critical contribution regarding how ethical judgments regarding social entrepreneurship evolve from negotiation and interaction within a context of multiple spatio-cultural meanings.

Keywords: Social entrepreneurship; Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethical judgments; Process theory; Spatio-cultural meanings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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