How To Be a ‘Wise’ Researcher: Learning from the Aristotelian Approach to Practical Wisdom

Sandrine Frémeaux (), Thibaut Bardon () and Clara Letierce ()
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Sandrine Frémeaux: Audencia Business School
Thibaut Bardon: Audencia Business School
Clara Letierce: Audencia Business School

Journal of Business Ethics, 2021, vol. 171, issue 4, No 2, 667-681

Abstract: Abstract How can you act ethically in a publication system that attempts to regulate research activity in a way that you might find, in many respects, to be unethical? In this article, we address this question by drawing on the Aristotelian perspective of practical wisdom. Drawing on thirty semi-structured interviews with academics working in French business schools, we outline different means through which they act ‘wisely’ by deliberating and focusing on what is within their power and in line with their best judgment. In particular, we show how some of them succeed in performing virtuous actions both within the publication system and beyond.

Keywords: Aristotle; Business school; Managerialism; Practical wisdom; Publish or perish (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-020-04434-3

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