 Management and Social Justice: An Oxymoron, a Pipedream, or an Inevitability?Latha Poonamallee (),
Anita D. Howard () and
Simy Joy ()
Chapter Chapter 1 in Managing for Social Justice, 2023, pp 1-13 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The title may sound a bit tongue in cheek, but the question is a serious one. Can management theorists, managers, and organizations even afford to ignore pertaining to social justice, inclusion, and equity today? At a very minimum, all organizations are concerned about managing risks around public image and stakeholder relations including how we manage or steward the natural resources. These challenges are not restricted to only private sector organizations. Nonprofits and public sector organizations must also contend with similar dilemmas regarding how to be more just and inclusive. All organizations and managers must therefore reflect upon how to engage with those who they are purported to serve in thoughtful, inclusive, and empowering ways preserving and advancing basic human dignity regardless of race, gender, class, sexual preference, or any other form of difference that gets weaponized to create a hierarchy and reified structures of oppression that restrict equitable access to power, resources, and opportunities. Keywords: Management theory; Management education; Social justice; Organizational justice (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-19971-4_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19971-4_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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