Ethics and Empowerment

by Quinn, John J.

• ISBN13: 9781557531735
• ISBN10: 1557531730
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr

Summary

Amid the burgeoning literature on business ethics, Ethics and Empowerment provides an important lead in taking a well-known everyday management notion such as "empowerment" and using it to make "ethics" more relevant and accessible to the business world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Notes on the Contributors	xi
Introduction	1	(22)
Peter W.F. Davies
John J. Quinn
Is Empowerment Ethical? Why Ask the Question?	23	(18)
John J. Quinn
Part I Ethics and Empowerment: Power, Control and Autonomy
Empowerment and Justice	41	(49)
Frederick B. Bird
Does Empowerment Empower?	90	(25)
John Kaler
Organisational Empowerment: A Historical Perspective and Conceptual Framework	115	(32)
Julia M. Christensen Hughes
Ethico-power and the City	147	(23)
Keith Pheby
Ethics, Empowerment and Ownership	170	(27)
Peter W.F. Davies
Anne Mills
Part II Theory, and the Experience of Empowerment Strategies
Beyond Rhetoric: A Typology of Empowerment Strategies Found Within One Organisation	197	(38)
Julia M. Christensen Hughes
Empowerment and Teams: Ethics and the Implementation of Socio-technical Systems	235	(36)
Ian McLoughlin
Richard Badham
Paul Couchman
Negotiated Reality: The Meaning of Empowerment	271	(29)
Edna Ojeifo
Diana Winstanley
Empowerment in a Government Agency	300	(26)
Barbara Goodwin
Ethics and Empowerment: Managerial Discourse and the Case of Teleworking	326	(21)
Christopher Moon
Celia Stanworth
Part III Business and Society: The New Empowerment Responsibility
Empowering Consumers through Co-operatives	347	(22)
Johnston Birchall
Empowerment in a Community of Purpose	369	(24)
Richard C. Warren
The Social Responsibility of Businesses: To Empower Employees by Listening and Responding	393	(19)
Paul Joyce
Adrian Woods
Ethical Guidelines for an Empowered Organisation	412	(15)
Peter Jones
Name Index	427	(6)
Subject Index	433