Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices

Moore, G.

Abstract

This chapter will argue that any approach to character and virtue in professional organisations and practices that does not have an adequate conceptual framework for the inter-related individual-organisational-societal levels will fail to be much more than a plea for individuals to be virtuous at work, or for organisations to be in some sense ‘good’. The essay will then provide such a conceptual framework based on the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. It will apply this framework by critically considering the role of professional practices both as organisations / institutions in their own right and in relation to other organisations, where professional organisations and practices potentially have the ability to play a positive moderating role.

Citation

Moore, G. (2018). Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices. In D. Carr (Ed.), Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice (110-123). Routledge

• Online Publication Date: Jan 19, 2018
• Publication Date: Jan 19, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 2, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 19, 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 110-123
• Book Title: Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice.
• ISBN: 9781138742314
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1636754
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/9781138742314
• Contract Date: Jun 8, 2017