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The Serious Business of Jokes: An Interview with Onno Bouwmeester (2024)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2024). The Serious Business of Jokes: An Interview with Onno Bouwmeester. Philosophy of Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40926-024-00311-5

This article is a transcript of an interview with Onno Bouwmeester, Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing, Durham University Business School, UK, and the Department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The i... Read More about The Serious Business of Jokes: An Interview with Onno Bouwmeester.

Virtuous organizations: Desire, consumption and human flourishing in an era of climate change (2022)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2022). Virtuous organizations: Desire, consumption and human flourishing in an era of climate change. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, Article 960054. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.960054

The notion of virtuous organizations has an established place in the business ethics/organization studies literature. But this conceptualization drew principally on Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue. His more recent work Ethics in the Conflicts of Mo... Read More about Virtuous organizations: Desire, consumption and human flourishing in an era of climate change.

A MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics Perspective on Humanizing Business (2022)
Book Chapter
Moore, G. (2022). A MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics Perspective on Humanizing Business. In M. Dion, R. E. Freeman, & S. D. Dmytriyev (Eds.), Humanizing Business (33-42). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72204-3_3

This chapter draws on the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre to present a virtue ethics perspective on humanizing business. It begins by setting out the core elements of the relevant aspects of MacIntyre’s work as they apply firstly to... Read More about A MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics Perspective on Humanizing Business.

CSR and Corporate Character (2021)
Book Chapter
Moore, G. (2021). CSR and Corporate Character. In T. Maak, N. Pless, M. Orlitzky, & S. Sandhu (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility (67-77). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003152651

This chapter begins with a critique of corporate social responsibility both as, in my view, a necessary corrective to the current debate, and as a means of justifying the need for an alternative approach. The chapter then sets out just such an altern... Read More about CSR and Corporate Character.

Learning from MacIntyre (2020)
Book
Beadle, R., & Moore, G. (Eds.). (2020). Learning from MacIntyre. Wipf and Stock

From Harmony to Conflict: MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics in a Confucian Tradition (2019)
Journal Article
Chu, I., & Moore, G. (2020). From Harmony to Conflict: MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics in a Confucian Tradition. Journal of Business Ethics, 165(2), 221-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04305-6

This paper explores whether MacIntyrean virtue ethics concepts are applicable in non-Western business contexts, specifically in SMEs in Taiwan a country strongly influenced by the Confucian tradition. It also explores what differences exist between d... Read More about From Harmony to Conflict: MacIntyrean Virtue Ethics in a Confucian Tradition.

Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices (2018)
Book Chapter
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

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 mor... Read More about Organizations, character, virtue and the role of professional practices.

Virtue at Work: Ethics for Individuals, Managers, and Organizations (2017)
Book
Moore, G. (2017). Virtue at Work: Ethics for Individuals, Managers, and Organizations. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198793441.001.0001

Virtue at Work is about good organizations, good managers, and good people, and how these can contribute to good communities. It provides an integrated and philosophically-grounded framework that enables a coherent approach to organizations and organ... Read More about Virtue at Work: Ethics for Individuals, Managers, and Organizations.

Organizational character and agency (2017)
Book Chapter
Moore, G. (2017). Organizational character and agency. In A. J. G. Sison, G. R. Beabout, & I. Ferrero (Eds.), Handbook of virtue ethics in business management (591-599). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6510-8_32

This subsection of the handbook focuses on individual and organizational virtues. To set the context, this introductory chapter addresses the question of whether and how we may speak sensibly of virtues and vices of organizations, as well as of the i... Read More about Organizational character and agency.

Bringing morality back in: institutional theory and MacIntyre (2016)
Journal Article
Moore, G., & Grandy, G. (2017). Bringing morality back in: institutional theory and MacIntyre. Journal of Management Inquiry, 26(2), 146-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492616670754

This article sets out to explore the extent to which the moral dimension is an essential component in organizational life. From a theoretical viewpoint, it argues that institutional theory lacks a positive account of the role of morality at the organ... Read More about Bringing morality back in: institutional theory and MacIntyre.

Re-imagining the morality of management: a modern virtue ethics approach. (2016)
Book Chapter
Moore, G. (in press). Re-imagining the morality of management: a modern virtue ethics approach. In H. Harris, G. Wijesinghe, & S. McKenzie (Eds.), The heart of the good institution. Virtue ethics as a framework for responsible management (483-511). (4). Springer Verlag

Corporate character, corporate virtues (2015)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2015). Corporate character, corporate virtues. Business ethics (Oxford. Print), 24(S2), S99-S114. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12100

This paper extends previous discussions of corporate character and corporate virtues. By drawing particularly on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre, it offers a perspective on context-dependent categories of the virtues. It then provides a philosophicall... Read More about Corporate character, corporate virtues.

Local fair trade organizations and institutional logics (2015)
Book Chapter
McConway, M., & Moore, G. (2015). Local fair trade organizations and institutional logics. In L. T. Raynolds, & E. A. Bennett (Eds.), Handbook of research on fair trade (247-264). Edward Elgar Publishing

Catholic Social Teaching and the Firm. Crowding in Virtue: a MacIntyrean Approach to Business Ethics (2014)
Journal Article
Moore, G., Beadle, R., & Rowlands, A. (2014). Catholic Social Teaching and the Firm. Crowding in Virtue: a MacIntyrean Approach to Business Ethics. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 88(4), 779-805. https://doi.org/10.5840/acpq201491830

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) aspires to an economy that serves needs, upholds justice, and inculcates subsidiarity. But it suffers from a significant omission—it fails to look “inside” the business organisations that comprise the fundamental buildi... Read More about Catholic Social Teaching and the Firm. Crowding in Virtue: a MacIntyrean Approach to Business Ethics.

MacIntyrean virtue ethics in business : a cross-cultural comparison (2014)
Journal Article
Fernando, M., & Moore, G. (2015). MacIntyrean virtue ethics in business : a cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Business Ethics, 132(1), 185-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2313-6

This paper seeks to establish whether the categories of MacIntyrean virtue ethics as applied to business organizations are meaningful in a non-western business context. It does so by building on research reported in Moore (Organ Stud, 33(3): 363–387,... Read More about MacIntyrean virtue ethics in business : a cross-cultural comparison.

Virtue of governance: the governance of virtue (2012)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2012). Virtue of governance: the governance of virtue. Business Ethics Quarterly, 22(2), 293-318. https://doi.org/10.5840/beq201222221

The current economic and preceding financial crises seem to provide evidence in favour of the self-destruction thesis of capitalism. Responses to the crisis have been polarised. Some suggest that regulatory changes are all that is needed. Others sugg... Read More about Virtue of governance: the governance of virtue.

Virtue in business: Alliance Boots and an Empirical Exploration of MacIntyre’s conceptual framework, (2012)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2012). Virtue in business: Alliance Boots and an Empirical Exploration of MacIntyre’s conceptual framework,. Organization Studies, 33(3), 363-387. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840611435599

This paper contextualises before summarising a conceptual framework for virtue ethics in organizations that has been developed by drawing upon the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. Conducting empirical work with this framework is at a... Read More about Virtue in business: Alliance Boots and an Empirical Exploration of MacIntyre’s conceptual framework,.

MacIntyre: neo-Aristotelianism and organization theory. (2011)
Journal Article
Beadle, R., & Moore, G. (2011). MacIntyre: neo-Aristotelianism and organization theory. Research in the sociology of organizations, 32, 85-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/s0733-558x%282011%290000032006

In this chapter, we set out to demonstrate how organizational theory and analysis can benefit from the work of the distinguished philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. In the first part of the chapter we show how MacIntyre's conception of how rival traditio... Read More about MacIntyre: neo-Aristotelianism and organization theory..

Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today (2011)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2011). Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 11(1), 45-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225x.2010.505560

This article is an attempt to offer insights from organisation studies to ecclesiology. To do so it draws particularly on the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre to offer a virtue ecclesiology for today. The application of MacIntyre's co... Read More about Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today.

Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An exploratory case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations (2009)
Journal Article
Moore, G., Slack, R., & Gibbon, J. (2009). Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An exploratory case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations. Journal of Business Ethics, 89(2), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9992-9

This paper develops a set of 16 criteria, divided into four groupings, for responsible business practice (RBP) in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) drawn from the existing SME/RBP literature. The current lack of a general set of criteria agai... Read More about Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An exploratory case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations.

Virtue ethics and business organisations (2009)
Book Chapter
Moore, G. (2009). Virtue ethics and business organisations. In J. Smith (Ed.), Normative theory and business ethics (35-59). Rowman and Littlefield

The mainstreaming of Fair Trade: a macromarketing perspective (2006)
Journal Article
Moore, G., Gibbon, J., & Slack, R. (2006). The mainstreaming of Fair Trade: a macromarketing perspective. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 14(4), 329-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/09652540600947961

Following a brief review of the development and underlying purposes of the Fair Trade movement, the paper introduces perhaps the key issue for the UK Fair Trade movement currently: the mainstreaming of Fair Trade food products. The macromarketing lit... Read More about The mainstreaming of Fair Trade: a macromarketing perspective.

Managing ethics in higher education: implementing a code or embedding virtue? (2006)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2006). Managing ethics in higher education: implementing a code or embedding virtue?. Business ethics (Oxford. Print), 15(4), 407-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2006.00462.x

This paper reviews a publication entitled 'Ethics Matters. Managing Ethical Issues in Higher Education', which was distributed to all UK universities and equivalent (HEIs) in October 2005. The publication proposed that HEIs should put in place an ins... Read More about Managing ethics in higher education: implementing a code or embedding virtue?.

In search of organizational virtue in business: agents, goods, practices, institutions and environments (2006)
Journal Article
Moore, G., & Beadle, R. (2006). In search of organizational virtue in business: agents, goods, practices, institutions and environments. Organization Studies, 27(3), 369-389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840606062427

In this paper we argue that MacIntyre’s virtues-goods-practice-institution schema (MacIntyre 1985) provides a conceptual framework within which organizational virtue in general, and virtue in business in particular, can be explored. A heuristic devic... Read More about In search of organizational virtue in business: agents, goods, practices, institutions and environments.

MacIntyre on virtue and organization (2006)
Journal Article
Beadle, R., & Moore, G. (2006). MacIntyre on virtue and organization. Organization Studies, 27(3), 323-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840606062425

This paper introduces the work of moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre in the area of virtue and organization. It aims to provide one point of entry to MacIntyre’s work for readers who have not been introduced to it and makes some novel suggestions a... Read More about MacIntyre on virtue and organization.

Cross-sectional effects in community disclosures (2006)
Journal Article
Campbell, D., Moore, G., & Shrives, P. (2006). Cross-sectional effects in community disclosures. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 19(1), 96-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570610651966

Purpose – This paper seeks to address a gap in the literature in that it explores community disclosures in annual reports examining annual reports for 5 UK FTSE 100 sectors between, 1974 and 2000. Design/methodology/approach – The sample was bifurcat... Read More about Cross-sectional effects in community disclosures.

Corporate character: modern virtue ethics and the virtuous corporation (2005)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2005). Corporate character: modern virtue ethics and the virtuous corporation. Business Ethics Quarterly, 15(4), 659-685. https://doi.org/10.5840/beq200515446

This paper is a further development of two previous pieces of work (Moore 2002, 2005) in which modern virtue ethics, and in particular MacIntyre's (1983) related notions of "practice" and "institution," have been explored in the context of business.... Read More about Corporate character: modern virtue ethics and the virtuous corporation.

Humanizing business: a modern virtue ethics approach (2005)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2005). Humanizing business: a modern virtue ethics approach. Business Ethics Quarterly, 15(2), 237-255

The paper begins by exploring whether a "tendency to avarice" exists in most capitalist business organisations. It concludes that it does and that this is problematic. The problem centres on the potential threat to the integrity of human character an... Read More about Humanizing business: a modern virtue ethics approach.

Regulatory perspectives on business ethics in the curriculum (2004)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2004). Regulatory perspectives on business ethics in the curriculum. Journal of Business Ethics, 54(4), 349-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-004-1824-y

The paper begins by providing a classification of the regulatory environment within which Business Schools, particularly those in the U.K., operate. The classification identifies mandatory vs. voluntary and prescriptive vs. permissive requirements in... Read More about Regulatory perspectives on business ethics in the curriculum.

The Fair Trade movement: parameters, issues and future research (2004)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2004). The Fair Trade movement: parameters, issues and future research. Journal of Business Ethics, 53(1-2), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Abusi.0000039400.57827.c3

Although Fair Trade has been in existence for more than 40 years, discussion in the business and business ethics literature of this unique trading and campaigning movement between Southern producers and Northern buyers and consumers has been limited.... Read More about The Fair Trade movement: parameters, issues and future research.

Corporate philanthropy in the U.K. 1985-2000: some empirical findings (2002)
Journal Article
Campbell, D., Moore, G., & Metzger, M. (2002). Corporate philanthropy in the U.K. 1985-2000: some empirical findings. Journal of Business Ethics, 39(1-2), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1016371731732

This paper briefly reviews the theories that seek to explain the phenomenon of corporate charitable donations and then provides a review of the empirical issues that have arisen in previous studies in this area. The findings of an analysis of charita... Read More about Corporate philanthropy in the U.K. 1985-2000: some empirical findings.

Corporate social and financial performance: an investigation in the UK supermarket industry (2001)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2001). Corporate social and financial performance: an investigation in the UK supermarket industry. Journal of Business Ethics, 34(3/4), 299-315. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1012537016969

The comparison of corporate social performance with corporate financial performance has been a popular field of study over the past 25 years. The results, while broadly conclusive of a positive relationship, are not entirely consistent. In addition,... Read More about Corporate social and financial performance: an investigation in the UK supermarket industry.