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Feminist Morality and Competitive Reality: A Role for an Ethic of Care?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Jeanne M. Liedtka
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Abstract

A language of care and relationship-building has recently appeared with prominence in the business literature, driven by the realities of the marketplace. Thus, it seems a propitious time to reflect on a decade of writing in feminist morality that has focussed on the concept of an ethic of care, and examine its relevance for today's business context. Is the idea of creating organizations that “care” just another management fad that subverts the essential integrity of concepts of ethical caring? Conversely, are these concepts capable of beginning an important dialogue that may help us to see new possibilities for simultaneously enhancing both the effectiveness and the moral quality of organizations in the future?

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 1996 , pp. 179 - 200
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 1996

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