Ethics, Psyche and Social Responsibility

Ana Maria Davila Gomez, David Crowther

• Publisher: Gower
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780754670896
• eBook ISBN: 9781317141037
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

The last few decades have seen significant changes in the structure of business organizations, including downsizing, outsourcing and flattened management structures. The effects on employees have been considerable. In this context the importance of the psychological contract between employer and employee has been overlooked, and there is uncertainty about what can be done to bring about changes to this contract and ultimately the future of organizations. This important book considers the psychological aspects of organizational life, particularly in the context of firms' ethical behaviour and its implications for corporate social responsibility. The authors consider the effects of corporate activity and change on individuals, not just in their working lives, but also in their family and social lives. They address a diverse number of topics from a variety of theoretical standpoints in an ongoing attempt to redress this neglected field of research.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Psychological Violence at Work: Where does the Human Dignity Lie?
• 2 Organizational Change, Human Condition and the Moral Contract
• 3 Preventing Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Do Time Orientation Perspective and Skepticism Matter?
• 4 Reflection about the Structuration of Organizations: The Capacity of Responsibility of Human Agents and Conditions of Absence
• 5 Suffering as a Quest for Adaptation
• 6 Psychoanalysis and the Myths of Corporate Communication
• 7 Caring Principle and Practices in Corporate Social Responsibility
• 8 Critical Pedagogy as a Strategy for Management Development: Introducing Intersubjectivity as a Practical Application Tool
• Index