Day 1 fundamentals
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The document provides biographical information about Masoud Shadnam, who teaches at Rouen Business School. It notes that he has a PhD from Simon Fraser University, and his research focuses on morality in organizational life. It also lists some of his professional experience in consulting and his office hours at the business school.
![[The dominant moral culture of advanced
modernity] has continued to be one of
unresolved and apparently unresolvable moral
and other disagreements in which the evaluative
and normative utterances of the contending
parties present a problem of interpretation.
My explanation was and is that the precepts
that are thus uttered were once at home in, and
intelligible in terms of, a context of practical
beliefs and of supporting habits of though,
feeling, and action, a context that has since
been lost
Alasdair MacIntyre, 2007: p. vii
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- 1. Masoud Shadnam Rouen Business School Fall 2012
- 2. Masoud SHADNAM Ph.D. in Management and Organization Studies from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada Research: Morality in Organizational Life Experience: Several years of consultancy for companies in oil and energy, IT, and auto industries Office: A238 Office hours: By appointment Email: msh@rouenbs.fr
- 4. Lectures, videos, and anything presented in class Textbooks: Linda K. Trevi単o & Katherine Nelson (2011). Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How To Do It Right Wim Dubbink, Luc van Liedekerke, & Henk van Luijk (2011). European Business Ethics Cases in Context Peter Fleming & Stelios C. Zyglidopoulos (2009). Charting Corporate Corruption: Agency, Structure and Escalation Sim B. Sitkin, Laura B. Cardinal, & Katinka M. Bijlsma- Frankema (2010). Organizational Control
- 5. Case analysis report (individual) 50% Select an organization (any size or type) for your analysis, as soon as possible Check in this list if anyone else has selected that organization before you: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnZ5br65RERqdEllNE9 ZTVFJcUdEVmZuSi1HeVREeUE If it was not already selected, then add your name and the organizations name to the list Video presentation (group) 30% Build your own group of filmmakers Every group has to have three, four, or five members Let me know (email) the complete names of your group members and the broad topic of your video by the end of next week (Nov 18th) Class assignments 20% A variety of activities that we will have in class
- 6. Masoud Shadnam Rouen Business School Fall 2012
- 7. Gaza December 2008-January 2009 Israel Palestine
- 8. Gaza December 2008-January 2009 Israel Palestine 10 soldiers (4 killed in friendly fire) and 3 More than 1385 killed, 425 of those civilians killed were women and children Self defense? 18 people killed by rockets from 2001 to 2009
- 9. What do we have in mind when talking about ethics and morality? The consequences of our actions Our intentions Our values Our rights Our responsibilities Our character Our humanity How we are judged by others Having a choice All of the above and more?
- 10. [The dominant moral culture of advanced modernity] has continued to be one of unresolved and apparently unresolvable moral and other disagreements in which the evaluative and normative utterances of the contending parties present a problem of interpretation. My explanation was and is that the precepts that are thus uttered were once at home in, and intelligible in terms of, a context of practical beliefs and of supporting habits of though, feeling, and action, a context that has since been lost Alasdair MacIntyre, 2007: p. vii (After Virtue)
- 11. Ethicsis a difficult and sometimes mysterious thing, but we cannot make it go away. We frequently find ourselves facing ethical dilemmas situations concerning right and wrong where values are in conflict. Mystery makes it inaccessible to us We do not deny the difficulties, but rather try to draw them out, clarify them, and understand them
- 12. Morality How people evaluate things in terms of good, bad, right, wrong, fair, unfair, just, unjust, etc. Moral rules, moral theories, etc. Descriptive: is/are Ethics Philosophical inquiries on what really is good, bad, right, wrong, fair, unfair, just, unjust, etc. Ethical rules, ethical theories, etc. Prescriptive: should be/do
- 13. InNorway, genetic technology and its human proponents, biotechnologists, are considered morally suspect and are excluded from good society through regulatory processes that embrace consumer protest, environmental activism and manufacturers reluctance. Descriptive => Morality Sara Skodbo, 2005 The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits. Prescriptive => Ethics Milton Friedman, 1970
- 14. We cannot accept to have in our country women who are prisoners behind netting, cut off from all social life, deprived of identity The burka is not a sign of religion, it is a sign of subservience. Prescriptive => Ethics Nicolas Sarkozy, 2009 There is a local male discourse that is associated with violence and a particular form of self- assertion which, more than anything, implies being in control, being in command, having authority not only, or primarily, over women, but over other men. Descriptive => Morality Marit Melhuus, 1997
- 15. Moralityis shaped by how a group of people see and feel the world around them Howgroups of people see and feel about the world around them is shaped by public media, education system, political system, medical system, etc. Who gets to talk? About what? How are things represented? Power => Morality
- 16. Masoud Shadnam Rouen Business School Fall 2012
- 17. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Max Weber Protestant Ethic: The set of beliefs and, more particularly, the set of binding social rules that counseled secular asceticism the methodical, rational subjection of human impulse and desire to Gods will through restless, continuous, systematic work in a worldly calling
- 18. Doctrines or doctrinal quarrels are less important than the everyday conduct of ones life guided by sanctioned norms The social organization of moral probation how one proves ones worth to other people outweighs theological beliefs The significance of the Protestant Ethic: An individual served an unknowable God, not by prayer or by almsgiving but by faithfully, continually, and unremittingly performing his or her worldly work The rational and methodical pursuit of a worldly vocation, when it was crowned with economic success, proved a person before others
- 19. ThisProtestant Ethic, with its imperatives for self-reliance, hard work, frugality, and rational planning, and its clear definition of success and failure, came to dominate a whole historical epoch in the West Afterward, The very accumulation of wealth that the original Protestant ethic made possible gradually stripped away its religious basis Frugality became an aberration, conspicuous consumption in varying degrees the norm The economy became bureaucratized
- 20. Thedecline of the old middle class of entrepreneurs, free professionals, independent farmers, and small independent businessmen The ascendance of a new middle class of salaried employees, that is, clerks, managers, executives, officials, technicians, and professionals alike, whose chief common characteristic was and is their dependence on the big organization
- 21. A mythical visitor from Mars approaches the Earth from space, equipped with a telescope that reveals social structures. The firms reveal themselves, say, as solid green areas with faint interior contours marking out divisions and departments. Market transactions show as red lines connecting firms, forming a network in the spaces between them No matter whether our visitor approached the United States or the Soviet Union, urban China or the European Community, the greater part of the space below it would be within the green areas, for almost all of the inhabitants would be employees, hence inside the firm boundaries. Organizations would be the dominant feature of the landscape. A message sent back home, describing the scene, would speak of large green areas interconnected by red lines. It would not likely speak of a network of red lines connecting green spots. When our visitor came to know that the green masses were organizations and the red lines connecting them were market transactions, it might be surprised to hear the structure called a market economy. Wouldn't organizational economy be the more appropriate term? it might ask. Simon, 1991: 27-28
- 22. Organizationsin older civilizations (Chinese, Greek, Indian): Soldiering Public administration Tax collection
- 23. Organizations in modern societies: Scientific discovery (research organizations) Child and adult socialization (schools and universities) Resocialization (mental hospitals and prisons) Production and distribution of goods (industrial firms, wholesale and retail establishments) Provision of services (organizations dispensing assistance ranging from laundry and shoe repair to medical care and investment counseling) Protection of personal and financial security (police departments, insurance firms, banking and trust companies) Preservation of culture (museums, art galleries, universities, libraries) Communication (radio and television studios, telephone companies, postal service) Recreation (bowling alleys, pool halls, park services, professional football teams) Etc.
- 25. Hobbits Elves Elephants Fell Beasts Trees Orcs Trolls Uruk Hai Nazg短ls Dwarves Men Eagles Dead Army Wizards
- 26. Class Activity Rouen Business School Winter 2012
- 27. Fell Beasts: 1, 2 Hobbits: 3, 4 Elves: 5 Orcs: 6, 7 Wizards: 8 Trees: 9, 10 Men: 11, 12 Eagles: 13, 14 Trolls: 15, 16 Uruk Hai: 17 Dwarves: 18, 19 Nazg短ls: 20, 21 Elephants: 22 Dead Army: 23
- 28. What were the main points of the video? How do you think about those points? Agree: Do you have supporting evidence beyond what is argued in the video? Disagree: Why do you disagree? Any evidence? Go one step beyond the video: Based on the arguments of the video and your agreement/disagreement with it, what do you think is the most important ethical aspect of organizations?