This article analyzes how “ethnic concordance” (i.e., matching the ethnicity of patients and healthcare workers) shapes patients' experiences of clinical interaction. Adopting the Habermasian framework of lifeworld-medicine contention, we inductively analyze 60 in-depth interviews with...

The subject matter on ethics has been recovered from philosophy due to the frequency that young executives show egotistic attitudes in detriment to concern towards others. This egocentric attitude leads to the vanishment of interest for the institution itself. On the other hand, the...

The subject matter on ethics has been recovered from philosophy due to the frequency that young executives show egotistic attitudes in detriment to concern towards others. This egocentric attitude leads to the vanishment of interest for the institution itself. On the other hand, the...

Die praktische Philosophie eroeffnet durch die Klaerung scheinbar selbstverstaendlicher Begriffe sowie individueller und kollektiver Denkgerueste, die in wirtschaftlichen Kontexten gesetzt sind, eine neu und anders ausgerichtete Perspektive in der Debatte um ethische Standards oder Perspektiven...

'Gier' kann definiert werden als eine ethisch fragwuerdige Ausrichtung von „self-interest“, die typischerweise zur „Masslosigkeit“ fuehrt. Im 1. Abschnitt wird die These widerlegt, „Gier“ sei eine schoepferische Kraft und keineswegs ein moralisches uebel. Die schaedlichen Folgen der...

Organizational ethics and institutional theories are extended by recovering Weberian and Pre-Weberian theorizing that emphasized the joining of ethics and institutional theories. Understanding how ethics and institutional systems influence each other can advance our understanding of the nature...

According to the institutionalist position, institutional change is progressive to the extent that ceremonial behavioral patterns are replaced by instrumental ones. This article shows how the ordonomic research program operationalizes and explains the feasibility of progressive institutional...