'Firms As Moral Communities: How ServiceMaster Built And Sustained Its Soul In An Age Of Brutal Markets' Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour Research Seminar
The department of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour (LOB) would like to invite you to a research seminar presented by Dr Adeyinka Adewale, Associate Professor of Leadership Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Henley Business School.
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Date | 21 March 2024 |
Time | 13:00-14:00 (Timezone: Europe/London) |
Venue | Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus |
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As the global business world continues to grapple with
increasing cases of moral failure at the highest levels, this study explores
whether and how firms can become self-sustaining moral communities. It argues
that the moral community of an organisation is the soul of the firm, but the
composition and sustenance of this soul remain elusive. By analysing over
seventy years of archival evidence of the practices in ServiceMaster, an
exemplar organisation widely celebrated for its strong moral standing over time,
this paper presents a conceptual model of the firm as a moral community with
its moral foundations, socio-cultural composition and cultural practices as the
main elements of the model. It concludes that where firms are not aligned with
a particular professional group, it is possible to build the business as a
self-sustaining moral community. It also submits that the functioning of the
firm as a moral community requires a bi-directional flow of commitments among
the key actors of the moral community within the firm.
The seminar will be held on 21 March 2024, 1:00pm, in room G15 of the Henley Business School building, Whiteknights campus. For those unable to attend in person there is also the option to dial in remotely via Microsoft Teams. If you are interested in joining, please contact Alex Baker on a.j.baker@henley.ac.uk
LOB research seminars are co-ordinated by Dr Matteo Borghi and Professor Marcello Mariani.
Contact us
For more information please contact Alex Baker.
Email: a.j.baker@henley.ac.ukTelephone: 0118 3788691
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