scholarly journals Responsible Leadership and the Reflective CEO: Resolving Stakeholder Conflict by Imagining What Could be done

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola M. Pless ◽  
Atri Sengupta ◽  
Melissa A. Wheeler ◽  
Thomas Maak
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Responsible Leadership ◽  
Stakeholder Conflict ◽  
Subsequent Discussion

AbstractIn light of grand societal challenges, most recently the global Covid-19 pandemic, there is a call for research on responsible leadership. While significant advances have been made in recent years towards a better understanding of the concept, a gap exists in the understanding of responsible leadership in emerging countries, specifically how leaders resolve prevalent moral dilemmas. Following Werhane (1999), we use moral imagination as an analytical approach to analyze a dilemmatic stakeholder conflict (between indigenous communities in rural India and an emerging market multinational enterprise headquartered in the same country) through the lense of different responsible leadership mindsets and in light of different ethical principles and moral background theories. Based on this analysis, we arrive at a tentative moral judgement, concluding that the instrumental approach is morally inferior and recommending the integrative approach as the morally superior choice. In the subsequent discussion—focussed on what “could” (instead of “should”) be done, we apply the integrative script and use moral imagination as a pathway for generating morally justifiable solutions. Through this analysis, we provide novel insights on how to apply an integrative responsible leadership approach to a stakeholder conflict situation, using the single case study to expand the responsible leadership discussion to emerging markets.

scholarly journals Material flow cost accounting as a tool for improved resource efficiency in the hotel sector: A case of emerging market

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celani John Nyide
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Cost Accounting ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Environmental Management Accounting ◽  
Hotel Sector ◽  
Formed Part

Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) is one of the Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) tools that has been developed to enable environmentally and economically efficient material usage and thus improve resource efficiency. However, the use of this tool to improve resource efficiency in the South African hotel sector remains unknown. An exploratory study, qualitative in nature, was conducted using a single case study with embedded units approach. A Hotel Management Group that met the selection criteria formed part of this study. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 participants and additional documents were analysed. The investigated hotels have developed technologies that provide an environmental account in both physical and monetary units which constitute the use of MFCA to improve resource efficiencies. However, the study established a number of factors that affect the implementation of MFCA by the hotel sector in a South African context.

Moral Imagination and More

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Theological Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
First Century ◽  
Health Humanities ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Humanities Education ◽  
Clinical Ethicist

How do I attend to suffering and inspire healing in the complex twenty-first century? Medical humanities and theological education share this question as a matter of life and death. In this chapter, theologian and trained clinical ethicist Melinda McGarrah Sharp describes how narratives can illuminate moral dilemmas relevant to both health humanities education and theological education. Drawing on her training as a bioethicist and practical theologian and her teaching experiences in theological education, McGarrah Sharp frames pedagogical insights by philosophies of teaching and learning moral imagination as a significant way in to moral conundrums surrounding both suffering and healing today.

Small systems, big challenges: review of small drinking water system governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiely McFarlane ◽  
Leila M. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
English Language ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Water System ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Customer Base ◽  
Governance Challenges

Small drinking water systems (SDWS) are widely identified as presenting particular challenges for drinking water management and governance in industrialised nations because of their small customer base, geographic isolation, and limited human and financial capacity. Consequently, an increasing number and range of scholars have examined SDWS over the last 30 years. Much of this work has been technocentric in nature, focused on SDWS technologies and operations, with limited attention to how these systems are managed, governed, and situated within broader social and political–economic contexts. This review seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the governance dimensions of SDWS by drawing together existing literature relating to SDWS governance and exploring its key themes, research foci, and emerging directions. This overview is intended to provide guidance to scholars and practitioners interested in specific aspects of SDWS governance and a baseline against which researchers can position future work. The review identified 117 academic articles published in English-language journals between 1990 and 2016 that referred to some aspect of drinking water governance in small, rural, and Indigenous communities in industrialised nations. The articles’ content and bibliographic information were analysed to identify the locations, methods, journals, and themes included in research on SDWS governance. Further analysis of SDWS’ governance dimensions is organised around four questions identified as central to SDWS research: what governance challenges are experienced by SDWS, and what are their causes, solutions, and effects? Overall, the review revealed that the SDWS governance literature is piecemeal and fragmented, with few attempts to theorise SDWS governance or to engage in interdisciplinary, cross-jurisdictional conversations. The majority of articles examine North American SDWS, retain a technocratic orientation to drinking water governance, and are published in technical or industry journals. Such research tends to focus on the governance challenges SDWS face and proposed solutions to systems’ performance, capacity, and regulatory challenges. A small but growing number of studies examine the causal factors underpinning these governance challenges and their socio-spatially differentiated impacts on communities. Looking forward, the review argues for a more holistic, integrative approach to research on SDWS governance, building on a water governance framework.

scholarly journals Single case research methodology: a tool for moral imagination in business ethics

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 890-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Retolaza ◽  
Leire San-Jose
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Case Research ◽  
Single Case Research

Purpose Although there are several often-used case research methods for teaching purposes, these cannot be used to conduct scientific research into business ethics, perhaps owing to criticism levelled against it. The precise aim of this work is to expound and argue for its use within the framework of scientific hypothetical-deductive methodology. Design/methodology/approach The opportunities offered by this methodological approach, both from an inductive (Eisenhardt, 1989; Dyer and Wilkins, 1991) and a deductive perspective (Yin, 1993; Carson et al., 2000), have been wasted, creating a need for scientific contributions within this area; hence, this study. It was carried on a theoretical approach of the use of single case applied to corporate management based on religion and spirituality inclusion. Findings The results obtained indicate that the single-case research method makes it possible to put forward alternative hypotheses to the dominant hypothesis, making contributions to the theory. Concretely, the scientific legitimacy of its use is justified by what it has been called “possibilistic hypothesis” for what it is not necessary to collect a large data or make an empiric research. Practical implications In the field of business ethics, these hypotheses (possibilistics) make alternatives stand out that widen the moral responsibility of decision-makers. It implies an open mind for decision-makers and rigorous arguments using just a single case. Reinforce and make them easier based on moral imagination improvement. Originality/value The decision process is complex, but in this rich method, the single-case study could permit establishing rigorous and robust decisions easily. The case study is not used widely for management, but this perspective could enrich and increase its use.

Vinamilk: from local cooperatives to international corporation

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
John Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Market ◽  
Product Category ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Subsequent Discussion

Subject area Marketing. Study level/applicability This case study would suit any class that deals with the interaction between the nature of business and society and is rooted in a specific basis in developing Asia. The particular nature of the class could be used to shape the subsequent discussion if necessary: a marketing class would focus on the need for development of the local market and consumer behaviour, while a management class might be more interested in the issues relating to an appropriate ownership structure in an emerging market in a company based on an amalgamation of smaller units likely to have been run by technicians (farmers) or party functionaries. Case overview Vinamilk is a Vietnamese company that has grown from humble beginnings as a collection of small-scale dairy co-operatives until the current time when it is one of the largest and most successful companies in that country and recognized as a significant developing Asian success. It has managed this while operating in a product category that has had very little tradition in Vietnam and for which demand has had to be created in order to enable the company to expand. The success of Vinamilk has now made it possible to imagine an international or a transnational future in which it would no longer be tied to its Vietnamese home or to be required to support government-supported developmental goals such as supporting employment and using local inputs. A debate is taking place, therefore, about the nature of the continuing relationship between firms and the public sector in a rapidly developing nation. Expected learning outcomes The objectives include: evaluation of the nature of the business-state relationship; evaluation of the nature of the home environment with respect to its attitude to business; and understanding better the nature of emerging markets and their interaction with international markets. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for faculty. Please consult your librarian for access.

scholarly journals Learning to Fail Better: Reflections on the Challenges and Risks of Community-Based Participatory Mental Health Research With Inuit Youth in Nunavut

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polina Anang ◽  
Nora Gottlieb ◽  
Suzanne Putulik ◽  
Shelley Iguptak ◽  
Ellen Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Community Based ◽  
On The Road

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a mine field of moral dilemmas. Even when carefully planned for and continuously critically reflected upon, conflicts are likely to occur as part of the process. This paper illustrates the lessons learned from “Building on Strengths in Naujaat”, a resiliency initiative with the objective of promoting sense of belonging, collective efficacy, and well-being in Inuit youth. Naujaat community members over time established strong meaningful relationships with academic researchers. Youth took on the challenge of organizing community events, trips out on the land, and fundraisers. While their creativity and resourcefulness are at the heart of the initiative, this paper explores conflicts and pitfalls that accompanied it. Based on three themes – struggles in coming together as academic and community partners, the danger of perpetuating colonial power structures, and the challenges of navigating complex layers of relations within the community – we examine the dilemmas unearthed by these conflicts, including an exploration of how much we as CBPR researchers are at risk of reproducing colonial power structures. Acknowledging and addressing power imbalances, while striving for transparency, accountability, and trust, are compelling guiding principles needed to support Indigenous communities on the road toward health equity.

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