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Social Contracting as a Trust-Building Process of Network Governance

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  • Calton, Jerry M.
  • Lad, Lawrence J.

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Social contracting has a long and important place in the history of political philosophy (Hardin, 1991; Waldron, 1989) and as a theory of justice (Baynes, 1989; Rawls, 1971). More recently, it has been developed into an individual rights-based theory of organizations (Keeley, 1980, 1988), and as a way to integrate ethics and moral legitimacy into corporate strategy and action (Donaldson, 1982; Freeman & Gilbert, 1988). Currently, it is being proposed as an integrative theory of economic ethics (Donaldson & Dunfee, forthcoming). This paper will extend the Donaldson and Dunfee approach by arguing that social contracting can best be understood and applied in organizational settings if it is perceived and treated as a network governance process. This insight can benefit management scholars and practitioners alike, since it calls attention to the processes by which trust is created and sustained in on-going contractual relationships. It also strongly suggests that a new approach to applying managerial discretion, as moral agency, is needed to realize the full competitive and ethical potential of emerging network forms.

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  • Calton, Jerry M. & Lad, Lawrence J., 1995. "Social Contracting as a Trust-Building Process of Network Governance," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(2), pages 271-295, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:5:y:1995:i:02:p:271-295_01
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