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Values

In: Business Ethics and Organizational Values

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  • Ole Thyssen

    (Copenhagen Business School)

Abstract

So far we have, following Talcott Parsons, defined a value as a demand on a solution. A demand entails the possibility that it is not met. It is not logically possible to make a demand without accepting the possibility of rejection. Hence a value has a binary structure. It represents a distinction in which one side is acceptable and the other side is unacceptable. The two sides of the distinction are asymmetrical. It matters which side one is on. Besides having a logical structure, a value has a social structure.

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  • Ole Thyssen, 2009. "Values," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Business Ethics and Organizational Values, chapter 6, pages 87-108, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-25093-2_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230250932_6
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