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Why Values in Organizations?

In: Business Ethics and Organizational Values

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  • Ole Thyssen

    (Copenhagen Business School)

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The claim that an organization is required to fulfil values is so banal that it hardly deserves mention — and thus it has now been mentioned. Generally, however, these values are linked to organizational products. Inquiries about quality tend to focus on whether the metal or the education or the chicken meets certain requirements. An organization uses the fact that its products are in demand and the quality high to legitimize its existence. What goes on inside the organization is only interesting if it affects the product. Only if it turns out that chickens are infected with salmonella do the mass media begin to look into what happens behind closed doors. The organization then has to answer a number of questions, since refusing to answer is perceived as an answer, too: the organization is trying to hide something. But in daily life organizations are impenetrable.

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  • Ole Thyssen, 2009. "Why Values in Organizations?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Business Ethics and Organizational Values, chapter 7, pages 109-130, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-25093-2_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230250932_7
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