TY - JOUR
T1 - When organizations are too good: Applying Aristiotle's doctrine of the mean to the corporate ethical virtues model.
AU - Kaptein, Muel
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Aristotle's doctrine of the mean states that a virtue is the mean state between two vices: a deficient and an excessive one. The Corporate Ethical Virtues (CEV) Model defines the mean and the corresponding deficient vice for each of its seven virtues. This paper defines for each of these virtues the corresponding excessive vice and explores why organizations characterized by these excessive vices increase the likelihood that their employees will behave unethically. The excessive vices are patronization, pompousness, lavishness, zealotry, overexposure, talkativeness, and oppressiveness.
AB - Aristotle's doctrine of the mean states that a virtue is the mean state between two vices: a deficient and an excessive one. The Corporate Ethical Virtues (CEV) Model defines the mean and the corresponding deficient vice for each of its seven virtues. This paper defines for each of these virtues the corresponding excessive vice and explores why organizations characterized by these excessive vices increase the likelihood that their employees will behave unethically. The excessive vices are patronization, pompousness, lavishness, zealotry, overexposure, talkativeness, and oppressiveness.
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/beer.12147
U2 - 10.1111/beer.12147
DO - 10.1111/beer.12147
M3 - Article
SN - 0962-8770
VL - 263
SP - 300
EP - 311
JO - Business Ethics: A European Review
JF - Business Ethics: A European Review
ER -