New materialism in business ethics: the juridical form as a disciplinary apparatus Online publication date: Fri, 11-Jun-2021
by Bart Jansen
International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy (IJMCP), Vol. 14, No. 1, 2021
Abstract: This paper contributes to the philosophical approach of business ethics by inserting the current state of business ethics, which is captured by semi-legal casuistry and frameworks, and Karan Barad's posthuman theory known as 'new materialism', into a proposal for the study of business ethics. The merging of business ethics and posthuman theory results in a so-called 'posthuman approach to critical business ethics'. My proposition is that these semi-legal frameworks weaken the field of business ethics, or even make it disappear. In addition to descriptive, empirical, social-scientific business ethics, there is also philosophical, normative, critical business ethics. This paper is written in the belief that these two branches of business ethics are navel-gazing toward legal or semi-legal frameworks - such as self-regulation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) - creating a discourse of utility and regulation, rather than a discourse of ethics.
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