The just world fallacy as a challenge to the business-as-community thesis

Sinnicks, M. (2020) The just world fallacy as a challenge to the business-as-community thesis. Business & Society, 59 (6). pp. 1269-1292. ISSN 0007-6503 doi: 10.1177/0007650318759486

Abstract/Summary

The notion that business organizations are akin to Aristotelian political communities has been a central feature of research into virtue ethics in business. In this article, I begin by outlining this “community thesis” and go on to argue that psychological research into the “just world fallacy” presents it with a significant challenge. The just world fallacy undermines our ability to implement an Aristotelian conception of justice, to each as he or she is due, and imperils the relational equality required for shared participation in communities. In the final section, I offer a description of what Aristotelian community might look like within organizations, and some suggestions about how it may be possible to resist the challenge posed by the just world fallacy.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/98459
Identification Number/DOI	10.1177/0007650318759486
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
Publisher	Sage
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