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Positive Organizational Ethics: Cultivating and Sustaining Moral Performance

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  • Leslie Sekerka
  • Debra Comer
  • Lindsey Godwin

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We present this special issue on positive organizational ethics (POE) to highlight those pursuing positive subjective experiences, positive attributes of individuals and groups, and positive practices that contribute to ethical and virtuous behavior in organizations. Although prior research has offered some insight in this area, there is still much to be learned about how to cultivate and sustain ethical strength in different types of organizations and how goodness can emerge from and in spite of human failings. After describing the positive movement, we position POE as a discrete area of inquiry within the broader positive behavioral sciences, at the intersection of positive behavioral studies and business ethics. After defining our terms and purpose for creating the POE domain, we introduce the articles in this special issue. The introduction concludes with suggested topics for future research. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Leslie Sekerka & Debra Comer & Lindsey Godwin, 2014. "Positive Organizational Ethics: Cultivating and Sustaining Moral Performance," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 119(4), pages 435-444, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:119:y:2014:i:4:p:435-444
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1911-z
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