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From Humanitarian to Humanistic Work Psychology: The Morality of Business

In: Humanitarian Work Psychology

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  • Joel Letkowitz

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The first instances of humanitarian work psychology (HWP) have consisted of the application of the knowledge and methods of work psychology, as currently conceived, to avowedly humanitarian enterprises in which they have not previously been applied. It is suggested that that represents an unnecessarily self-limiting conceptualization of the field, and that we should strive to develop an expanded normative model of work psychology itself characterized by humanistic values. It is argued that such a model is not incompatible with furthering the ends of private sector corporations as their fundamental societal justification is also moral.

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  • Joel Letkowitz, 2012. "From Humanitarian to Humanistic Work Psychology: The Morality of Business," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Stuart C. Carr & Malcolm MacLachlan & Adrian Furnham (ed.), Humanitarian Work Psychology, chapter 5, pages 103-125, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-01522-8_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137015228_5
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