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Ethics, Empowerment and Ownership

In: Ethics and Empowerment

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  • Peter W. F. Davies
  • Anne Mills

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Empowerment is the democracy of the 1990s. No-one is sure what the term means but we all know that it is something good and worthy, and so consequently we nod sagely when the term is presented in managerial and academic discourse. To use the arguments of Karen Legge (Legge, 1995), could it be that in keeping with wider human resource (HR) initiatives the term has entered the realms of rhetoric only? Is the reality that business at best uses the concept as yet another management tool, and at worst uses the notion as an extension of their power and control in the workplace whilst articulating the reverse? In ethical terms, is the true implementation of employee empowerment contingent upon ownership, form and business philosophy, rather than management strategy?

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  • Peter W. F. Davies & Anne Mills, 1999. "Ethics, Empowerment and Ownership," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: John J. Quinn & Peter W. F. Davies (ed.), Ethics and Empowerment, chapter 6, pages 170-194, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37272-6_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230372726_7
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