Just a job? : communication, ethics, and professional life
Just a Job? questions the notions that doing ethics at work has to be work, and that work is somehow a sphere where a different set of rules applies. This problematic line between work and life runs through the ways we commonly talk about ethics. Drawing from the fields of communication and rhetoric, the authors show how the very framing of ethics--even before we approach specific decisions--limits the potential roles of ethics in our work lives and the pursuit of happiness, and treats it as something that is meaningful only at special moments such as when faced with dilemmas, or as the last chapter in a business book
298 pages ; 24 cm
9780195182774, 9780195182781, 0195182774, 0195182782
313078233
(Re)framing ethics at work
Starting conversations about professional ethics
Working for a good life
Being a professional : problems and promises
Reconsidering organizations as cultures of integrity
Seeking something more in the market
Finding new ways to talk about everyday ethics