Publication type: Book part
Type of review: Editorial review
Title: Virtue ethics, corporate identity and success
Authors: Schüz, Mathias
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21037-3_6
Published in: Intrinsic CSR and competition : doing well amongst European SMEs
Editors of the parent work: Wehrmeyer, Walter
Looser, Stéphanie
Del Baldo, Mara
Page(s): 105
Pages to: 117
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Cham
ISBN: 978-3-030-21036-6
978-3-030-21037-3
Language: English
Subject (DDC): 658.408: Security management, environmental management
Abstract: This sub-section will address the connection between virtue ethics with corporate identity and the success of an enterprise. It assesses to what extent an employees’ virtue-ethical behavior established within the culture of an enterprise can shape its corporate identity and, hence, also influence its success. There is a comprehensible cause-loop between the virtuous behavior of a company, its trustworthy character and appeal to stakeholders. Trust leads to lower transaction costs (Dyer and Chou 2003), since stakeholders usually trust more in virtuous than vicious exchange relations. To avoid loss they prefer the former behavior of fair and therefore repeatable trades. Thus, a company’s capability to sustainably build trustful relationships with its stakeholders is a key factor for success. For this, it should distinguish itself by a culture of integrity enabling its representatives to act ethically responsible and, hence, getting along well with its business partners.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/18642
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit: Institute for Organizational Viability (IOV)
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Schüz, M. (2019). Virtue ethics, corporate identity and success. In W. Wehrmeyer, S. Looser, & M. Del Baldo (Eds.), Intrinsic CSR and competition : doing well amongst European SMEs (pp. 105–117). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21037-3_6
Schüz, M. (2019) ‘Virtue ethics, corporate identity and success’, in W. Wehrmeyer, S. Looser, and M. Del Baldo (eds) Intrinsic CSR and competition : doing well amongst European SMEs. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 105–117. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21037-3_6.
M. Schüz, “Virtue ethics, corporate identity and success,” in Intrinsic CSR and competition : doing well amongst European SMEs, W. Wehrmeyer, S. Looser, and M. Del Baldo, Eds. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp. 105–117. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-21037-3_6.
SCHÜZ, Mathias, 2019. Virtue ethics, corporate identity and success. In: Walter WEHRMEYER, Stéphanie LOOSER und Mara DEL BALDO (Hrsg.), Intrinsic CSR and competition : doing well amongst European SMEs. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. S. 105–117. ISBN 978-3-030-21036-6
Schüz, Mathias. 2019. “Virtue Ethics, Corporate Identity and Success.” In Intrinsic CSR and Competition : Doing Well amongst European SMEs, edited by Walter Wehrmeyer, Stéphanie Looser, and Mara Del Baldo, 105–17. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21037-3_6.
Schüz, Mathias. “Virtue Ethics, Corporate Identity and Success.” Intrinsic CSR and Competition : Doing Well amongst European SMEs, edited by Walter Wehrmeyer et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp. 105–17, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21037-3_6.


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