A partir da comparação por contraste entre a formação das decisões colegiadas da Suprema Corte dos EUA (Scotus) e do Supremo Tribunal Federal Brasileiro (STF), orientadas pelo princípio da maioria, o presente trabalho problematiza a afirmação, corrente no campo jurídico brasileiro, de que o STF teria sido forjado à imagem e semelhança da Suprema Corte norte-americana, afirmação que aproxima os dois sistemas. Versão em francês: https://journals.openedition.org/bresils/15641
PurposeThis research paper seeks to explore two narratives identified in a project focusing on CSR in Brazil: the "official view" promoted by the company, and "divergent voices" that called into question the legitimacy of the official view.Design/methodology/approachThis takes the form of a qualitative design and interpretive approach. Semi‐structured, face‐to‐face interviews supplemented with corporate materials, web searches, informal conversations with external stakeholders, and non‐participant observation are also used.FindingsThe study revealed that the official narrative emerging from the "corporate performances" organized by the key informant was consistently positive. The divergent narrative portrayed the company in a negative light, and was unveiled through web searches and further reflection in the post‐fieldwork period.Research limitations/implicationsData collection could have been carried out more systematically if the researcher had had greater control over the situation, especially with regard to recruitment of participants, which was done by the key informant.Originality/valueThe study contributes to a better understanding of the concept of "CSR as organizational culture", which has not been significantly explored in the literature. It addresses the scarcity of works on CSR in the Brazilian mining sector and stresses the importance of going beyond the official view when researching CSR cultures, to consider a diversity of perspectives.
Based on the reflections and insights of a sociologist teaching in a school of management, this article invites management educators to rekindle the sociological imagination, which, albeit more than five decades old, is a concept that has not lost its relevance to make sense of organizational phenomena. It is my contention that C. Wright Mills's sociological imagination is a valuable pedagogical "package" in management education as it encourages contextualization of organizational phenomena and fosters reflection, critical thinking, and reflexivity skills. These skills are a suitable complement to the more normative pedagogical approaches that emphasize the technical and instrumental aspects of management.
This paper is a contribution to the existing body of literature on the Brazilian jeitinho (pronounced jaytcheenyoo) as an informal problem-solving strategy in organizations. The jeitinho is a social mechanism that entails bending or breaking the rules in order to deal with difficult or forbidding situations. It is a particularly useful informal strategy to 'get things done' in work organizations. The paper focuses on what is involved in the interpersonal transaction of the jeitinho in work settings, acknowledging in particular the role of informal social capital and a highly valued interpersonal attribute in Brazilian society known as simpatia. The first part of the paper explores the defining features and historical roots of the Brazilian jeitinho; the second part provides a theoretical contextualization of the discussion through a brief review of academic works on bureaucratic dysfunctions and informal strategies to deal with these problems; and the third part illustrates the operation of the jeitinho with data from a qualitative study of a partnership sustainability program based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
This is the story of an ageing fitness fanatic and the financial sharks who circled his empire before destroying it. Peter Gosnell, The Daily Telegraph 17/4/2003:29. In 2001, Australian company HIH Insurance was placed into liquidation, with severe financial losses and devastating consequences for its employees and policyholders. Dubbed as 'Australia's biggest corporate collapse' (Westfield 2003:241), the HIH case attracted a great deal of attention, not only because of its adverse economic and social impacts but also because it reads like a moral tale in which senior executives of a major business corporation infringe ethical principles and are chastised in the end for their greed, hubris and lack of social responsibility. An examination of media texts published as the case unfolded reveals a strong sense of moral indignation with the social consequences of the HIH collapse, reflected in particular in representations of the shamed executives as greedy, dishonest, arrogant and ruthless. This paper examines the discursive processes that generate representations of HIH senior executives in such dysfunctional terms. Its main contention is that these negative representations can be linked to the growing influence of discourses such as corporate social responsibility (CSR), conceptualised here as a counter‐hegemonic discourse that emerges in an era of increased reflexivity to challenge the legitimacy of dominant discourses of global capitalism. The structuring effects of these discourses are explored in this paper through a methodological framework that borrows from discourse analysis and narrative analysis. This framework reveals links between texts, discourses and macro‐systemic context ‐ or ‐ to borrow from Schegloff (1992) ‐ between proximate and distal contexts The first section of the paper discusses the methodological framework used in the study; the second section provides a brief overview of the broad social context within which the HIH narrative unfolds, and the third part examines the textual construction of the HIH narrative as a moral tale of advanced capitalism, paying particular attention to the portrayal of its key protagonists.
Partant d'une comparaison contrastive entre la formation des décisions collégiales de la Cour suprême des États-Unis (SCOTUS) et du Tribunal fédéral suprême brésilien (STF), fondées sur le principe de majorité, ce travail met en perspective l'affirmation, commune dans le champ juridique au Brésil, selon laquelle le STF aurait été forgé à l'image de la Cour suprême nord-américaine, en opérant ainsi un rapprochement entre les deux systèmes.
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate students' perceptions of studying ethics in a business management degree.Design/methodology/approachThe method used is qualitative design with some quantitative elements. Data were collected through an anonymous survey with 119 students from a management subject, and analysed in the light of deontological and theological theories of ethics.FindingsA large majority of the students surveyed (95 percent) believed that the study of ethics in management is important, and that they had personally benefited from studying ethics in the subject surveyed (84 percent). Four major thematic patterns emerged in the responses: a teleological view of ethics; a "hybrid" view of ethics; a link between ethical behaviour and leadership; and a gap between the ideal and practice of ethics.Research limitations/implicationsThe study had a small sample and referred only to one subject. Further studies should be done with larger samples, comparing different cohorts of students, or students at different stages of a degree.Practical implicationsThe study draws attention to issues that emerge from the teaching of ethics in management, in particular the need for sustained efforts to foster critical thinking and reflexivity among management students.Originality/valueThe paper is based on an original study that addresses the current gap in studies investigating management students' attitudes to studying ethics. It is particularly valuable for ethics teachers.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to canvass the views of villagers from a remote region of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on food security issues in their community and their level of satisfaction with food security initiatives provided by the extractive company that operated on their land.
Design/methodology/approach Qualitative design: data gathered through 14 semi-structured, face-to-face interviews and a discussion forum with 20 villagers from Pawa. Purposive sampling. Snow-balling method of recruitment.
Findings Food security was identified as a growing concern among the villagers, who also expressed dissatisfaction with the food security projects offered through the corporate social responsibility (CSR) program offered by the company operating on their land. Communication problems between company and community and lack of trust were evident.
Research limitations/implications Possibility of self-selection bias among participants. The perspective of the company was under-represented.
Practical implications The study highlights the need for CSR practitioners to be mindful of the importance of effective communication with local communities.
Social Implications The study reveals the importance of meaningful dialogue between company and host communities, which can lead to a more efficient allocation of resources and empowerment of host communities.
Originality/value The study bridges a research gap in the field of CSR in developing countries because food security, as a CSR issue in PNG communities, is under-researched. The study contributes to a better understanding of company –community relations in PNG and how these relations can be improved through a more normative approach to CSR. It also highlights the importance of empowering host communities through meaningful dialogue.
AbstractTrust is considered as an important process in establishing positive patient–professional relationships and healthcare outcomes. While many studies denote the mutual–reciprocal nature of trust, there is a strong tendency to consider professionals merely as trustees. This article presents a review of literature addressing healthcare professionals' trust in patients, aiming to identify and compare more theoretical and more empirical contributions on the topic as a basis for developing a research agenda. We examine 31 theoretical and empirical peer‐reviewed articles that address healthcare professionals' trust in patients, either as the primary or secondary focus. We found that healthcare professionals' trust in patients is still overlooked in empirical trust studies into healthcare, despite several theoretical and review articles emphasising the relevance of the topic. We propose that future empirical research considers professionals' uncertainties and vulnerabilities, and that theoretical studies reflect more on methodological approaches for researching their conceptualisations. Moreover, our findings suggest that while system‐based understandings have been seen as important for considering how patients trust in their healthcare, we argue that these same abstract systems—professional, ethical, organisational and legal—are vital to understanding how doctors become vulnerable, and therefore, how trust in their patients becomes pertinent, in their everyday work.
