Business Ethics and Critical Consultant Jokes : New Research Methods to Study Ethical Transgressions /

This open access book offers four ways to enrich traditional research methods in business ethics. By looking at critical jokes and cartoons on management consultants, their business practice and their clients' demands, many ethical transgressions in business get addressed. By illustrating and c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bouwmeester, Onno (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Ethics,
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ch.1 Introduction
  • Jokes and cartoon as illustration: how they address common ethical transgressions in consulting
  • Ch.2 Jokes and cartoons used as prompts in interviews: how they help reflecting on dirty leadership Cartoons used a statements in enquiries: how they claim consultants' lack of expertise
  • Content analysis of jokes and cartoons: how they articulate uncertainty issues in depth
  • Discussion.