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The practical applications of virtue ethics are currently being explored in the business ethics literature, and given the potential and optimism associated with this inquiry, there is growing interest in and discussion of virtue theory in other business disciplines. Since virtue ethics focuses on the development of positive character traits in employees so that a common good can be established around organization, there exists an opportunity to consider this approach in the intersecting fields of organizational ethics and human resource management. The purpose of this exploratory paper is to consider how a virtue-based approach might be used to enhance the management of organizational ethics programs and approaches, as well as human resource management policies and practices. A conceptual model that summarizes how these processes might be managed is presented in the paper, and a number of suggestions are provided to guide future investigations of these issues.
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Valentine, S. (2017). The Case for Considering Virtue Ethics in Organizational Ethics and Human Resource Management. In: Sison, A., Beabout, G., Ferrero, I. (eds) Handbook of Virtue Ethics in Business and Management. International Handbooks in Business Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6510-8_119
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