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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Exploring mechanisms that lead unethical behaviors and searching possibilities of constructing ethical cultures in organizations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13630145
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Business administration
Research InstitutionHIROSHIMA UNIVERSIlY (2003)
Asia University (2001-2002)

Principal Investigator

CHIKUDATE Nobuyuki  Hiroshima University, Faculty of Law, Associate Professor, 法学部, 助教授 (50255238)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Keywordsbusiness ethics / organizational culture / corporate culture / managerial change / institutional change / postmodern / phenomenology / deconstruction
Research Abstract

This study explored, theorized, and empirically verified underlying mechanisms that led ethical bankruptcies in Japanese organizations. The author drew on multiple methodologies including phenomenology, Habermasian discourse ethics, and Foucaultian genealogy to offer a new conceptualization, one that aided in the assessment of unethical practices. The contributions of national culture to the crimes were omitted as much as possible to establish a position of general theory. The conceptualization was then applied to examine some cases to show the contextualization of abstract concepts. The results were published at Journal of Management Studies, 2002, Vol.39, and Journal of Business Ethics, 2002, Vol. 38.
In this study, the author also theoretically speculated the possibility of deconstructing unethical cultures and institutions and proposed the ideas of reconstructing ethical cultures in organizations. He advanced "reflexivity," one of major concepts evolved and discussed among the academicians of French and German social theories and philosophies. The major ideas were published at Asia and Europe in New Global System (edited book) and Soshiki Kagaku (the official journal for the Academic Association for Organizational Science, 2004, Vol. 37).

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

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All Publications (8 results)

  • [Publications] Nobuyuki Chikudate: "Collective myopia and disciplinary power behind the scenes of unethical practices : A diagnostic theory on Japanese organization"Journal of Management Studies. 39. 289-307 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Nobuyuki Chikudate: "Collective myopia and defective higher educations behind the scenes of ethically bankrupted economic systems"Journal of Business Ethics. 38. 205-225 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 築達 延征: "倫理崩壊時のCollective Myopia(集合近眼)の状態と非常識な常識による呪縛-現象学・社会的構築主義・ハーバーマス・フーコーの方法による実践診断理論-"組織科学. 37. 24-32 (2004)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Nobuyuki Chikudate: "Asia and Europe in the New Global Sytem(Sung-Jo Park & Sierk Horn編)"Palgrave-macmillan, UK. 325 (2003)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Nobuyuki Chikudate: "Collective myopia and disciplinary power behind the scenes of unethical practices : A diagnostic theory on Japanese organization"Journal of Management Studies. 39(3). 289-307 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Nobuyuki Chikudate: "Collective myopia and defective higher educations behind the scenes of ethically bankrupted economic systems"Journal of Business Ethics. 38(3). 205-225 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Nobuyuki Chikudate: "The state of collective myopia and spell-bound control by commonsense in ethical bankruptcy (in Japanese)"Soshiki-Kagaku. 37(4). 24-32 (2004)

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  • [Publications] Nobuyuki Chikudate: "Limitation and potentials of intercultural communication In unethical business conventions: A theoretical scrutiny of intercultural communication, business ethics, Habermasian Discourse ethics and Foucaultian Aethetics"Asia and Europe in the New Global Sytem(Sung-J Park & Sierk Horn Eds.). 262-282 (2003)

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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