Harvard University published in its YouTube channel the Third International Discussion IECO-RCC, organized at the initiative of Manuel Guillén, professor of the Department of Business Administration “Juan José Renau Piqueras”. Some experts reflected on the institutional corruption and on the way of making ethically healthy organisations from an humanistic management approach.
The discussion was moderated by William English, research director of the Edmond J. Safra Centre for Ethics of Harvard University. The following presenters took part: Michael Pirson, funder of the Humanistic Management movement and professor of the Business School of University of Fordham, in New York; professor Donna Hicks, from the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University; professor Michael O’Mara Shimek, researcher in Valencia of the Institute for Ethics in Communication and Organisations (IECO); and professor Nien-he Hsieh, from the Business School of the Harvard University. Once again, the seminar took place in the seat of the Royal Complutense College in Harvard (Harvard University RCC) and around thirty managers and academics of the area of Boston attended the seminar.
At the introduction of the discussion, William English highlighted the need of fighting against institutional corruption, a task in which he himself and his teams have been working on and researching for the last five years. Then, the opportunity which offers the discussion to study corruption from a positive approach happened: the one of a humanistic management, able to make ethically healthy organisations, which generate trust.
Likewise, professor O’Mara, a researcher of the IECO, focused the debate precisely in the need to strengthen the “ethically healthy organisations”, understood as those which fully contribute to human development of the people who are part of it, on the other hand, in contrast to ethically sick organisations, which will lead to human decline of its members when encouraging the lost of its human qualities, or of the moral virtues.
Among its reflections, professor O’Mara made reference to the role of the policies of Social Entrepreneurial Responsibility (RSE) in the last decades and its relationship with ethics in organisations. Here, O’Mara highlighted the small favour companies do to society which present themselves as socially responsible ones but without moral criteria. He said that numerous companies perform an “immoral RSE”, that although it does meet society’s expectations, they do not incorporate the ethical criteria in all and every one of their movements. O’Mara said that the importance of highlighting all the ethical criteria, being this the one which qualifies the good internship of RSE, and presented the Humanistic Business Management as an appropriate mean for the development of ethically healthy organisations, able to promote policies of RSE of ethical quality.
Then, professor Nien-he Hsieh emphasized in the communal living of taking a close look at the Business Management Humanistic concept and in the importance that this reflection has for the future of the Management. Nien-he highlighted the need of re-thinking the premises that underline the present models of the management of organisations, and in particular, the concept of preference, power and aim.
Likewise, professor Michael Pirson exposed in an easy way the qualities of a Business Management Humanistic approach. This international movement defends a point of view of the management based on human dignity and in the contribution to common wealth, constituting therefore an appropriate mean for the development of ethically healthy organisations.
At the end, professor Donna Hicks brought to light during his intervention the idea that recognition of human dignity of every person who is part of the organisation leads to a very unique style of management, where the managers are in charge of the value of each person enabling this way higher levels of trust in the centre of the organisations.
The discussion was organised together by Harvard University RCC and IECO (Institute for Ethics in Communication and Organisations). This Institute, directed by professor Guillén, collaborates with universities and other research centres of all over the world commnited to the promotion of increasing knowledge and to promote the critical thought on role of ethics in administration, managing and communication in the organisations, through research, training and counselling.
Manuel Guillén supervises the IECO-UNESCO International Chair in Management, Government, Trust and Otherness, attached to Universitat de València and to Universitat Politècnica de València, at the centre of the VLC/Campus of International Excellence.
The third edition of the discussion can be fully followed through this link.
In this other link there is a brief summary with ideas of the exposed discussion when the meeting is over by some of the participants.
At the introduction of the discussion, William English highlighted the need of fighting against institutional corruption, a task in which he himself and his teams have been working on and researching for the last five years. Then, the opportunity which offers the discussion to study corruption from a positive approach happened: the one of a humanistic management, able to make ethically healthy organisations, which generate trust.
Likewise, professor O’Mara, a researcher of the IECO, focused the debate precisely in the need to strengthen the “ethically healthy organisations”, understood as those which fully contribute to human development of the people who are part of it, on the other hand, in contrast to ethically sick organisations, which will lead to human decline of its members when encouraging the lost of its human qualities, or of the moral virtues.
Among its reflections, professor O’Mara made reference to the role of the policies of Social Entrepreneurial Responsibility (RSE) in the last decades and its relationship with ethics in organisations. Here, O’Mara highlighted the small favour companies do to society which present themselves as socially responsible ones but without moral criteria. He said that numerous companies perform an “immoral RSE”, that although it does meet society’s expectations, they do not incorporate the ethical criteria in all and every one of their movements. O’Mara said that the importance of highlighting all the ethical criteria, being this the one which qualifies the good internship of RSE, and presented the Humanistic Business Management as an appropriate mean for the development of ethically healthy organisations, able to promote policies of RSE of ethical quality.
Then, professor Nien-he Hsieh emphasized in the communal living of taking a close look at the Business Management Humanistic concept and in the importance that this reflection has for the future of the Management. Nien-he highlighted the need of re-thinking the premises that underline the present models of the management of organisations, and in particular, the concept of preference, power and aim.
Likewise, professor Michael Pirson exposed in an easy way the qualities of a Business Management Humanistic approach. This international movement defends a point of view of the management based on human dignity and in the contribution to common wealth, constituting therefore an appropriate mean for the development of ethically healthy organisations.
At the end, professor Donna Hicks brought to light during his intervention the idea that recognition of human dignity of every person who is part of the organisation leads to a very unique style of management, where the managers are in charge of the value of each person enabling this way higher levels of trust in the centre of the organisations.
The discussion was organised together by Harvard University RCC and IECO (Institute for Ethics in Communication and Organisations). This Institute, directed by professor Guillén, collaborates with universities and other research centres of all over the world commnited to the promotion of increasing knowledge and to promote the critical thought on role of ethics in administration, managing and communication in the organisations, through research, training and counselling.
Manuel Guillén supervises the IECO-UNESCO International Chair in Management, Government, Trust and Otherness, attached to Universitat de València and to Universitat Politècnica de València, at the centre of the VLC/Campus of International Excellence.
The third edition of the discussion can be fully followed through this link.
In this other link there is a brief summary with ideas of the exposed discussion when the meeting is over by some of the participants.
Last update: 5 de june de 2015 07:00.
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