'A tough line to work through': ethical ambiguities in a South African SME
SOURCE: African Journal of Business Ethics
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): E.Vivier
KEYWORDS: ETHICS OF SCIENCE, MORALITY, SMALL MEDIUM AND MICRO ENTERPRISES
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8030
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2685
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2685
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): E.Vivier
KEYWORDS: ETHICS OF SCIENCE, MORALITY, SMALL MEDIUM AND MICRO ENTERPRISES
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8030
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2685
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2685
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Abstract
The unique contexts and experiences of SMEs have recently been taken up as a gap within business ethics scholarship. In this exploratory paper, I aim to contribute to the knowledge of ethics within SMEs through an in-depth case study comprising interviews, site visits and document analysis of a South African SME. The paper examines the SMEs three owners' perceptions of ethics and corporate social responsibility, as well as the ethical challenges arising from their employee relations. The case illuminates the deep uncertainties and contradictions that permeate the owners' values and practices and points to ethical decision-making as a process of reflection and moral imagination.-
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