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The Battle in Seattle: Reconciling Two World Views on Corporate Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

John Dobson
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This paper investigates the broad ideological conflict between world views on corporate culture. Two views are identified: one encompassing standard liberal economic philosophy; the other taking broader notions of corporate culture from ethics theory. The conflict that surrounded the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle is used as an illustration of the current conflict between these views. The writings of Alasdair MacIntyre are employed as a means of elucidating and reconciling these two world views.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 403 - 413
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2001

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