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Management, Political Philosophy, and Colonial Interference
Philosophy of Management Pub Date : 2021-11-20 , DOI: 10.1007/s40926-021-00187-9
Patricia H. Werhane 1 , David Bevan 2
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In this paper we set out to explore the claims that corporate social responsibility (CSR) itself is little more than a complementary extension of the project of coloniality initiated by the Enlightenment (e.g. Banerjee 2019). We will not dispute that claim. Rather we will develop three points. First, we will apply a non-linear, systems approach to demonstrate how we all, of any color, ethnic origin or historical location are all part of an interconnected interrelated sets of systems—what some thinkers call a complex adaptive system or systems (e.g., Miller and Page 2007) so that dismissing or degrading any particular ethnic, gender, or racial group is dismissing part of our history and origin. Secondly, we will argue that Enlightenment, coloniality, as well as neo-coloniality, and decoloniality sprung up from the Enlightenment projects themselves. Thus, the very critiques of Enlightenment, accurate as they may be, evolved from that perspective and have to be taken into account even in those critiques. Third, what appears to be an “either-or” – that is, that commerce should stick to business and not engage in political activities (forms of neocolonialism) or accept these business-political activities despite critiques – is not a simple choice. Rather, conceding that commerce and political systems cannot be nicely separated, we will provide some principles or ways to evaluate these activities, seemingly ubiquitous particularly in emerging economies.



中文翻译:

管理、政治哲学和殖民干涉

在本文中,我们着手探讨企业社会责任 (CSR) 本身只不过是启蒙运动发起的殖民项目的补充延伸(例如 Banerjee 2019)的说法。我们不会对该声明提出异议。相反,我们将制定三点。首先,我们将应用一种非线性的系统方法来展示我们所有人,无论何种肤色、种族或历史地点,都是相互关联的一组系统的一部分——一些思想家称之为复杂的适应系统(例如, Miller 和 Page 2007),因此,对任何特定种族、性别或种族群体的蔑视或侮辱就是在蔑视我们历史和起源的一部分。其次,我们将论证启蒙运动、殖民主义以及新殖民主义和非殖民主义是从启蒙运动本身产生的。因此,对启蒙运动的批评,尽管它们可能是准确的,但都是从那个角度演变而来的,即使在这些批评中也必须加以考虑。第三,看似“非此即彼”——即商业应该坚持商业而不从事政治活动(新殖民主义的形式)或不顾批评接受这些商业政治活动——不是一个简单的选择。相反,我们承认商业和政治体系不能很好地分开,我们将提供一些原则或方法来评估这些活动,这些活动似乎无处不在,尤其是在新兴经济体中。商业应该坚持商业而不从事政治活动(新殖民主义的形式)或不顾批评接受这些商业政治活动——这不是一个简单的选择。相反,我们承认商业和政治体系不能很好地分开,我们将提供一些原则或方法来评估这些活动,这些活动似乎无处不在,尤其是在新兴经济体中。商业应该坚持商业而不从事政治活动(新殖民主义的形式)或不顾批评接受这些商业政治活动——这不是一个简单的选择。相反,我们承认商业和政治体系不能很好地分开,我们将提供一些原则或方法来评估这些活动,这些活动似乎无处不在,尤其是在新兴经济体中。

更新日期:2021-11-20
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