Toward an action philosophy for managers based on Arendt and Tillich
Journal of Business Ethics · 1984 · Volume 3 · Issue 2
Abstract
On the basis of the Weber, Jaspers, and Arendt style ‘ideal types’ of the manager as Eichmann, Richard III, and Faust it is explained how under strong organizational pressures to obey orders and further organizational ends, different types of managers cooperate with organization behavior that harms people. On the basis of Arendt's and Tillich's action philosophies, the manager as Institution Citizen with the courage to be both as oneself and as a part is presented as alternative, contrast, and resistance model to the other ‘ideal types’, particularly to the Eichmann ‘ideal type’.
Keywords
World View, Ideal Type, Civil Liberty, Harvard Business Review, Managerial Morality
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