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Book SynopsisThis timely book explores new social justice challenges in the workplace. Adopting a long-term perspective, it focuses on value conflicts, or ethical dilemmas, in contemporary organisations. Matthieu de Nanteuil holds a strong and original position in this regard. The problem is not so much the existence of value conflicts: it is more the fact that the actors do not have a frame of justice that allows them to overcome these conflicts without renouncing their deeply held values.
However - and this is crucial - these frames of justice are plural. The book proposes tangible solutions, based around four frames of justice: ethics of discussion, negotiation, development and recognition. It offers a systematic review of their strengths and weaknesses as applied to the workplace. The author translates them to real life situations through a range of case studies, demonstrating practical outcomes applicable to the day-to-day working environment and highlighting that there is no one universal approach.
Original and engaging, this book will be of interest to scholars of workplace ethics, labour policy, sociology of work and social theory. It will also be a key resource for HRM policy makers, trade unionists and managers dealing with human issues in the organisation.
Trade Review‘In this valuable work, Matthieu de Nanteuil critically reflects on the ethical problems and challenges that arise in the workplace, within societies where cost-benefit calculations and power relationships prevail. The author very convincingly considers that workers deeply aspire, not only to meaning, but to social justice in their working environment - yet, that ways towards a more just working environment are plural. A very appropriate book in our turbulent era!’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction – Social justice in the workplace: New challenges, new perspectives 2. The spirit of the Enlightenment 3. Work and values: A critical genealogy 4. Social justice in the workplace: Four frames of justice to overcome ethical dilemmas 5. Social justice in the workplace: Three recent case studies 6. What is a more just workplace? Prospects for the future Bibliography Index
