RT Article
T1 Cooperation and Competition in the Context of Organic and Mechanic Worldviews – A Theoretical and Case based Discussion
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 66
IS 1
SP 19
OP 32
A1 Ims, Knut J.
A1 Jakobsen, Ove D.
A2 Jakobsen, Ove D.
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785625705
AB In this study we argue that there is an interconnection between; the mechanistic worldview and competition, and the organic worldview and cooperation. To illustrate our main thesis we introduce two cases; first, Max Havelaar, a paradigmatic case of how business might function in an economy based upon solidarity and sustainability. Second, TINE, a Norwegian grocery corporation engaged in collusion in order to force a small competitor out of the market. On the one hand, in order to encourage market behaviour that integrates economic, societal and environmental values we find that transparent cooperation within a context of an organic worldview takes care of important intrinsic as well as instrumental values. On the other hand, we find evidence for asserting that cooperation based upon a mechanistic worldview, typically leads to group egotistical consequences undermining the long term common good.
K1 Sustainability
K1 ORGANIC WORLDVIEW
K1 mechanistic worldview
K1 Fair Trade
K1 Cooperation
K1 Competition
K1 Collusion
DO 10.1007/s10551-006-9055-z