RT Article
T1 Exploring “Embodied Care” in Relation to Social Sustainability
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 107
IS 4
SP 473
OP 484
A1 Simola, Sheldene
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785644882
AB Although there has been a proliferation of interest in sustainable business practice, recent research has identified concerns with the relative neglect of the social versus environmental aspects of sustainability. It is argued here that due to its reliance on internally held, concrete and intrinsically motivated forms of responsiveness, as well as its ability to be authentically social versus parochial in nature, that the ethical construct of “embodied care” (Hamington, Embodied Care: Jane Addams, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Feminist Ethics, 2004) has particular relevance as one path through which responsiveness to the human aspects of sustainable business practice might occur. Consideration is given to care as both an individual and organizational level construct. Business case examples are offered and directions for future research described.
K1 Sustainability
K1 Social sustainability
K1 Embodied care
K1 Compassion
K1 Care
DO 10.1007/s10551-011-1059-7