RT Article
T1 A Normative Argument for Independent Voice and Labor Unions
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 155
IS 4
SP 1153
OP 1165
A1 Dawkins, Cedric E.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785668463
AB The paper argues that an ethical firm has cause to realize and to respect, in good faith, the decision of workers regarding labor unions, and proceeds along the following lines. First, the employer is due appropriate deference the bounds of which should be determined in conjunction with employees, as they are the most closely affected party. Second, employee preferences for defining the employment relation and appropriate deference are best reflected through autonomous voice. Third, autonomous voice is assured by the right to free association and generally achieved through labor unions. Fourth, because employment is so important to a dignified existence, an economically just system of employment requires respect for workers’ choice regarding labor unions. And fifth, there are concerns and contradictions that arise from labor union operations, but they do not justify impeding a morally valid prerogative.
K1 Human Resource Management
K1 Human Rights
K1 Labor unions
K1 Employee engagement
K1 Workplace relations
K1 Participation
K1 labor rights
DO 10.1007/s10551-017-3539-x