RT Article
T1 Accountable selves and responsibility within a global forum
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 187
IS 2
SP 255
OP 270
A1 Pagan, Victoria
A1 Haynes, Kathryn
A1 Reissner, Stefanie
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1860276113
AB This study examines the accountability of the self among sustainability and humanitarian advocates participating in the World Economic Forum. Drawing from Butler's (Giving an account of oneself. Fordham University Press, New York, 2005) philosophy, we explore how these individuals narrate their accountability to themselves and others, the contradictions they experience, and how they explain becoming responsible in this context. Our data illustrate the difficulties faced by these individuals in resisting the temptation to condemn themselves for compromising their own values, and/or to condemn others who think and behave differently. Through their humility in relation to their incoherent identities, and their generosity in engaging with others, the participants show their responsibility both to those they advocate for and to other delegates who may have different perspectives. The study illustrates how accountability to and of the self emerges through relations with others, how individuals struggle to resist ethical violence, and how they take up moral responsibility through human interaction.
K1 Accountability
K1 Humanitarianism
K1 Judith Butler
K1 Responsibility
K1 Sustainability
K1 World Economic Forum
K1 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
DO 10.1007/s10551-022-05286-9