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Publication date: 5 November 2015

Conceptualizing Personal and Institutional Integrity: The Comprehensive Integrity Framework

Hugh Breakey, Tim Cadman and Charles Sampford

In this paper, we present a conceptual and terminological system – what we term the ‘Comprehensive Integrity Framework’ – capable of applying to both personal and…

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In this paper, we present a conceptual and terminological system – what we term the ‘Comprehensive Integrity Framework’ – capable of applying to both personal and institutional integrity, and to different levels of institutions (including sub-institutions and institutional complexes). We distinguish between three sorts of integrity: consistency-integrity (whether the agent’s acts accord with her claimed values); coherence-integrity (whether the agent’s character and internal constitution accord with her claimed values); and context-integrity (whether the agent’s environment facilitates her living up to her claimed values). We then employ this conceptual system to explore similarities, differences and overlaps between personal and institutional integrity, drawing in particular on moral philosophic work on personal integrity (on the one hand) and on ‘integrity systems’ and public administration approaches to institutional integrity (on the other).

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The Ethical Contribution of Organizations to Society
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-209620150000014001
ISBN: 978-1-78560-446-1

Keywords

  • Integrity
  • personal integrity
  • institutional integrity
  • comprehensive integrity framework
  • integrity systems
  • compartmentalization

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Publication date: 15 May 2019

Business process reengineering in developing economies: Lessons from microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Uganda

Gideon Nkurunziza, John Munene, Joseph Ntayi and Will Kaberuka

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between organizational adaptability, institutional leadership and business process reengineering performance using…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between organizational adaptability, institutional leadership and business process reengineering performance using the tested complexity theory in a developing economy setting.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is correlation and cross-sectional and adopts institutional-level data collected via questionnaires from reengineered microfinance institutions in Uganda. Cluster analysis as data mining technique was used to classify cases based on respondents’ opinions into homogeneous clusters. Nvivo was used to understand the perceptions of business process reengineering performance based on qualitative data. The authors used structural equation modeling to derive the predictive model of business process reengineering performance in a developing world setting.

Findings

The authors find that organizational adaptability and institutional leadership are key predictors of business process reengineering performance. Results reveal a predictive model of 61 per cent based on structural equation modeling for the study variables. Cluster analysis as data mining approach explored complex patterns of reengineered business processes.

Research limitations/implications

The use of cluster analysis is susceptible to problems associated with sampling error and absence of fit indices. However, the likelihood of these problems is reduced by the interaction with the data, practical implications and use of smart partial least square to generate structural equations based on derived measurement models of each study variable.

Practical implications

Policymakers of Bank of Uganda, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, should develop sound policies in relation to knowledge management, institutional leadership and adaptive mechanisms to enhance business process reengineering performance to take advantage of new knowledge opportunities for the improvement of their businesses.

Social implications

Given the results from structural equations generated, managers need to consider institutional leadership and organizational adaptability as key drivers of business process reengineering performance in microfinance institutions. The results confirm the significant role of institutional leadership, organizational adaptability in determining business process reengineering performance outcomes.

Originality/value

Unlike most of the business process reengineering literature, this study contributes to literature by domesticating and testing complexity theory to explain business process reengineering performance in developing economies.

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Innovation & Management Review, vol. 16 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/INMR-03-2018-0010
ISSN: 2515-8961

Keywords

  • Business process reengineering performance
  • Institutional leadership
  • Organizational adaptability

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Publication date: 28 March 2015

What’s So Institutional about Leadership? Leadership Mechanisms of Value Infusion

Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn

Leaders are important social actors in organizations, centrally involved in establishing and maintaining institutional values, a view that was articulated by Philip…

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Leaders are important social actors in organizations, centrally involved in establishing and maintaining institutional values, a view that was articulated by Philip Selznick (1957) nearly a half-century ago, but often overlooked in institutionalists’ accounts. Our objective is to build on Selznick’s seminal work to investigate the value proposition of leadership consistent with institutional theory. We examine public interview transcripts from 52 senior executives and discover that leaders’ conceptualizations of their entities align with the archetypes of organization (i.e., economic, hierarchical, and power oriented) and institution (i.e., ideological, creative and collectivist) and cohere around a set of relevant values. Extrapolating from this, we advance a theoretical framework of the process whereby leaders’ claims function as transformational mechanisms of value infusion in the institutionalization of organizations.

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Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044011
ISBN: 978-1-78441-726-0

Keywords

  • Leadership
  • institutions
  • values
  • value-infusion

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Publication date: 5 October 2020

The state of disclosures on Aboriginal engagement: an examination of Australian mining companies

Amanpreet Kaur and Wei Qian

This paper aims to examine the nature and level of disclosures on engagement with Aboriginal communities by Australian mining companies.

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This paper aims to examine the nature and level of disclosures on engagement with Aboriginal communities by Australian mining companies.

Design/methodology/approach

Content analysis of annual and sustainability reports of Australian Stock Exchange listed companies was undertaken to address the central research aim of this paper. An Aboriginal engagement framework was developed based on the five dimensions suggested by Reconciliation Australia.

Findings

The findings of the study report an overall low level of disclosures on Aboriginal engagement by mining companies and reveal that corporate disclosures largely focus on Land and Native title agreements, Aboriginal employment and corporate investment in Aboriginal socio-economic development. The least reported issues include Aboriginal immersion experience, Aboriginal inclusion in leadership roles and commitment to the reconciliation process. The findings of the study suggest that although corporate engagement practices have started to recognise and incorporate marginalised stakeholder rights and issues, only a few companies have created necessary avenues to empower Aboriginal communities. Regarding the reconciliation process, the findings reveal that the companies are mostly reporting on only three out of the five dimensions of the framework.

Practical implications

This study provides a better understanding of the current state of Aboriginal engagement practices in the mining sector, in particular the issues and gaps in reporting Aboriginal engagement to align it with the national reconciliation process, which will be useful for policymakers and, possibly, standard setters to develop future Aboriginal engagement and disclosure policies.

Originality/value

In spite of the rapid development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure, disclosure of corporate impacts on Aboriginal people and reconciliation with Aboriginal communities has been given little attention in business CSR practice and previous CSR disclosure literature. This research fills this gap and investigates the increasing uptake of Aboriginal engagement disclosures by business corporations.

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Meditari Accountancy Research, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-01-2020-0702
ISSN: 2049-372X

Keywords

  • Sustainability reporting
  • Aboriginal community
  • Aboriginal engagement
  • Australian mining sector
  • Corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures

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Book part
Publication date: 12 June 2015

Librarians in a Litigious Age and the Attack on Academic Freedom

Mary Kandiuk and Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens

With a focus on Canada, but framed by similar and shared concerns emerging in the United States, this chapter examines the current status of what constitutes and defines…

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With a focus on Canada, but framed by similar and shared concerns emerging in the United States, this chapter examines the current status of what constitutes and defines academic freedom for academic librarians and the rights and the protections individual, professional academic librarians have with respect to the freedom of speech and expression of their views in speech and writing within and outside of their institutions. It reviews the historical background of academic freedom and librarianship in Canada, academic freedom language in collective agreements, rights legislation in Canada versus the United States as it pertains to academic librarianship, and rights statements supported by Canadian associations in the library field and associations representing members in postsecondary institutions. The implications of academic librarians using the new communication technologies and social media platforms, such as blogs and networking sites, with respect to academic freedom are examined, as well as, an overview of recent attacks on the academic freedom of academic librarians in the United States and Canada. Included in this analysis are the results of a survey of Canadian academic librarians, which examined attitudes about academic freedom, the external and internal factors which have an impact on academic freedom, and the professional use of new communication technologies and social media platforms.

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Current Issues in Libraries, Information Science and Related Fields
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020150000039009
ISBN: 978-1-78441-637-9

Keywords

  • Academic freedom
  • freedom of expression
  • academic librarians
  • social media
  • defamation
  • Canada

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Publication date: 28 March 2015

Philip Selznick and the Problems of Organizational Integrity and Responsibility

Jerry Goodstein

In this paper, I examine Philip Selznick’s sustained engagement with the problems of organizational responsibility and integrity. I first discuss how Selznick conceived of…

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In this paper, I examine Philip Selznick’s sustained engagement with the problems of organizational responsibility and integrity. I first discuss how Selznick conceived of integrity and responsibility, and the role of institutionalization in creating an organizational and institutional context conducive for reinforcing organizational integrity and responsibility. I then turn to how organizational integrity and responsibility can be problematical, highlighting threats Selznick identified in his work that be believed represented significant challenges for organizations and their leaders. I end the paper by considering where other organizational scholars have been able to pursue research relevant to the problems of organizational integrity and responsibility, and where there might be opportunities for further research on these problems and related issues.

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Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044008
ISBN: 978-1-78441-726-0

Keywords

  • Philip Selznick
  • organizational integrity
  • organizational responsibility
  • institutionalization
  • opportunism

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Publication date: 28 March 2015

Leading Amidst Competing Technical and Institutional Demands: Revisiting Selznick’s Conception of Leadership

Marya L. Besharov and Rakesh Khurana

This paper explores how Selznick’s approach to leadership can inform contemporary organizational theory and research. Drawing on Selznick’s writing in Leadership in…

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This paper explores how Selznick’s approach to leadership can inform contemporary organizational theory and research. Drawing on Selznick’s writing in Leadership in Administration and related works, we characterize organizations as simultaneously technical entities pursuing economic goals and value-laden entities pursuing non-economic goals arising from their members and their role in society. These two aspects of organizations are deeply intertwined and in continual tension with one another, and the essential task of leadership is to uphold both – protecting and promoting values while also meeting technical imperatives. To do so, leaders establish a common purpose that includes values and ideals not just technical imperatives, they create structures and practices that embody this purpose, and they make organizational decisions and personal behavioral choices that are consistent with this purpose. We consider each task of leadership in turn, showing how Selznick’s ideas enrich and extend contemporary research on competing institutional logics, organizational design, culture, and identity, leadership, and meaningful work.

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Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044004
ISBN: 978-1-78441-726-0

Keywords

  • Selznick
  • leadership
  • institutional theory
  • competing demands
  • meaning of work

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Publication date: 4 October 2014

Dividing To Conquer: Using The Separation Of Powers To Structure Institutional Inter-relations

Hugh Breakey

The separation of powers constitutes a vital feature of western democracies, enshrined in myriad federal and state constitutions. Yet, as a broad principle, theorists…

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The separation of powers constitutes a vital feature of western democracies, enshrined in myriad federal and state constitutions. Yet, as a broad principle, theorists struggle to pin down its precise nature, and many contend that the tripartite separation of state powers into legislative, executive and judicial branches proves simplistic and infeasible. I argue we should understand the separation of powers as a strategy used to structure relations between the separated institutions. This process of structuring empowers the creation of novel inter-relations among institutions (relations of balancing, checking, dividing, coordinating and so on), with the goal of improving their institutional integrity. In short, we separate only to reconnect.

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Achieving Ethical Excellence
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-209620140000012005
ISBN: 978-1-78441-245-6

Keywords

  • Separation of powers
  • John Locke
  • Montesquieu
  • institutional integrity
  • checks and balances
  • balance of powers

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Publication date: 12 September 2014

Wired to Fail: Virtue and Dysfunction in Baltimore’s Narrative

Hugh Breakey

How can public institutions achieve their goals and best nurture virtue in their members? In this chapter, I seek answers to these questions in a perhaps unlikely place…

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How can public institutions achieve their goals and best nurture virtue in their members? In this chapter, I seek answers to these questions in a perhaps unlikely place: the television series The Wire. Known for its unflinching realism, the crime drama narrates the intertwined lives of police, criminals, politicians, teachers and journalists in drug-plagued urban Baltimore. Yet even in the thick and quick of institutional dysfunction the drama portrays, human virtue springs forth and institutions (despite themselves) sometimes perform their roles. I begin this exploration of The Wire by drawing on Montesquieu and other political theorists to evaluate the problems facing state institutions – problems of diversity and principle as much as selfishness and power-mongering. I then turn to the prospects for virtue within modern institutions, developing and applying the system of Alasdair MacIntyre and paying particular attention to the role of narrative in cementing and integrating virtue.

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The Contribution of Fiction to Organizational Ethics
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-209620140000011003
ISBN: 978-1-78350-949-2

Keywords

  • Institutional integrity
  • Alasdair MacIntyre
  • narrative ethics
  • professional ethics
  • police ethics
  • The Wire

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Article
Publication date: 12 March 2018

Addressing student plagiarism from the library learning commons

Stephanie Bell

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize principled plagiarism education in library learning commons.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize principled plagiarism education in library learning commons.

Design/methodology/approach

The synthesis of literature from library and information science, writing studies, and study skills illuminates academic cultures of speech reporting, causes of undergraduate student cheating behaviors and blunders in source use and attribution, and recommended best teaching practices.

Findings

Library learning commons are particularly well positioned to address student plagiarism as student-centric spaces with the potential to foster prosocial behaviors among students. Learning commons’ partner literatures reveal understandings of academic citation practices as multiple and fluid, tacit, ideological and skillful information literacies. Best practices for plagiarism education are developmental approaches aimed at socializing students into academic cultures of knowledge construction. These approaches to plagiarism education may preclude teaching academic integrity policy or participating in the enforcement of those codes of conduct.

Research limitations/implications

No survey of programs or their effectiveness was done for this paper. The effectiveness of the approach conceptualized here merits further study.

Originality/value

Contributions to fostering academic integrity support student success and the integrity of degrees and institutional reputation more broadly. This paper provides a model for interdisciplinary learning commons’ research.

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Information and Learning Science, vol. 119 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-10-2017-0105
ISSN: 2398-5348

Keywords

  • Pedagogy
  • Information literacy
  • Plagiarism
  • Learning commons
  • Academic integrity
  • Citation

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