TY - JOUR
T1 - Embedded Ethics: Discourse and Power in the New South Wales Police Service
AU - Gordon, R.
AU - Clegg, S.R.
AU - Kornberger, M.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - In this paper we report an ethnographic research study conducted in one of the world's largest police organizations, the new south wales police service. Our research question was, `how do forms of power shape organizational members' ethical practices?' we look at existing theories that propose the deployment of two interrelated arguments: that ethics are embedded in organizational practices and discourse at a micro-level of everyday organizational life, which is contrasted with a focus on the macro-organizational, institutional forces that are seen to have an impact on ethics. Resisting this distinction between the `micro' and the `macro', we build on these two bodies of knowledge to explain ethical change as deeply embedded in power relations that traverse the scale of social action.
AB - In this paper we report an ethnographic research study conducted in one of the world's largest police organizations, the new south wales police service. Our research question was, `how do forms of power shape organizational members' ethical practices?' we look at existing theories that propose the deployment of two interrelated arguments: that ethics are embedded in organizational practices and discourse at a micro-level of everyday organizational life, which is contrasted with a focus on the macro-organizational, institutional forces that are seen to have an impact on ethics. Resisting this distinction between the `micro' and the `macro', we build on these two bodies of knowledge to explain ethical change as deeply embedded in power relations that traverse the scale of social action.
U2 - 10.1177/0170840608100515
DO - 10.1177/0170840608100515
M3 - Article
SN - 0170-8406
VL - 30
SP - 73
EP - 99
JO - Organization Studies
JF - Organization Studies
IS - 1
ER -