Structural support to exercise and develop a moral character.
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2020-06-19
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This study aims to explore whether the current organisational structure of an insurance company supports employees in exercising and developing their moral character so that the moral behaviour within the company enhances the ambition of senior management towards CSR. More specifically, this study examines whether there is a potential gap between the desired organisational structure that realises a teleological, deliberative and social context and, as such, supports the exercise and development of a moral character in the organisational context and the discovered organisational structure of the insurance company. In order to fulfil the research aim, semi-structured interviews were conducted and a document analysis has been performed. Several potential structure related gaps between the desired situation and the discovered situation have been indicated. However, the influence of the divergent values is implied to be partially outweighed by discovered values that are in line with norm values. Hence, the effect of these potential structure related gaps on the support to exercise and develop a moral character is suggested to be limited. Therefore, for the respondents that are part of this research, the teleological context is realised. The realisation of the deliberative and social context can be improved, but is sufficient. As such, respondents indicated to be supported by the organisational structure in exercising and developing their moral character. This research fits the call for further research on the influence of the organisational structure on the exercise and development of a moral character of employees in organisations. The theoretical findings provide opportunities for future research on exercising and developing a moral character in organisations, whereas the practical implications can serve as a guide for organisations on how to support the exercise and development of a moral character.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen