Ethics and Empowerment

RICHARD BADHAM Professor at the BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, Head of Research programme on Managing Innovation and Change Agent Cultures (MICAC), Wollongong University, AustraliaJOHNSTON BIRCHALL Lecturer in Public Policy, Brunel University, UKFREDERICK BIRD Professor of Comparative Ethics, Concordia University, Montreal, CanadaPAUL COUCHMAN Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Management of Integrated Technological and Organisational Change, Wollongong University, AustraliaJULIA M. CHRISTENSEN HUGHES Associate Professor, School of Hotel and Food Administration, University of Guelph, Ontario, CanadaBARBARA GOODWIN Professor of Politics, University of East Anglia, UKPETER JONES Consultant in change management and organisational developmentPAUL JOYCE Professor and Director of the Management Research Centre, University of North London, UKJOHN KALER Senior Lecturer, Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, UKIAN MCLOUGHLIN Reader and Head of Management Studies, Brunel University, UKANNE MILLS Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Change, Business School, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UKCHRIS MOON Senior Lecturer, Anglia Business School, UKEDNA OJEIFO Consultant in brand development and brand managementKEITH PHEBY formerly taught organisational ethics in US, UK and JapanCELIA STANWORTH Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Industrial Relations, University of Greenwich, UKRICHARDWARREN Principal Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKDIANA WINSTANLEY Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Imperial College Management School, UKADRIAN WOODS Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Brunel University, UK

• Is Empowerment Ethical? Why Ask the Question? PART ONE: ETHICS AND EMPOWERMENT Empowerment and Justice Does Empowerment Empower? Organisational Empowerment: an Historical Perspective and Conceptual Framework Ethico-power and the City Ethics, Empowerment and Ownership PART TWO: THEORY AND THE EXPERIENCE OF EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES Beyond Rhetoric: A Typology of Empowerment Strategies Found Within One Organisation Empowerment and Teams: Ethics and the Implementation of Socio-Technical Systems Negotiated Reality: the Meaning of Empowerment Empowerment in a Government Agency Ethics and Empowerment: Managerial Discourse and the Case of Teleworking PART THREE: BUSINESS AND SOCIETY: THE NEW EMPOWERMENT RESPONSIBILITY Empowering Consumers through Co-operatives Empowerment in a Community of Purpose The Social Responsibility of Businesses: to Empower Employees by Listening and Responding Ethical Guidelines for an Empowered Organisation