Visual Ethics

This volume brings together 11 essays by business, education, and other researchers from North America, Australia, Europe, and China, who illustrate how the study of art can enhance understanding of organizational life and personal behavior. They discuss the influence of visual images of people on work-related behavior; the box constructions of Joseph Cornell as a set of visual representations to examine bureaucratic and post-bureaucratic theory in the context of organizational ethics; the portrayal of the organization in popular Western films; Photovoice, a qualitative research process used by governments and non-government organizations to enable those from disadvantaged groups to share experiences and issues through photos and stories; how discipline-based art education can be a means for creating dialogues that reframe ideas of accountability in education; the aesthetics of artists' self-portraits and philosophical novels as metaphors to overcome depersonalization, routinization, and linear temporality in the organizational setting; political ethics, the ethics of public organizations, and personal ethics; how behavioral theories can improve foreign aid efficiency and effectiveness; the effect of embedded managerial values on corporate financial outcomes; and shared value and factors that have negatively affected business stakeholders.

• Chapter 1. Visual Ethics; Michael Schwartz, Howard Harris and Debra R. ComerChapter 2. Visual Images of People at Work: Influences on Organizational Citizenship Behavior; Brandon Randolph-Seng, Brandt A. Smith and Andrea Slobodnikova Chapter 3. The Art of Joseph Cornell: Visual Reflections of the Debate on Bureaucratic and Post-Bureaucratic Organizations; Lizabeth Barclay Chapter 4. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: A study of the organization through the lens of popular films of the western world; Elizabeth Lomas and Vanda Broughton Chapter 5. Storytelling through Photos: A Photovoice Lense on Ethical Visual Research; Janine Pierce Chapter 6. A Critically Compassionate Vision of Accountability: Discipline-Based Art Education, Purposeful Dialogue, and Financial Literacy; Thomas A. Lucey, James D. Laney and Mary Frances Agnello  Chapter 7. Organizational Ethics and Self-Realization: How Could Artists’ Self-Portraits and Philosophical Novels Release Us from Estrangement?; Michel Dion  Chapter 8. The Political Ethics and the Attribution of Moral Responsibility to Public Organizations: Its Scope and Its Limits; Ginés Marco Chapter 9. Behavioral-based Theories and the Aid Industry: An Explanation for Unintended, Negative Outcomes; Charles J. Coate, James Mahar, Mark C. Mitschow and Zachary Rodriguez Chapter 10. The effect of embedded managerial values on corporate financial outcomes; Alain Neher, Alexander Jungmeister, Calvin Wang and Oliver Burmeister Chapter 11. Renewing Strategic Business Focus through Shared Value: A Eupsychian and Ideation Approach; Alan Fish, Xianglin (Shirley) Ma and Jack Wood