The Moral Imagination of Patricia Werhane: A Festschrift by R. Edward Freeman & Sergiy Dmytriyev & Andrew C. Wicks

Author:R. Edward Freeman & Sergiy Dmytriyev & Andrew C. Wicks
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783319742922
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Management Education

There has unfortunately been a limited degree of discussion over the use of moral imagination in management education, despite Werhane’s view that moral imagination can be taught (Werhane and Moriarty 2009). Both Von Weltzien Hoivik (2004) and Ravenscroft and Dillard (2008) recommend the use of moral imagination in the classroom. Ravenscroft and Dillard (2008: 186) state: “Operationally, we must help students develop their moral imagination by honing their powers of discrimination, encouraging them to envision new possibilities, and to creatively consider the implications of the imaginative structures.” Godwin (2015) also believes that for business education, pedagogy needs to be developed that most effectively helps students build and reinforce the skills of discerning moral issues and developing a range of alternatives, which they suggest can include experiential learning activities or case studies. Rozuel (2016) similarly recommends that moral imagination and enhanced ethical reflection be taught through writing and enacting stories in business ethics courses.

The teaching philosophy of Giving Voice to Values (GVV), or how to speak your mind when you know what’s right, might also be used in conjunction with moral imagination when teaching students or training managers across all of the stages of ethical decision making. ‘Giving Voice to Values’ means the following (Gentile 2010: xiii):The main idea behind Giving Voice to Values (GVV) is the observation that a focus on awareness of ethical issues and [an] analysis of what the right thing to do maybe is insufficient. Precious little time is spent on action – that is, developing the ‘scripts’ and implementation plans for responding to the commonly heard ‘reasons and rationalizations’ for questionable practices, and actually practicing the delivery of those scripts. GVV is all about this neglected area of scripts and action plans and practice: building the skills, the confidence, the moral muscle, and frankly the habit of voicing our values.

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