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Abstract
Although there has been a proliferation of interest in sustainable business practice, recent research has identified concerns
with the relative neglect of the social versus environmental aspects of sustainability. It is argued here that due to its
reliance on internally held, concrete and intrinsically motivated forms of responsiveness, as well as its ability to be authentically
social versus parochial in nature, that the ethical construct of “embodied care” (Hamington, Embodied Care: Jane Addams, Maurice
Merleau-Ponty, and Feminist Ethics, 2004) has particular relevance as one path through which responsiveness to the human aspects of sustainable business practice
might occur. Consideration is given to care as both an individual and organizational level construct. Business case examples
are offered and directions for future research described.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-12
- DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-1059-7
- Authors
- Sheldene Simola, Business Administration Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada
- Journal Journal of Business Ethics
- Online ISSN 1573-0697
- Print ISSN 0167-4544