• Hierarchies and Dignity: A Confucian Communitarian Approach Kennedy, Jessica A. | Kim, Tae Wan | Strudler, Alan 2016 Business Ethics Quarterly , Vol. 26 , Issue 4 , S. 479 ff. ( Zeitschrift ) Englisch 1052-150X | 2153-3326 10.2307/26290806 Abstract

    We discuss workers' dignity in hierarchical organizations. First, we explain why a conflict exists between high-ranking individuals' authority and low-ranking individuals' dignity. Then, we ask whether there is any justification that reconciles hierarchical authority with the dignity of workers. We advance a communitarian justification for hierarchical authority, drawing upon Confucianism, which provides that workers can justifiably accept hierarchical authority when it enables a certain type of social functioning critical for the good life of workers and other involved parties. The Confucian communitarian perspective shows that promoting workers' good life or well-being is an important condition for protecting their dignity.
Kennedy, Jessica A.
Kim, Tae Wan
Strudler, Alan

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