caa a22 4500 605485593 CHVBK 20210128100441.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2049-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2049-3 Toward an Ethical Theory of Organizing [Elektronische Daten] [Naveed Yazdani, Hasan Murad] Current organizations are underpinned by utilitarian ethics of Modernity. Pure economic motive driven organizations detach themselves from larger societal interest. Rising number of corporate scandals and intraorganizational income inequalities are breeding similar trends in society at large. Current organizations base their competitive advantage on resources and capabilities which boils down to economic supremacy at all cost whether it is named I/O or RBV of the firm. This theoretical article posits Ethics-based Trust as the main competency and capability for attaining sustained competitive advantage. It in no way condemns utility view of the firms but treats it as a natural yet secondary outcome of genuine ethicality of the firm. Cultivating an ethical culture in the firm through identifying antecedents, organizational practices, and the outcomes where profitability is an automatic but secondary outcome under the supremacy of ethics is detailed in the multilevel model presented in this article. The main call of this article is to posit ethics and morality over and above short-term profits so that organizations fulfill their trustee role for society through enacting socio-humanistic theories within organizations. A brief analysis of the proposed ethical theory of firm is undertaken in light of the "schooling” notion in the contemporary organization theory literature. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Business ethics nationallicence Theory of firm nationallicence Quantum organizations nationallicence Trust-dependence view of firm nationallicence Transformative learning nationallicence Ethical leadership nationallicence Organization theory schools nationallicence Yazdani Naveed School of Professional Advancement, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan aut Murad Hasan Rector, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/2(2015-03-01), 399-417 0167-4544 127:2<399 2015 127 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2049-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2049-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yazdani Naveed School of Professional Advancement, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Murad Hasan Rector, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/2(2015-03-01), 399-417 0167-4544 127:2<399 2015 127 10551