17245: Philosophy, Ethics and Management

Friday, July 25, 2025

11:00 - 12:30 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C3-m8

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research
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Organizer(s)

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Vera Haataja

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
CG

Christian Garmann Johnsen

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Panelist(s)

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Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christiensen

-, Denmark
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Robin Holt

University of Bristol
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Caleb Bernacchio

California State University-Monterey Bay, United States

This PDW explores the role of contextualized ethics from a philosophical viewpoint in management, organization, and entrepreneurship. Contextual ethics adopts a bottom-up approach, focusing on how normative questions, such as ‘What should I do?’ emerge in everyday practices. Rooted in traditions like virtue ethics and ordinary language philosophy, contextualized ethics emphasizes practice-based ethical inquiry. Thinking through philosophy, the session investigates how research can address the nature and the force of ‘the should’ and ‘the ought’ in managerial, organizational, and entrepreneurial life. Featuring leading scholars, the PDW highlights the importance of contextual ethics for advancing management, organization, and entrepreneurship research.