Virtue at Work: Ethics for Individuals, Managers, and Organizations

by Geoff Moore

In constructing a narrative (the story of Elaine’s life), and in understanding who she has become (her character), organizations have played an important part. An interesting question related to this would be whether she is the same person at work as she is at home (and as she is when the raft is plunging through the rapids). Another interesting question would be whether she has pursued the same kind of projects and ambitions throughout her life, and her commitment to these. Finally, just as we did with DesignCo when asking whether it was a ‘good’ organization, and when we asked what it means to be a ‘good’ manager, we might want to ask what it means to be a ‘good’ person and whether Elaine could be described in that way.