Imagining a different voice: A critical and caring approach to management education

Heath, Teresa; O'Malley, Lisa; Tynan, Caroline

Abstract

This article discusses the use of the moral philosophy known as the ethics of care to critically engage management students in ways that favour the development and enactment of a critical and responsible mentality towards business. We use this ethics to ground critical thinking in a moral framework in order to create a conversation in which new possibilities for sustainable and ethical practices might be discovered. Specifically, we identify four teaching practices that allow students to experience being both ‘cared for’ and ‘one-caring’ and explore how this creates a deeper and more critical moral engagement with those affected by businesses. We further propose a framework for applying a care-ethical approach for teaching and learning.

Citation

Heath, T., O'Malley, L., & Tynan, C. (2019). Imagining a different voice: A critical and caring approach to management education. Management Learning, 50(4), 427-448. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507619853284

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 30, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jul 3, 2019
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Dec 2, 2019
• Journal: Management Learning
• Print ISSN: 1350-5076
• Electronic ISSN: 1461-7307
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 427-448
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507619853284
• Keywords: Critical management education; Sustainability; Care ethics; Transformative learning
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3461032
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1350507619853284