Showing papers by "Bryan W. Husted published in 2001"

Cultural Balkanization and Hybridization in an Era of Globalization: Implications for International Business Research

Abstract: This paper draws upon the rich literature in anthropology and sociology to understand the phenomenon of globalization and its antithesis, cultural balkanization. It explains that the likely outcome of the dialectical interaction between these processes is a form of hybridization. It then begins to examine the implications of the dynamic relationship between globalization and cultural balkanization for different streams of international business research.

Ethics as Politics: Federal Ethics as the Basis for a ‘Normative’ Stakeholder Theory

Abstract: This paper argues that business ethics needs to deal more effectively with situations in which stakeholder interests conflict – the essence of politics. The nature of conflicting interests and the inability of current theory to deal with conflict are explored. Federal ethics is offered as a promising approach to conflict in stakeholder relations. The paper begins by tracing the development of federal theory and then defines the central value of federal ethics – fidelity. Building on the work of Gabriel Marcel, I ground an ethic of fidelity in consent and creativity. The distinctive features of this approach are highlighted by contrasting it with integrative social contracts theory. Unlike traditional approaches, federal ethics provides a focus on process, rather than principle, which lends itself better to the essentially political nature of stakeholders in conflict.