Mark Bovens, M. A. P. Bovens

The Quest for Responsibility

Accountability and Citizenship in Complex Organisations
Herausgeber: Goodin, Robert E.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The modern world is dominated by complex organizations. In this book Mark Bovens analyzes the questions associated with the search for responsiblity within such organizations. In organizations with many people contributing in many different ways, how can we determine who is accountable for organizational behavior? How do we define responsible behavior within organizations? Can different notions of responsibility prevent abuses? His analysis is multidisciplinary, combining law, social science, ethics, and organizational design, and provides a number of suggestions for institutional reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780521628983
• ISBN-10: 0521628989
• Artikelnr.: 22306528

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Quest for Responsibility: 1. Complex organisations and the quest for responsibility
2. Complex organisations as corporate actors
3. Two concepts of responsibility
Part II. Passive Responsibility: 4. Accountability: the problem of many hands
5. Corporate accountability: the organisation as a person
6. Hierarchical accountability: one for all
7. Collective accountability: all for one
8. Individual accountability: each for oneself
Part III. Active Responsibility: 9. Virtue: active responsibility in complex organisations
10. Exit: resignation and refusal
11. Voice: whistleblowing and leaking
12. Loyalty: responsibility as a by-product.