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    Downsizing and ethics of personnel dismissals — the case of finnish managers.Anna-Maija Lämsä & Tuomo Takala - 2000 - Journal of Business Ethics 23 (4):389 - 399.
    The purpose of our article is to present a qualitative empirical study from the ethical viewpoint. It aims at the theoretical conceptualization concerning the managers' decision-making of personnel dismissals in downsizing organizations. First we present and seek to motivate our research task. The importance of real business ethical issues as a starting point of business ethics research is emphasized. Second the main normative ethical theories and ethical decision-making models are presented. These form the loose framework for describing and interpreting research (...)
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    Leadership Manipulation and Ethics in Storytelling.Tommi P. Auvinen, Anna-Maija Lämsä, Teppo Sintonen & Tuomo Takala - 2013 - Journal of Business Ethics 116 (2):415-431.
    This article focuses on exerting influence in leadership, namely manipulation in storytelling. Manipulation is usually considered an unethical approach to leadership. We will argue that manipulation is a more complex phenomenon than just an unethical way of acting in leadership. We will demonstrate through an empirical qualitative study that there are various types of manipulation through storytelling. This article makes a contribution to the literature on manipulation through leadership storytelling, offering a more systematic empirical analysis and a more nuanced view (...)
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    The Discursive Dance: The Employee Co-operation Negotiations as an Arena for Management-by-fear.Anu Pynnönen & Tuomo Takala - 2018 - Journal of Business Ethics 147 (1):165-184.
    The purpose of this article is to qualitatively describe and critically explain the discursive construction of employee co-operation negotiations in Finland as an arena for management-by-fear. The article consists of a theoretical review, covering the legislative basis of co-operation negotiations and recent research on management-by-fear. The empirical study consists of media texts and company media releases in Finland in 2012–2013. The main conclusions are that there are distinctive features in the co-operation negotiations that enable and enforce the possibility of management-by-fear, (...)
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    Ethical Aspects in Nordic Business Mergers: The Case of Electro-Business.Jari Syrjälä & Tuomo Takala - 2008 - Journal of Business Ethics 80 (3):531-545.
    Postmerger integration is a highly challenging and demanding task. Its success depends not only on economic factors but also on the organisational members' feelings and their personal contribution to the new entity. Mergers are usually made for the sake of profitability in the first place, whereas less attention is paid to employees in such situations. This article describes various ethical observations made in our study on corporate mergers in the Nordic Electro-business industry. We examine how the organisational change was experienced (...)
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    Corporate Ethics and Indigenous People: Finnish Pulp Companies’ Role in the Land Conflicts of Northeastern Brazil.Susanna Myllylä & Tuomo Takala - 2008 - Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society 19:282-288.
    Finland is currently undergoing a fundamental structural transformation in the forestry sector, with factories closing in the Global North and production being shifted to the Global South (see also Carrere & Lohmann 1996; Cossalter & Pye-Smith 2003). This is accompanied by Finnish mass movements protesting unemployment and demanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) from theforest industry. The difficult domestic situation, however, seems to overshadow the circumstances of the new production regions in the South. What do we actually know about the impacts (...)
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    Managers’ Moral Struggle: A Case Study on Ethical Dilemmas and Ethical Decision-making in the Context of Immigration.Ida Okkonen & Tuomo Takala - 2019 - Ethics and Social Welfare 13 (4):392-408.
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    Charismatic leadership and ethics from gender perspective.Tuomo Takala & Iiris Aaltio - 2004 - Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies 9 (1).
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    (1 other version)From Social Responsibility to Environmental Responsibility-Changes in the Finnish Business Discourse from 1970 to 1995.Tuomo Takala - 1996 - Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies 1 (1).
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    Plato and charisma.Tuomo Takala - 1997 - Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies 2 (1):20.
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    Managerial work and lying: A conceptual framework and an explorative case study. [REVIEW]Tuomo Takala & Jaana Urpilainen - 1999 - Journal of Business Ethics 20 (3):181 - 195.
    In the last few years there has been a lot of fuzzy talk, scientific discourses and comments of business life about the values, ethics and social responsibility of companies. Companies are expected to have also some other tasks besides that of gaining profit. A part of the tasks which management has, except for thinking of the benefits of their own organization, are things which work for the well-being of the whole society. Issues like this are, among others, working for employment, (...)
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    Retailers' professional and professio-ethical dilemmas: The case of finnish retailing business. [REVIEW]Tuomo Takala & Outi Uusitalo - 1995 - Journal of Business Ethics 14 (11):893 - 907.
    The main purpose of this paper is to put forth the concept of ethics, present ethical theories and, finally, consider some business ethics issues in the context of retailing practices. In the first part of this paper we seek to motivate the research task. The importance of conducting ethical analysis is stressed. In the second part of the paper several ethical theories: utilitarianism, deontology and virtue ethics are presented. This part serves as a basis for research interviews, e.g. it is (...)
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    Discourses of Charisma: Barack Obama’s First 6 Months as the President of the USA. [REVIEW]Tuomo Takala, Sanja Tanttu, Anna-Maija Lämsä & Aila Virtanen - 2013 - Journal of Business Ethics 115 (1):149-166.
    This study aims to investigate discourses of the charisma of Barack Obama in articles in a leading Finnish newspaper during the first 6 months of his presidency. The results show that the media created a very enthusiastic atmosphere around Obama. His charisma was built up mostly around his person, with the emphasis on an exceptional personality, life story and behaviour. In addition, the various crises that arose were used to reinforce the picture of Obama as charismatic. The findings undermine the (...)
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