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Inspire Responsibly

The Interplay between Aspirational Talk and Corporate Responsibility

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  1. Marie Schwimmer

    1. Leipzig, Germany

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Marie Schwimmer
    Pages 1-9

  3. Understanding Aspirational Talk

    • Marie Schwimmer
    Pages 11-44

  4. Business Ethics Perspective on Responsibility

    • Marie Schwimmer
    Pages 45-76

  5. Synthesis: Applying Business Ethics to Aspirational Talk

    • Marie Schwimmer
    Pages 77-110

  6. Conclusion

    • Marie Schwimmer
    Pages 111-126

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 127-140
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About this book

Aspirational talk has gained increasing research attention as a compelling concept theoretically explaining the potential of talk-action discrepancies in corporate responsibility communication to instigate organizational change. Under certain conditions, aspirational talk can facilitate discourse, agreement, reframing, and corporate reflexivity. However, perceived talk-action discrepancies can negatively affect organizational members, leading to disengagement, and demotivation, causing emotional exhaustion, exposing employees to vulnerabilities, and even catalyzing unethical or illicit behaviors. Thus, this book focuses on how aspirational talk becomes irresponsible in an organizational context, and how it can be avoided. The author proposes that aspirational talk becomes irresponsible if it creates expectations that lead to illegitimate harm to employees or involved stakeholders. A framework is derived, constituting the finding that it takes two types of investments into performativity and responsibility conditions, to avoid the irresponsible use of aspirational talk – and thus, to inspire responsibly.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Leipzig, Germany

    Marie Schwimmer

About the author

Marie Schwimmer completed her doctoral study under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek at the Dr. Werner Jackstädt Chair of Economic and Business Ethics at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics. Her primary research and practice focus is on corporate responsibility, sustainability communication, and business ethics as well as particularly aspirational talk in organizations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inspire Responsibly

  • Book Subtitle: The Interplay between Aspirational Talk and Corporate Responsibility

  • Authors: Marie Schwimmer

  • Series Title: Schriftenreihe der HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-44239-2

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-44238-5Published: 08 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-44239-2Published: 07 March 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2628-1007

  • Series E-ISSN: 2628-1015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 140

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Business Ethics, Management

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