Transcendent development : the ethics of universal dignity / edited by Dr Andani Thakhathi (University of Pretoria, South Africa).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thakhathi, Andani, editor.

Series:

Research in ethical issues in organizations ; v. 25.

Research in ethical issues in organizations ; volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business ethics--South Africa.

Business ethics.

Social responsibility of business--South Africa.

Social responsibility of business.

Economic development--South Africa.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

Is it possible for Africa to rise above its present unfulfilling conditions for good? Can poverty, inequality, corruption, maladministration, and intolerance be overcome? This special volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations argues that it certainly is. The epoch of Transcendent Development has arrived, and an authentic African philosophy is at hand to understand it. In this landmark scholarly anthology, seven chapters blaze a trail towards an African philosophical ethos for organisational and business ethics rooted in the complex South African experience. With almost unmatched sociocultural diversity, South Africa is an ideal melting pot for the great unity-in-diversity experiment of Universal Dignity. If the disparate people of planet earth have any fighting chance of averting the looming dystopian existential crisis inherent in unsustainable development, the hopes thereof begin in the South. Identity-based polarisation and its attendant torment of destructive strife must be exchanged for a mutually beneficial ethos of fulfilment, that truly "leaves no one behind". This volume offers meaningful pathways to this haven of "Ubuntu". Edited by Dr. Andani Thakhathi, this special volume of seven chapters presents insightful gems of wisdom that clarify how the self-fulfilling cycle of "Compound-Indignity" may be overcome through the systematic operationalisation of Bantu Wisdom as Transcendent Development. Collectively, the chapters in this special volume contain morally courageous, creative storytelling prose offering paradigm shifts, empirical evidence and surprising "antenarratives" that explain how a harmonious Africa may be realised, starting in the Mother Continent's Southern-most tip.

Contents:

Part I. Paradigms

Chapter 1. Bantu wisdom as transcendent development: Establishing African philosophical bedrock / Andani Thakhathi

Chapter 2. The storytelling science paradigm: Evoking the transformative power of indigenous ontological antenarratives in curious conversation / David Boje and Grace Ann Rosile

Chapter 3. Towards a constructor theory conception for wicked social externalities: Delineating the limits and possibilities of impactful pathways to a better world / Sherman Indhul

Part II. Empirics

Chapter 4. Preserving state-owned enterprises in South Africa: Views and insights from business rescue practitioners in the commercial field of action / Brandon Kesieman and Andani Thakhathi

Chapter 5. Exploring the people versus profit paradox: Business leadership for equitable and inclusive sustainable development in South Africa / Gideon Storm, Sebastien Desvaux De Marigny and, Andani Thakhathi

Part III. Communities

Chapter 6. Walking South Africa's business ethics talk: How higher education and commercial enterprises can co-create a thriving cohesive society / Alex Antonites and Jameo Calvert

Chapter 7. The ramifications of jewish immigration to South Africa, 1930-1939: Dr D.F. Malan and the perversion of ethics on the altar of political expediency / Michael Cohen.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Thakhathi, Andani Transcendent Development

ISBN:

9781802622591

1802622594

9781802622614

1802622616

OCLC:

1294144150