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1、EssentialSkills4th18/6/0213:58Page202EthicalConsiderationsinManagementResearch:A‘Truth’Seeker’sGuideNadaKorac-Kakabadse,AndrewKakabadseandAlexanderKouzminWillnotknowledgeofthegood,then,haveagreatinfluenceonlife?Shallwenot,likearcherswhohaveamarktoaimat,bemorelikelytohituponwhatisright?(Aristotle
2、,1962:17)OVERVIEWEveryartandeveryenquiry,andsimilarlyeveryactionandpursuit,isthoughttoaimatsomegood;andforthisreasonthegoodhasrightlybeendeclaredtobethatatwhichallthingsaim(Aristotle,1962).Abasicmotivationforresearchisthedesirefornewandbetterinsights–fornewknowledge.Froma‘purist’researchperspect
3、ive,knowledgeisanendinitself.Fromanorganizationalandmanagementperspective,knowledgealsohasapracticalside.Organizationalandmanagementresearchadvancesandshapesorgani-zationalobjectives,culture,individualsandsocietiesasitprovidesnewinsightsthatinformpremisesuponwhichdecisionsandjudgementsarebased.M
4、oreover,managementresearchmayuncoverundesirablecircum-stancesandcontributetotheidentificationofalternativecoursesofactionandtheirlikelyconsequences.Managementresearchcanalsocontributetoimpor-tantcriticalcorrectivesbysheddinglightonsituationsofundesirableorganizationaloutcomes.Assuch,thedemandont
5、heresearchcommunityis,primarily,focusedonknowledgeandinsight,wherethemostimportantobli-gationofresearchistoseeknewinsight.Ontheotherhand,socialresearcherscanneverguaranteethattheyhavearrivedata‘true’statement.Mostcon-clusionsinmanagementandsocialresearchremainprovisionalasresearchersrarelyreachr
6、esultsduetohumanvalueschoices,normsandinstitutions,workandtraditions,language,thoughtandcommunication–allcontextual.Empathyandinterpretationarenecessaryelementsofthemanagementresearchprocess.Notwithstandingtheuncertaintyattachingtoresearch,itdoesnotrelieveresearchersoftheobligationtodismissarbit
7、raryviewsandEssentialSkills4th18/6/0213:58Page21ETHICALCONSIDERATIONS21toseekvalidityandclarityintheirargumentation.Irrespectiveofthemethod-ologicalchoice,managementresearchisinevitablyinfluencedbytheresearcher’sontologicalp
