Values and entrepreneurship
This paper deals with the importance of values in business development. The authors remind M. Weber and his study about the impact of Protestantism on business development. After defining the concept of value, attention is focused on the theory of R.K. Merton, T. Parsons, R. Inglehart. Using the c...
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| author | Martina Urbanová Jana Dundelová Daniela Dvořáková |
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| description | This paper deals with the importance of values in business development. The authors remind M. Weber and his study about the impact of Protestantism on business development. After defining the concept of value, attention is focused on the theory of R.K. Merton, T. Parsons, R. Inglehart. Using the critical sociological approach the authors reflect on the research strategies in the area of values. In this context is mentioned for example the issue of ideal and real cultures – ideal cultures consist of norms and values to which people officially claim, e.g. values of Christian civilization, values of Central Europe; so-called universal values are very often (or should be) a base for legal norms. Real cultures represent a pattern according to which people act and regard it socially acceptable. In this context is also discussed the question of individualism without responsibility that is typical for current western society as well as for the Czech society of last decades. Value orientations are patterns for expected roles, culturally defined types of human relations, expressing the basic attitudes in social interaction. The level of prevailing business values is visible also in many multinational corporations espousing the concept of corporate social responsibility within their promotion but violating it in reality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f28a1adec9a44932810825bc0ff277662022-12-21T20:06:59ZengMendel University PressActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis1211-85162464-83102013-01-016141167117510.11118/actaun201361041167Values and entrepreneurshipMartina Urbanová0Jana Dundelová1Daniela Dvořáková2Department of Law and Social Sciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Law and Social Sciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Law and Social Sciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech RepublicThis paper deals with the importance of values in business development. The authors remind M. Weber and his study about the impact of Protestantism on business development. After defining the concept of value, attention is focused on the theory of R.K. Merton, T. Parsons, R. Inglehart. Using the critical sociological approach the authors reflect on the research strategies in the area of values. In this context is mentioned for example the issue of ideal and real cultures – ideal cultures consist of norms and values to which people officially claim, e.g. values of Christian civilization, values of Central Europe; so-called universal values are very often (or should be) a base for legal norms. Real cultures represent a pattern according to which people act and regard it socially acceptable. In this context is also discussed the question of individualism without responsibility that is typical for current western society as well as for the Czech society of last decades. Value orientations are patterns for expected roles, culturally defined types of human relations, expressing the basic attitudes in social interaction. The level of prevailing business values is visible also in many multinational corporations espousing the concept of corporate social responsibility within their promotion but violating it in reality.https://acta.mendelu.cz/61/4/1167/valuesvalue orientationglobal valuessocial responsibilityentrepreneurshippublic service |
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