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11. Internalised Values and Fairness Perception: Ethics in Knowledge Management

verfasst von : Isabel D. W. Rechberg

Erschienen in: The Palgrave Handbook of Knowledge Management

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter argues for ethical consideration in knowledge management (KM). It explores the effect that internalised values and fairness perception have on individuals’ participation in KM practices. Knowledge is power, and organisations seek to manage knowledge through KM practices. For knowledge to be processed, individual employees—the source of all knowledge—need to be willing to participate in KM practices. As knowledge is power and a key constituent part of knowledge is ethics, individuals’ internalised values and fairness perception affect knowledge-processing. Where an organisation claims ownership over knowledge, an individual may perceive being treated unfairly, which may obstruct knowledge-processing. Through adopting ethical KM practices, individual needs are respected, enabling knowledge-processing. Implications point towards an ethical agenda in KM theory and practice.

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Titel: Internalised Values and Fairness Perception: Ethics in Knowledge Management
verfasst von: Isabel D. W. Rechberg
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Palgrave Handbook of Knowledge Management
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-71433-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-71434-9

Copyright-Jahr: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71434-9_11