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SET Management and cultural re-enlightenment

11/29/2019

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The SET management approach has much in common with the “Cultural Re-Enlightenment” archetype described by leading management scholars Andrew Hoffman and Devereaux Jennings in their recent book “Re-engaging with sustainability in the Anthropocene era.”  Both approaches share an emphasis on the need to go beyond sustainable development, to focus on flourishing rather than on materialism and self-interest, to replace reductionist thinking with a sense of transcendent connectedness, and to highlight the role of localized entrepreneurs. And, just like SET management is based on virtue ethics rather than mainstream utilitarian ethics, Hoffman and Devereaux observe that "the logics of science in Cultural Re-Enlightenment will be balanced by new logics of ... religion, philosophy, and others, ones that are congruent with one another.” ​

re-engaging with sustainability in the anthropocene era by hoffman and jennings
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FINDINGS FROM A STUDY OF SET BUSINESSES

11/23/2019

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A recent study interviewed owners of over twenty SET businesses in Winnipeg, Canada. Preliminary analyses of the data pointed to 5 themes evident in many SET businesses in the sample: 1) rather than compete, SET firms choose to  cooperate with other organizations that offer similar goods and services (because they share the goal of improving overall well-being); 2) rather than operate with a traditional corporate culture, SET firms tend to treat employees, customers and even suppliers like family, developing a sense of community within the firm and among its stakeholders; 3) rather than hire people with the “best” resume or skills, SET firms hire employees who understand and support the organization's values and goals, and often hire people who may find it difficult getting a job elsewhere; 4) rather than burdensome and stressful, work in SET firms is typically engaging and energized (e.g, because of shared values); and 5) rather than emphasize globalization and industrialization, SET firms often harken back to times when workers, customers, and suppliers lived in the same community, and technologies were friendlier to the environment.

For a fuller review of the findings, and a list of the organizations in the study, please click here.

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SET organizations and LOCAL sustainability

11/16/2019

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There is some agreement that, in addition to sustainable organizations, cities are key to addressing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations regarding things like climate change, poverty, and inequality. Research suggests that cities enjoy lower pollution and higher voluntary environmental standards when they have: 1) more corporate headquarters located in them (consistent with ideas related to place-based organizing), 2) more nonprofit environmental organizations (consistent with the idea that information and action changes structures and system), 3) better educated citizens, and 4) lower economic inequality between rich and poor.

Rousseau, H.E., Berrone, P., & Gelabert, L. (2019 in press). Localizing sustainable development goals: Nonprofit density and city sustainability. Academy of Management Discoveries. 
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Organizations and Societal Economic Inequality

11/8/2019

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The increase in economic inequality—within and between organizations and countries—reduces overall well-being, societal trust, safety, and mental health. The emphasis on shareholder wealth maximization is an important contributor to economic inequality, because it works to maximize the economic resources distributed to shareholders and executives, and minimize the resources distributed to other stakeholders (e.g., employees, governments, community, suppliers).

In addition to shareholder wealth maximization, this paper highlights "the bidirectional relationship between societal economic inequality and organizations, and eight mechanisms that drive this relationship."

Bapuji, H., Ertug, G., & Shaw, J. D. (2019). Organizations and Societal Economic Inequality: A Review and Way Forward. Academy of Management Annals.
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ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
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​BRUNO DYCK
Bruno Dyck enjoys collaborating with managers, scholars, and students to promote SET management principles and practices. He is a Full Professor in the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba, and has published several prize-winning books and articles, and won awards for research and teaching, including the 2019 Expanded Reason Award. Bruno enjoys cycling to work year-round, becoming a vegetarian, buying local goods and services, hiking, and spending time with family and friends.

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​David Holcomb has assisted in the launch of this website -- developing ideas in conversation with Bruno and turning those ideas into reality. For the past 35 years, business for the common good has been one of David's vocational anchors. He has completed graduate work in both business and theological studies and has worked in both fields. Currently David resides with his family in Milwaukie, Oregon, where he serves as the Director of Finance and Operations with a local non-profit. 
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