An office of ethics: meetings, roles and moral enthusiasm in animal protection

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Abstract

This article explores the relationship between meetings and organisational ethics in an animal protection charity in Scotland. Here, recent ‘professionalisation’ has seen the late introduction of an ethics of office and accompanying impersonalization of roles. A consequent struggle emerges over what the relationship should be between the core message of the organisation, as an office of animal ethics, and the ‘personal’ principles or ethical commitment of individual staff members. All of this comes to a head when persons, and office-holders, meet.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)166–181
JournalJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Volume23
Issue numberS1
Early online date16 Mar 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Apr 2017

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