The virtuous organization is built from the big business leader out.
A virtuous organization, as we define it, is one that has a strong moral compass and a compelling mission that creates value for customers, employees, shareholders and the community.
Pfeiffer said, "Institutions that seem virtuous — nonprofits, religious organizations — tend to get a pass".
Doorn (2010) has proposed a procedurals approach, based on Rawls' reflective equilibrium model, to deal with the PMH; other ways of dealing with the PMH include the design of institutions that help to avoid it or an emphasis on virtuous behavior in organizations (Van de Poel and Nihlén Fahlquist 2012).
First, hospital executives are encouraged to identify groups of professionals that exhibit potentially virtuous attitudes and behaviors within their organizations.
Path dependence, however, is not necessarily negative; developing effective institutions and organizations can create a virtuous cycle, creating incentives that align behaviour with development.
If you sat down at your next leadership meeting and strongly recommended that now was the time for your organization to implement more virtuous practices, like compassionate support, forgiveness of errors and generosity and gratitude what response would you get?
One is that there are certain teams and organizations that, if not exactly virtuous, seem enlightened in ways that others — like the Bengals and Colts — do not.
If we can develop a culture that encourages men to leverage flexibility and be more transparent about how they do it, it will create a virtuous circle benefitting men, women and the organization.
By identifying virtuous attitudes and behaviors of professionals within their organizations, policymakers and executives may avoid marginalization and stimulate integration and continuity of care, both within and across the boundaries of healthcare providers.
