Preface
Contents
Contributors
Part I Complexity
1 Difference, Identity and Complexity
Introduction
The Logic of Difference
The Necessity of Difference
The Economy of Difference
Difference and Identity
Complex Identity
Difference, Organisation and Organisations
Conclusions
References
2 The Complex I: The Formation of Identity in Complex Systems
Who Am I?
The Cartesian Standard
The Existential Self
An Analytical View on Self and Identity
What Is a Complex System?
Deconstruction and Complexity
The Self As a Complex System
What Is Identity?
The Ethical Self
The Self, Organisations and Responsibility
References
Part II Difference
3 Complexity: The Evolution of Identity and Diversity
Introduction
Complex Systems Modelling
Micro-Diversity-Evolving Identities
Evolution of Populations
Complexity of Individual and Collective Identity
Economic and Organizational Identities
Conclusions
References
4 Comparison, Diversity and Complexity
Introduction
Complexity and Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Classification, Cases and Causes
Near Neighbours and Systematic Comparison
Complex Causality and Difference
Conclusion
References
Part III Identity
5 A Dynamical Approach to Identity and Diversity in Complex Systems
Traditional Approaches to Identity
The Basic Idea of Dynamical Identity
The Role of Complexity in Individuation and Diversity
Level Formation and Interlevel Moral Conflict
References
6 Negativity, Difference and Critique: The Ethical Moment in Complexity
Introduction
Philosophical Negativity
Relational Models and Negativity: Difference at the Heart of the System
The Hegelian Roots of Critique: From Determinate Negation to Diffrance
Critique As an Ethics of Responsibility
Complexity and Critique
References
Part IV Complexity and Ethics
7 The Complexity of Difference, Ethics and the Law
Introduction
Derridas Criticism of the Structurality of Structure
Liberal Rights Analysis: Affording Rights on the Basis of Sameness
Acknowledging Difference
Complexity and Diversity
References
8 Ethical Complexity
Introduction
The Gap Between Is and Ought
The Narrative Ethics of Paul Ricoeur
On the Back of a Stamp
Idem and Ipse
Autopoiesis and Diapoiesis
Re-Entry
The Narrative Configuration of Identities
Ethics and Morality
The Narrative Figuration of Possible Worlds
Organizational Ethics
Conclusion
References
Part V Ethical Consequences
9 Corporate Identity, Responsibility and the Ethics of Complexity
Introduction
Identity Formation in Complex Systems
Corporate Identity
Implications for Business Ethics
Challenging Traditional Notions of Corporate Responsibility
A Complexity Perspective on Corporate Responsibility: The Role of Moral Imagination and Critical Thought
Closed Corporate Boundaries: Normative Implications
Framing Corporate Roles: Normative Implications
Trangressing Corporate Boundaries: Planning for the Future
Conclusion
References
10 Business Ethics from Below: Rethinking Organisational Values, Strategy and Trust
Introduction
Strategy and Turbulence
Strategy in Turbulent Conditions
Values and Organisation
Types of Value Discourses in Business Organisations
The Relationship Between Organisational Values and Organisational Strategy
Common Values in Business Organisations
Habermas
Habermas'' Conceptualisation of the ''Lifeworld'' as a Critique of Social Systems Theory
Rationalisation and the Lifeworld
Communicative Action in Modern Society
Strategy and Types of Organisational Values
Trust, Strategy and Complexity
Conclusion
References
11 Agonistic Engagements: Difference, Meaning and Deliberation in South African Cities
Introduction
Utopianism, Certainty and Contextuality
The Unintended Consequences of Joe Slovos Housing Policy
The Ethics of Mediated Modelling in Cape Town
Complexity Modelling
Creating Urban Spaces where Differences Can Meet: Complexity and Informality
Loose Spaces
Spaces where Differences Can Meet
Porosity and Heterotopias
Stalker
Crossing Territories and Reclaiming Spaces
Conclusion
References
12 Africa: Globalisation and the Ethical
Introduction
History, Genealogy and Systems of Differentiation
First System of Differentiation: Space
A Priori Principles
A Prudent Mediocrity
Second System of Differentiation: Time
Immanent Teleology; Or, We Are the End
Recapitulation -- Or: We, Too, were Once Children
Systems: Context, Differentiation and Re-integration
The State System: Differentiation and Re-integration
Third System of Differentiation: Space-Time
The Ethical
References
13 Unpacking the Ethics of Complexity: Concluding Reflections
Writing Ethics
Changing Paradigms
A Provisional Ethics of Complexity
Complexity, Limits and Knowledge
The Problem of Action
Complexity and Deconstruction
The Provisional Imperative
Business Ethics and the Place of Complexity
Developing Tools for Systemic Reflection
Anti-reductionist Forms of Inquiry and Theory Building
The Systems Approach Extends the Boundaries of Rational Explanation
Conventional Patterns of Problem Solving Processes Are to Be Revised and Complemented by Systems Thinking
Developing Tools for Critical Reflection and Debate
The Critical Position
The Possibility of Intervention Is Problematised
References
Glossary
Index