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TY - JOUR
T1 - Piety and profit
T2 - the moral embeddedness of an enterprising community
AU - Nordstrom, O.
AU - McKeever, E.
AU - Anderson, A.
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Entrepreneurship and Regional Development on 18/06/2020, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08985626.2020.1781935
PY - 2020/12/19
Y1 - 2020/12/19
N2 - We are interested in how morality can be sustained in entrepreneurial practice. We examine the interesting case of the Hutterites, a communal society who practice community entrepreneurship–entrepreneuring by the community and for the community. Arguing that culture provides values and that morals are cultural artefacts–we show how ethics determine the entrepreneurial practices of this remarkably successful entrepreneurial society. Our analysis explains how in this close-knit society, cultural morals and ethics of practice are perfectly aligned, embodied in practice and determine how entrepreneurship is practiced. The result is an economically viable society that preserves its ancient way of life and combines piety and profit. We demonstrate how cultural values shape entrepreneurial practice and how enterprising in this community is a change mechanism, yet also maintains social stability.
AB - We are interested in how morality can be sustained in entrepreneurial practice. We examine the interesting case of the Hutterites, a communal society who practice community entrepreneurship–entrepreneuring by the community and for the community. Arguing that culture provides values and that morals are cultural artefacts–we show how ethics determine the entrepreneurial practices of this remarkably successful entrepreneurial society. Our analysis explains how in this close-knit society, cultural morals and ethics of practice are perfectly aligned, embodied in practice and determine how entrepreneurship is practiced. The result is an economically viable society that preserves its ancient way of life and combines piety and profit. We demonstrate how cultural values shape entrepreneurial practice and how enterprising in this community is a change mechanism, yet also maintains social stability.
KW - community enterprising
KW - ethics
KW - ethnography
KW - Moral embeddedness
KW - cultural influence
KW - cultural relations
KW - entrepreneur
KW - morality
KW - profitability
U2 - 10.1080/08985626.2020.1781935
DO - 10.1080/08985626.2020.1781935
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 783
EP - 804
JO - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
JF - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
SN - 0898-5626
IS - 9-10
ER -