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ToolsSpickett-Jones, Graham, Kitchen, Philip J. and Reast, Jon D. (2003) Social facts and ethical hardware: Ethics in the value proposition. Journal of Communication Management, 8 (1). pp. 68-82. ISSN 1363-254X
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Providing a framework for integrating aspects of externally directed corporate and marketing communication efforts, this paper makes a case for the communication of positive and credible ethical values as a potentially critical component in communications strategy and sustainable competitive advantage. Using an uncertainty-reduction model adapted from the diffusion literature, it is suggested that appropriately communicated moral and ethical values can have a role in underpinning an organisation’s reputation and “trusted capacities”, thereby heightening confidence in likely future actions, offering a predictive mechanism for lowering uncertainty in market transactions, and facilitating a potential to trade by offering a rationale for an organisation’s secure market position. Underpinned by ethical principles, the paper proposes implications for the role of “reputation for trustworthiness” and its symbolic evocation. It is argued that a reputation can become accepted as a social “fact”, able to endure critical interrogation in its social environment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
| Depositing User: | Anna Flack |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2012 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2023 12:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39362 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/13632540410807556 |
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