Cooperation and Competition in the Context of Organic and Mechanic Worldviews – A Theoretical and Case based Discussion |
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Authors: | Knut J Ims Ove D Jakobsen |
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Institution: | 1. Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, Bergen, 5045, Norway 2. Bod? Graduate School of Business, Bodo, Norway, 8049
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Abstract: | In this study we argue that there is an interconnection between; the mechanistic worldview and competition, and the organic worldview and cooperation. To illustrate our main thesis we introduce two cases; first, Max Havelaar, a paradigmatic case of how business might function in an economy based upon solidarity and sustainability. Second, TINE, a Norwegian grocery corporation engaged in collusion in order to force a small competitor out of the market. On the one hand, in order to encourage market behaviour that integrates economic, societal and environmental values we find that transparent cooperation within a context of an organic worldview takes care of important intrinsic as well as instrumental values. On the other hand, we find evidence for asserting that cooperation based upon a mechanistic worldview, typically leads to group egotistical consequences undermining the long term common good. |
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Keywords: | collusion competition cooperation fair trade mechanistic worldview organic worldview sustainability |
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