The Ethical Dimension of Innovation

The Ethical Dimension of Innovation

Leticia Antunes Nogueira, Tadeu Fernando Nogueira
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781466647695|ISBN10: 1466647698|EISBN13: 9781466647701
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4769-5.ch001
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Nogueira, Leticia Antunes, and Tadeu Fernando Nogueira. "The Ethical Dimension of Innovation." Quality Innovation: Knowledge, Theory, and Practices, edited by Latif Al-Hakim and Chen Jin, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4769-5.ch001

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Nogueira, L. A. & Nogueira, T. F. (2014). The Ethical Dimension of Innovation. In L. Al-Hakim & C. Jin (Eds.), Quality Innovation: Knowledge, Theory, and Practices (pp. 1-31). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4769-5.ch001

Chicago

Nogueira, Leticia Antunes, and Tadeu Fernando Nogueira. "The Ethical Dimension of Innovation." In Quality Innovation: Knowledge, Theory, and Practices, edited by Latif Al-Hakim and Chen Jin, 1-31. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4769-5.ch001

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Abstract

The view of innovation as a positive concept has been deeply rooted in business and academic cultures ever since Schumpeter coined the concept of creative destruction. Even though there is a large body of literature on innovation studies, limited attention has been given to its ethical dimension. In this chapter, the ethical implications of innovations are illustrated with a case study of “destructive creation” in the food industry, and upon which an argumentative analysis is conducted. The main message of this chapter is that innovations have an inherent ethical dimension and that quality innovations depend on systematic consideration of this dimension in the innovation process.

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