Justice
This course considers different ways of understanding the concept of justice, and how managers can apply these insights within an organisational setting.
Lecture handouts
Textbook
- Schmidtz, D., 2006, Elements of Justice, Cambridge University Press [Buy from Amazon.com]
Other courses
- Michael Sandel’s legendary Harvard course on Justice is available as an online course (view Part 1 here).
Further resources
A charming example of passing on a favour is the music video to Clay Walker’s ‘Chain of Love‘:
Here’s Hans Rosling explaining why most of the world is better off than you think:
You can watch the PBS version of ‘Command and Control’ here.
There is a short series of videos where David Schmidtz discusses Equality. You can view them here:
There are three excellent TV series that feature strong, mature female leads. They are:
- Happy Valley, 2014
- Mare of Easttown, 2021
- After the Party, 2023
The latter in particular is all about the principle of justice, as we see Penny cope with the aftermath of having made a serious allegation against her husband. As this Guardian review says,
“The levels of denial people can sustain, along with the fight between moral courage and cowardice, and how hated the former can make you, are two of the major themes of this dark, provocative drama.”
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