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The aim of this chapter is to embed the debate on integrity in the broader context of humanistic management. To this end I will first present the foundations of humanistic management in the three-stepped approach that we have developed in the Humanistic Management Network and Center.1 Second, I will argue that the desire to gain normative legitimacy is a vital element of humanistic management and, third, I propose that integrity is both a precondition for gaining legitimacy and a motivation for seeking it.
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von Kimakowitz, E. (2013). Integrity, Legitimacy and Humanistic Management. In: Amann, W., Stachowicz-Stanusch, A. (eds) Integrity in Organizations. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137280350_6
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