Saying "no" to compromise; "yes" to integration

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1007-1013

  Graham, Pauline ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032353178     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006011130627     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. There is not much literature on the subject of integration and its place in the scheme of things. Mary Parker Follett's books have been an inspiration to me in this respect. In addition to the New State referred to above, the following two expand her worldview: Mary Parker Follett: 1924, Creative Experience (Longmans, New York).
2. Metcalf H. C. and L. E. Urwick (eds.): 1973, The Collected Papers of Mary Parker Follett (Pitman Publishing, New York)
3. My books may be found useful: Pauline Graham: 1991, Integrative Management -Creating Unity from Diversity (Basil Blackwell, Oxford), paperback.
4. Pauline Graham (ed.): 1995, Mary Parker Follett -Prophet of Management (Harvard Business School Press) (paperback) - a comprehensive overview of Follett's work, with contemporary commentaries.
5. like to contrast the following two books: Richard Dawkins: 1989, The Selfish Gene, 2nd. Edition (Granada Publishing Ltd.). Not that I agree that the gene is exclusively selfish. He himself writes: "The manufacture of a body is a co-operative venture of such intricacy that it is almost impossible to disentangle the contribution of one gene from that of another". He has redeemed himself, however, in that he has updated his 1976 position in his 1989 edition and added a chapter on "Nice Guys come First", based on what is called the tit-for-tat strategy.
6. Robert Axelrod: 1990, The Evolution of Co-operation (London, Penguin Books). He finds co-operation in biological systems: "Co-operation in biological systems can occur even when the participants are not related, and even when they are unable to appreciate the consequences of their own behaviour. What makes this possible are the evolutionary mechanics of genetics and the survival of the fittest . . . Darwin's emphasis on individual advantage can, in fact, account for the presence of cooperation between individuals of the same and even different species". Working with Dawkins, he evolved the tit-for-tat strategy, whereby he proves that cooperation works best.