The challenge of corporate inclusivity
A focus on paths and difficulties in valuing moral capital and diversity in organisations
Moral capital may well be intangible and indefinable, but it is absolutely present in and important to production organisations. That is to say, companies that become businesses precisely on the basis of the human and moral capital they have within them. Human and moral capital is a decisive condition, which characterises businesses and is studied by Stella Pinna Pintor and Raffaele Alberto Ventura in their Il Capitale Morale. L’inclusività nelle organizzazioni tra incentivi economici e resistenze culturali (moral capital: inclusiveness in organisations amid economic incentives and cultural resistance), a recently published contribution that succeeds in providing an overview of the topic in a few pages.
The idea that the two authors take as their starting point is that the sociological and cultural changes sweeping through today’s societies are also leading to profound changes in organisations, positive changes. The increasing focus on inclusion and equality is encouraging organisations to develop programmes for more effective diversity management.
The research aims to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the topic, focusing on the various actors involved in the inclusion economy, the constraints and incentives for implementing diversity management policies and, finally, the main criticisms of inclusion policies. The dense tangle of economic, symbolic, cultural and moral differences that come into play alongside gender differences still has a great weight. The answer lies in a set of compromise strategies for those involved each time who, depending on the situation, succeed in arriving at solutions or are halted by friction and conflict.
The overall picture provided by the analysis isn’t completely positive: there’s a long way still to go before we create truly inclusive environments. Stella Pinna Pintor and Raffaele Alberto Ventura’s research has the merit of offering a guide on how better to do so.
Stella Pinna Pintor, Raffaele Alberto Ventura
Firenze University Press, 2023
A focus on paths and difficulties in valuing moral capital and diversity in organisations
Moral capital may well be intangible and indefinable, but it is absolutely present in and important to production organisations. That is to say, companies that become businesses precisely on the basis of the human and moral capital they have within them. Human and moral capital is a decisive condition, which characterises businesses and is studied by Stella Pinna Pintor and Raffaele Alberto Ventura in their Il Capitale Morale. L’inclusività nelle organizzazioni tra incentivi economici e resistenze culturali (moral capital: inclusiveness in organisations amid economic incentives and cultural resistance), a recently published contribution that succeeds in providing an overview of the topic in a few pages.
The idea that the two authors take as their starting point is that the sociological and cultural changes sweeping through today’s societies are also leading to profound changes in organisations, positive changes. The increasing focus on inclusion and equality is encouraging organisations to develop programmes for more effective diversity management.
The research aims to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the topic, focusing on the various actors involved in the inclusion economy, the constraints and incentives for implementing diversity management policies and, finally, the main criticisms of inclusion policies. The dense tangle of economic, symbolic, cultural and moral differences that come into play alongside gender differences still has a great weight. The answer lies in a set of compromise strategies for those involved each time who, depending on the situation, succeed in arriving at solutions or are halted by friction and conflict.
The overall picture provided by the analysis isn’t completely positive: there’s a long way still to go before we create truly inclusive environments. Stella Pinna Pintor and Raffaele Alberto Ventura’s research has the merit of offering a guide on how better to do so.
Stella Pinna Pintor, Raffaele Alberto Ventura
Firenze University Press, 2023