The Escalation of Organizational Moral Failure in Public Discourse: A Semiotic Analysis of Nokia’s Bochum Plant Closure

We examine the processes involved in the escalation of a plant closure from a local concern to a perceived organizational moral failure that commands national attention. Our empirical case covers the controversy over the decision of telecommunications giant Nokia to close a plant in Germany, despite...

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Published in:	Journal of business ethics Vol. 184; no. 2; pp. 459 - 478
Main Authors:	Wessel, Lauri, Ruotsalainen, Riku, Schildt, Henri A, Wickert, Christopher
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2023 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Business and Management Business Ethics Discourse analysis Education Escalation Ethics Failure Imperative sentences Management Media Media coverage Nokia Organizational moral failure Original Paper Philosophy Plant closure Process study Quality of Life Research Relocation Semiotics Stakeholders Subsidies Telecommunications Media Nokia Plant closure Process study Organizational moral failure
ISSN:	1573-0697, 0167-4544, 1573-0697
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