In this analysis, Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems in management and in society by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourage reflection and responsibility. Likewise attempts to put important aspects on human life into tabular form, by devising schemes for counting everything that counts, have serious flaws, leading to further erosion of individual responsibility and insight. This work stresses the importance of tacit knowledge, ineffable values and a shared social grammar, as the foundation for individual responsibility and ethical awareness. It...

This work challenges traditional tenets about behavioural regulation in society as well as business. Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourage individual reflection and responsibility. Likewise, attempts to put important aspects of human life into tabular form, by devising schemes for counting everything that matters, have serious flaws, leading to further erosion of individual responsiblity and insight. shared social grammar, as the foundation for individual responsiblity and ethical awareness. It shows how the...