Abstract

Under consideration is whether organisations can validate moral norms that cannot be appropriated by capital. Meta-ethics and moral philosophy can help progress discussions from debates over the existence of collective morality onto exercise of corporate responsibilities. We contribute to recent modelling work in universalist thinking (L. Boltanski and L. Thivenot, 2006, On Justification: Economies of Worth, C. Porter (trans), Princeton University Press NJ) by identifying salient and, is argued, necessary conditions for the exercise of collective moral decisions. Adequate preparation for justified decision-making calls for a requisite level of moral bravery. Spatial reflexivity informed from the concept of reflective equilibrium and a collective self-reliance informed from the moral practices of parrhesia provide for integrity of action.