Trust, trustworthiness and ethics: can business organizations learn anything from Aristotle?

Authors

  • José Pedro Cerdeira Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2018.149124

Keywords:

Crisis, Trust, Trustworthiness, Business ethics, Aristotle, Virtues

Abstract

The recent 2007 crisis gave a high visibility to the issue of trust in organizations and to the associated problem of CEO trustworthiness, reopening the debate on the importance of business ethics. However, the ambiguity of some concepts and the scarcity of references on the ethics of trust may limit the results of this discussion. This study proposes the recovery of part of Aristotle’s thinking and suggests some contributions for the analysis of the problem.

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Author Biography

  • José Pedro Cerdeira, Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico de Coimbra

    Doutor em Psicologia Social
    Mestre em Psicologia
    Licenciado em Psicologia na Universidade de Coimbra
    Professor-coordenador e diretor da licenciatura em Comunicação Organizacional e do mestrado em Comunicação Organizacional: Cidadania, Confiança e Responsabilidade Social, na Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico de Coimbra
    Membro do Centro de Estudos de Psicologia Social (Ceps) e do Instituto de Investigação Aplicada (i2A).

References

Published

2018-11-29

How to Cite

CERDEIRA, José Pedro. Trust, trustworthiness and ethics: can business organizations learn anything from Aristotle?. Organicom, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 15, n. 29, p. 89–100, 2018. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2018.149124. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/organicom/article/view/149124. Acesso em: 6 feb. 2026.