1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465579203321

Autore

Sicart Miguel <1978->

Titolo

Play matters / / Miguel Sicart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 2014

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2014]

ISBN

0-262-32595-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

Playful thinking series

Disciplina

155

Soggetti

Play - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Play Is -- 2. Playfulness -- 3. Toys -- 4. Playgrounds -- 5. Beauty -- 6. Politics -- 7. Architects -- 8. Play in the Era of Computing Machinery.

Sommario/riassunto

What do we think about when we think about play? A pastime? Games? Childish activities? The opposite of work? Think again: If we are happy and well rested, we may approach even our daily tasks in a playful way, taking the attitude of play without the activity of play. So what, then, is play? In Play Matters, Miguel Sicart argues that to play is to be in the world; playing is a form of understanding what surrounds us and a way of engaging with others. Play goes beyond games; it is a mode of being human. We play games, but we also play with toys, on playgrounds, with technologies and design. Sicart proposes a theory of play that doesn't derive from a particular object or activity but is a portable tool for being--not tied to objects but brought by people to the complex interactions that form their daily lives. It is not separated from reality; it is part of it. It is pleasurable, but not necessarily fun. Play can be dangerous, addictive, and destructive. Along the way, Sicart considers playfulness, the capacity to use play outside the context of play; toys, the materialization of play--instruments but also play pals; playgrounds, play spaces that enable all kinds of play; beauty, the aesthetics of play through action; political play -- from Maradona's goal against England in the 1986 World Cup to the hactivist activities of



Anonymous; the political, aesthetic, and moral activity of game design; and why play and computers get along so well.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779281503321

Autore

Provis Chris

Titolo

Individuals, groups, and business ethics / / by Chris Provis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2012]

©2011

ISBN

1-280-66029-5

9786613637222

1-136-66409-2

0-203-80776-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in business ethics ; ; 4

Disciplina

174.4

174/.4

Soggetti

Business ethics

Social responsibility of business

Interpersonal relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Ethical principles and ethical decision making; 2 Ethics, society and individuals; 3 Individuals, expectations and groups; 4 Institutions, norms and ethics; 5 A hypothetical case: Endeavour organisation; 6 Conflicts of obligations; 7 Obligations, exploitation and identity; 8 Decisions, groups and reasons; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Corporate social responsibility has become a heavily discussed topic in business ethics. Identifying some generally accepted moral principles as a basis for discussion, Individuals, Groups, and Business Ethics examines ethical dimensions of our relationships with families, friends and workmates, the extent to which we have obligations as members of teams and communities, and how far ethics may ground our commitments to organisations and countries. It offers an innovative



analysis that differentiates amongst our genuine ethical obligations to individuals, counterfeit obligations to identity groups, and complex role-based obligations in organised groups. It suggests that often individuals need intuitive moral judgment developed by experience, reflection and dialogue to identify the individual obligations that emerge for them in complex group situations. These situations include some where people have to discern what their organisations’ corporate social responsibilities imply for them as individuals, and other situations where individuals have to deal with conflicts amongst their obligations or with efforts by other people to exploit them. This book gives an integrated, analytical account of how our obligations are grounded, provides a major theoretical case study of such ethical processes in action, and then considers some extended implications.