Intellectual virtue and virtue epistemology: Leveraging knowledge for sustainable results

摘要

A virtue approach to knowledge and learning in organizations begins with understanding that an organization's collective knowledge is an amalgam of the foundational elements of technical ability, intellectual accomplishment and wisdom. Wisdom is knowledge that leads to appropriate decisions and positive outcomes; however, wisdom requires an organizational environment that promotes virtuous behaviors, which in turn converts the diverse knowledge and experiences of individuals from knowledge of what we can do to what we ought to do. Encouraging intellectual virtues as a necessary part of the problem-solving and decision-making process can help to ensure that the decisions made, and actions taken lead to the desired outcomes.