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A norm entrepreneur or moral entrepreneur is an individual, group, or formal organization that seeks to influence a group to adopt or maintain a social norm; altering the boundaries of altruism, deviance, duty, or compassion.
16 sie 2024 · Coined by Howard S. Becker in his seminal work on deviance, moral entrepreneurs are individuals or groups who seek to influence a society’s moral landscape, often by initiating campaigns to alter existing norms or establish new ones.
19 wrz 2020 · Moral entrepreneurs are innovators and pioneers in ethics. They disrupt existing moral codes and give rise to a new one. They alter the views about what is “right” or “wrong.” Instead of simply following current or accepted morality, moral entrepreneurs lead morality through the creation of a new morality.
29 cze 2020 · Moral entrepreneurship is a useful concept to describe not only the development of ethics of businesses and professions but also of people and organizations that become leaders because they...
21 lip 2017 · The moral entrepreneur experiences some evil that profoundly disturbs him and that he wants to correct by translating a preferred norm into legal prohibitions; however, he also risks becoming an outsider himself when he is not successful in his attempt to create support for the new rule or norm.
A moral entrepreneur is an individual, group, or formal organization that takes on the responsibility of persuading society to develop or to enforce rules that are consistent with its own ardently held moral beliefs.
Moral entrepreneurs are motivated by a sense of responsibility to address societal injustices and advocate for ethical transformation. They aim to support policies that reflect their moral beliefs, sometimes leading to conflicts with established norms.
