The Moralization of Labor: Establishing the Social Responsibility of Employers for Disabled Workers
Autor:innen
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
2019
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
04A - Beitrag Sammelband
Herausgeber:innen
Schiller-Merkens, Simone
Balsiger, Philip
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
The Contested Moralities of Markets
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Reihe / Serie
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Reihennummer
63
Jahrgang / Band
Ausgabe / Nummer
Seiten / Dauer
87-110
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Emerald
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Bingley
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
Praxispartner:in/Auftraggeber:in
Zusammenfassung
As a “fictitious commodity” (Polanyi), that cannot be separated from the human being who is its owner, labor has a special moral significance. However, this moral quality is not a given but must be asserted in struggles over the value of labor. With the example of disabled workers in Switzerland, this paper examines the moralization of labor as a means to revalue a category of workers who range far down the labor queue. Moralization mediates the tension between the normative societal goal of inclusion for disabled people and the freedom of employers to select the most “productive” workers. Drawing on the theoretical approach of the Economics of Convention the paper analyzes the valuation frames proposed by economic and welfare state actors in political debates over the establishment of the Swiss disability insurance and the role of employers regarding occupational integration. A core concept used in negotiations of the value of disabled labor in the public arena and within individual businesses is the “social responsibility” of employers. Historically, employers’ associations successfully promoted the liberal principle of voluntary responsibility to prevent state interference in the labor market. In contrast, disability insurance argues predominantly within the market and the industrial convention to “sell” its clientele in the context of employer campaigns and case-related interactions with employers. Only recently, both sides started to reframe the employment of disabled people as a win-win affair, which would reconcile economic self-interest and the common good.
Schlagwörter
economy of conventions, welfare state history, employment of people with disabilities
Fachgebiet (DDC)
300 - Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
360 - Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen
360 - Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
978-1-78769-120-9
ISSN
0733-558X
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Post-publication Review
Open Access-Status
Lizenz
Zitation
NADAI, Eva und Alan CANONICA, 2019. The Moralization of Labor: Establishing the Social Responsibility of Employers for Disabled Workers. In: Simone SCHILLER-MERKENS und Philip BALSIGER (Hrsg.), The Contested Moralities of Markets. Bingley: Emerald. S. 87–110. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 63. ISBN 978-1-78769-120-9. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-1042