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Influencing Capitalist Attitudes to Drive More Capital Towards Social Good

Burton, Leah Michelle
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-6383
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1627048054529815

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2021, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
The purpose of this study is to better understand how to influence capitalist attitudes and drive more capital towards social good. This is why we must explore the prospect of emancipating the capitalists from capitalism. This study identifies capitalism as a form of oppression that is contributing to a newly developed ethics of capital, a term introduced in this study. Emancipatory action research and general systems theory were employed as the primary approaches to engaging a group of venture capitalists and finance professionals in activities and dialogues. Value2 is the theory of action I use to influence the attitudes of the participants in the study. I developed the Emancipatory Action Map as a tool for capturing the epistemological process catalyzed by Value2. The findings identified common themes and contrasts, such as how participants rationalized their problem-solving, how they responded to the isomorphism between systems operating within capitalism, and how they experienced their own agency in relationship to the problem of driving more capital towards social good. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA, https://aura.antioch.edu/ and OhioLINK ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/etd.
Jon Wergin, PhD (Committee Chair)
Aqeel Tirmizi, PhD (Committee Member)
Chris Benner, PhD (Committee Member)
168 p.
American Studies; Behavioral Psychology; Behaviorial Sciences; Black History; Black Studies; Business Administration; Economic History; Economic Theory; Economics; Ethics; History; Philosophy; Public Policy; Social Psychology; Systems Design; Systems Science
emancipatory action research; capitalism; general systems theory; Paolo Freire; ethics

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  • Burton, L. M. (2021). Influencing Capitalist Attitudes to Drive More Capital Towards Social Good [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1627048054529815

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Burton, Leah. Influencing Capitalist Attitudes to Drive More Capital Towards Social Good. 2021. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1627048054529815.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Burton, Leah. "Influencing Capitalist Attitudes to Drive More Capital Towards Social Good." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1627048054529815

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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