Love and Hate in Organizational Ethics

The movie Love Actually (2003) begins with a voiceover from Hugh Grant commenting that in Heathrow Airport’s arrivals terminal love is all around. Heathrow Airport is an organization. When it comes to such organizations others have suggested that it is not love which dominates but hate. Regardless of such conflicting claims, those interested in organizational ethics have devoted more attention to love than to hate. Hate, and the behavior it motivates, has remained largely the preserve of those concerned with the military (Ballard & McDowell, 1991). Nonetheless, we have in this issue sought to explore the roles of both love and hate in organizations.