loyalty
Let an agent explain loyalty as a value and behaviour, relay ethical, psychological and organisational perspectives from academic sources with attribution, describe forms such as allegiance and brand loyalty, and distinguish loyalty from obedience, trust, patriotism and the leadership style listed as an alias.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain loyalty as a value and behaviour, relay ethical, psychological and organisational perspectives from academic sources with attribution, describe forms such as allegiance and brand loyalty, and distinguish loyalty from obedience, trust, patriotism and the leadership style listed as an alias.
Faithfulness or devotion to a person, group, cause or institution, expressed as allegiance to a state or leader, fidelity in relationships, brand loyalty in markets and loyalty in organisations, studied in ethics as a virtue with limits, in psychology and management, including in transactional leadership where loyalty is exchanged for rewards; loyalty conflicts arise when duties compete.
What it is for: Not applicable; a value and behaviour.
It can be explain the concept; relay perspectives; describe forms; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Steadfast attachment
Virtue with limits
Many objects of loyalty
Conflicts of loyalty
What it looks like
Not a visible object; steadfast attachment.
Physical character
Royce s The Philosophy of Loyalty: 1908 year
Hirschman s Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: 1970 year
How it is recognised
Faithful devotion to a person, group or cause
Allegiance, faithfulness, brand loyalty, organisational loyalty; transactional leadership as a related alias
Obedience follows orders; trust is expectation; patriotism is loyalty to country; transactional leadership is a management style
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with - which follows orders
is exemplified by - as loyalty to a state
In practice
Families and kinds
personal loyalty and fidelity
allegiance to state and leaders
organisational and employee loyalty
brand and customer loyalty
loyalty in ethics and philosophy
loyalty in leadership theory including transactional leadership
Standards and regulation
Oaths of allegiance in citizenship and office
Employment law on duty of loyalty and whistleblowing
Consumer rules for loyalty programmes
Failure modes and hazards
Loyalty overriding ethics
Confusing loyalty with obedience
Registry alias transactional leadership is a distinct concept
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.loyalty
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What loyalty is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is loyalty, and how does it differ from obedience, trust, patriotism and transactional leadership? definition
- Is the question about the concept, a form, ethics or management? boundary
Forms
Forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are personal, national, organisational and brand loyalty? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Ethics Ethics and philosophy.
Attribution.
Virtue
Loyalty as a virtue.
Virtue
Virtue.
- How do Royce, Fletcher and others treat loyalty as a virtue and its limits, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Conflicts
Conflicts of loyalty.
Conflicts
Conflicts.
- How are conflicts between loyalties and with ethics, such as whistleblowing, analysed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Practice Organisations and markets.
Sources.
Organisations
Organisational loyalty.
Organisations
Organisations.
- How do Hirschman s exit, voice and loyalty and leadership theories including transactional leadership treat loyalty? provenance
- Which entry fits transactional leadership? action
Markets
Brand loyalty.
Markets
Markets.
- How do marketing and loyalty programmes cultivate customer loyalty? provenance
- Which entry fits loyalty program? action
Context Politics and culture.
Context.
Allegiance
Allegiance.
Allegiance
Allegiance.
- How do oaths of allegiance and loyalty to states and leaders work, with debates attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How is loyalty treated in literature, religion and popular culture? provenance
- Which entry fits loyalty in literature? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should allegiance, brand loyalty and transactional leadership be separate primary entries?
- How should academic sources be linked?
- The registry alias transactional leadership appears misfiled; should it be moved?