Introduction. Ethics of Engagement in Research Practices: Response-ability in Organization and Management

The chapter provides a cartographic reading of "response-ability' and honours the work of the ‘founding mothers’ of care theory and research who have contributed to developing this concept. We use the cartographic approach to elaborate on response-ability in academia by articulating some of the practices that enable responsiveness and attentiveness in management and organization studies (MOS). We then move across and beyondnacademia, where MOS researchers encapsulate response‑ability into worldmaking practices that shake the ‘ivory tower.’ We end this introduction by navigating through the chapters to provide an overview of the book.