The social contract of the firm : economics, ethics, and organisation /
In order to survive as a social institution a firm needs a constitutional social contract, even though implicit, among its stakeholders. This social contract must exist if an institution is to be justified. The book focuses on two main issues: To find out the terms of the hypothetical agreement amon...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Heidelberg :
Springer,
[2000]
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| Series: | Studies in economic ethics and philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In order to survive as a social institution a firm needs a constitutional social contract, even though implicit, among its stakeholders. This social contract must exist if an institution is to be justified. The book focuses on two main issues: To find out the terms of the hypothetical agreement among the firm's stakeholders in an ex ante perspective and to understand the endogenous mechanism generating appropriate incentives that induce to comply with the social contract itself, as seen in the ex post perspective. |
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| Item Description: | An English translation, with some revisions, of the Italian edition published in 1997 by Laterza, Rome. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 229 pages :) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642573002 (electronic bk.) 3642573002 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1431-8822 |