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The moral responsibility of firms /

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Individuals are generally considered morally responsible for their actions. Who or what is responsible when those individuals become part of business organizations? Can we correctly ascribe moral responsibility to the organization itself? If so, what are the grounds for this claim and to what extent...

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Other Authors: Orts, Eric W. (Editor), Smith, N. Craig, 1958- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Business ethics.
Social responsibility of business.
Corporations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Morale des affaires.
Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale.
Sociétés > Aspect moral.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Business ethics
Corporations > Moral and ethical aspects
Social responsibility of business
Unternehmen
Moral
Verantwortung
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the moral responsibility of firms: renewed interest in a perennial question of business ethics
  • Arguments for moral responsibility of firms
  • Arguments against moral responsibility of firms
  • New directions in moral responsibility of firms.