Sapelli Morality and Corporate Governance: Firm Integrity and Spheres of Justice

2013
ISBN: 978-88-470-2784-8
Verlag: Springer Italia
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 113 Seiten, eBook

Firms, the most significant nucleus of modern economic activity, are very special social organisations with economic purposes and also a responsibility for pursuing the welfare of all ranks of society. This requires moral commitment at a subjective and collective level, i.e. ethics. In this book, a renowned author with long experience as a consultant to large firms explores the relationship between moral action and economic action with particular reference to the firm. Diverse aspects of corporate responsibility – social, civil, political, and environmental – within a rapidly changing world are investigated from a philosophical perspective. Prerequisites for self-regulation are considered and aspects of responsibility beyond the law, such as charters of values and codes of ethics, are discussed. Particular attention is paid to firm integrity and different spheres of justice, each of which has its own criteria for the distribution of goods.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sapelli, Giulio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Ethics and Justice.- 2. Ethics.- 3. On "Corporate Responsibility".- 4. Environmental Responsibility and Corporate Culture: the Prerequisites for Self-Regulation.- 5. Responsibility “Beyond the Law”.- 6. Firm Integrity and Spheres of Justice.- 7. A Final Thought on Reparative Justice.