Responsibility, Ethics and Legitimacy of Corporations - Softcover

Rendtorff, Jacob Dahl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8763002205 ISBN 13: 9788763002202

Verlag: Copenhagen Business School Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Business ethics, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, values-driven management, corporate governance, and ethical leadership are necessary horizons for the legitimacy of corporations in the process of globalization. Based on hermeneutics and institutional analysis, this book discusses the place of values in corporations and the role of ethics in management. With the theories of business ethics as a starting point, it is possible to propose a vision of the good citizen corporation. The book presents theories, concepts of responsibility for stakeholder justice, and basic ethical principles of respect for autonomy, dignity, integrity, and vulnerability. This is the foundation for an analysis of the ethical relations to internal and external constituencies of the firm, i.e. shareholders, owners, investors, management, employees, consumers, and local community. The interaction with the environment is further analyzed with a focus on ethical principles as the basis for sustainability. This investigation culminates with the conceptualization of the firm as a collective and institutional moral agent. The content also includes analysis of concrete political developments in the US, Europe, and the United Nations. Finally, the book provides a framework for a new corporate strategy based on global business ethics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Copenhagen Business School Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 8763002205
• ISBN 13: 9788763002202
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 514
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland