The Moral Responsibilities of Companies

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-47808-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy

The Moral Responsibilities of Companies is a philosophical analysis of the question of whether companies can be held morally responsible for the harms they create, and what implications such a view has on the moral position of employees and shareholders in these companies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chapple, C.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. The Problem of Corporate Responsibility 2. The Object of Study: the Nature of the Company 3. The Emergence Account (i) - the Agent-choice Condition 4. The Emergence Account (ii) - causation and Control 5. The Emergence Account (iii) - Good Judgment 6. Developing an Alternative Account of Good Judgment 7. Understanding Collective Responsibility 8. Implications of the Emergence Account (i) – Rights and Punishment 9. Implications of the Emergence Account (ii) - Individual Moral Responsibility 10. Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Chapple isa Partner in BDO LLP, a worldwide professional services company.