| Description |
1 online resource (200 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Business, Value Creation, and Society
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Business, value creation, and society.
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| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Competing perspectives on corporate responsibility; Contrasting stakeholder and shareholder theories; Stakeholder theory and corporate social responsibility in a market economy; A critique of stakeholder theory: the methodology; A critique of stakeholder theory: the structure; 2 An introduction to stakeholder theory; The etymology of 'stake' and 'stakeholder'; Stakeholder theory in organisations; Ethics and strategy; Normative arguments for stakeholder theory; Conclusion; 3 The philosophy of stakeholder theory; Social contract theory. |
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John Rawls and social contract theoryFairness and distributive justice; Conclusion; 4 The corporation as a private association in a market economy; An analysis of the concept of trade; The ethical principles of a market economy; The corporate objective in a market economy; Conclusion; 5 The corporation as a sovereign power in a market economy; Stakeholder theory and the corporation as a commercial entity; Stakeholder theory and the corporation as a 'social contract'; Conclusion; 6 Shareholder theory and its limitations; The separation of ownership and control. |
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The consequentialist critique of stakeholder theoryThe deontological defence of shareholder theory; The limits of contractual duties; Ethical discretion in company law; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Samuel Mansell critiques the principles of stakeholder theory, proposing instead a qualified version of Friedman's shareholder theory. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social responsibility of business.
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Social responsibility of business. |
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Social contract.
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Social contract. |
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mansell, Samuel F. Capitalism, Corporations and the Social Contract : A Critique of Stakeholder Theory. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9781107015524 |
| ISBN |
1139612190 (electronic book) |
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9781139612197 (electronic book) |
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9781139625210 (electronic book) |
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1139625217 (electronic book) |
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9781139058926 (electronic book) |
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1139058924 (electronic book) |
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9781139615914 |
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1139615912 |
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9781107015524 |
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1107015529 |
| Standard No. |
40022271224 |
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