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UNINA9910465375403321 |
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Autore |
Mansell Samuel F. |
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Titolo |
Capitalism, corporations and the social contract : a critique of stakeholder theory / / Samuel F. Mansell [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-139-61033-3 |
1-107-23508-1 |
1-107-52994-8 |
1-139-60874-6 |
1-139-05892-4 |
1-139-61219-0 |
1-139-62521-7 |
1-139-61591-2 |
1-299-25768-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Business, value creation and society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social responsibility of business |
Social contract |
Capitalism - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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An introduction to stakeholder theory -- The philosophy of stakeholder theory -- The corporation as a private association in a market economy -- The corporation as a sovereign power in a market economy -- Shareholder theory and its limitations. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In whose interests should a corporation be run? Over the last thirty years the field of 'stakeholder theory' has proposed a distinctive answer: a corporation should be run in the interests of all its primary stakeholders - including employees, customers, suppliers and financiers - without contradicting the ethical principles on which capitalism stands. This book offers a critique of this central claim. It argues that by applying the political concept of a 'social contract' to the corporation, stakeholder theory in fact undermines the principles on |
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