Format:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781107015524
,
9781139612197
Series Statement:
Business, Value Creation, and Society Series
Content:
In whose interests should a corporation be run? Proponents of 'stakeholder theory' propose a distinctive answer: it should be run in the interests of its primary stakeholders. Samuel Mansell offers a detailed critique of this claim, arguing that stakeholder theory undermines the principles on which a market economy is based
Note:
Intro -- 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 -- John Rawls and social contract theory -- Fairness 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 -- The consequentialist critique of stakeholder theory -- The deontological defence of shareholder theory -- The limits of contractual duties -- Ethical discretion in company law -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Mansell, Samuel F. Capitalism, Corporations and the Social Contract Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2013 ISBN 9781107015524
Language:
English
Keywords:
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