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. Ed(S): Orts, Eric W.; Smith, N. Craig - The Moral Responsibility Of Firms - 9780198738534 - V9780198738534
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The Moral Responsibility Of Firms

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Description for The Moral Responsibility Of Firms Hardback. This book examines whether firms as organizations can be considered morally responsible for their actions. This question has profound practical implications as well as theoretical significance, not least when we are so frequently today confronted with misconduct in business. Editor(s): Orts, Eric W.; Smith, N. Craig. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KJG; KJMB; KJR; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Individuals are generally considered morally responsible for their actions. Who or what is responsible when those individuals become part of business organizations? Can we correctly ascribe moral responsibility to the organization itself? If so, what are the grounds for this claim and to what extent do the individuals also remain morally responsible? If not, does moral responsibility fall entirely to specific individuals within the organization and can they be readily identified? A perennial question in business ethics has concerned the extent to which business organizations can be correctly said to have moral responsibilities and obligations. In philosophical terms, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198738534
SKU
V9780198738534
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About . Ed(S): Orts, Eric W.; Smith, N. Craig
Eric W. Orts is the Guardsmark Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a professor in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department with a joint appointment in the Management Department. He directs the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) and serves also as an academic co-director of the FINRA at Wharton Institute for securities ... Read more

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