Moral Responsibilities of Companies

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: C Chapple, C. Chapple, Chris Chapple
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349478088
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47808-8
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy; Palgrave Studies in Ethics and; Palgrave Studies in Ethics and; Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; B, Unternehmensethik und soziale Verantwortung, CSR, Ethics, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Political Philosophy, Business ethics & social responsibility, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Business Ethics, Social Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Understanding