Search for the Virtuous Corporation - A Wicked Problem Or New Direction for Organization Theory?

This Element situates the corporation - its culture, governance, responsibility, and accountability - within a broader discourse of duty. In doing so, it addresses the problem of virtue and corporations for society and the corporation's problem in aligning its governance to changing community expectations of obligation.

List of contents

1. Regulating Conduct and Securing Optimized Outcomes; 2. Sympathy, Empathy, and the Pursuit of Reason; 3. Ethics and Risk; 4. Withering on the Vine: The Future of the Corporation.

Summary

This Element situates the corporation – its culture, governance, responsibility, and accountability – within a broader discourse of duty. In doing so, it addresses the problem of virtue and corporations for society and the corporation's problem in aligning its governance to changing community expectations of obligation.

Product details

• Authors: Justin O'Brien, Justin (University of Sydney) O''brien
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108969222
• ISBN: 978-1-108-96922-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Organization Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / General, Business & management, Business ethics & social responsibility, Business innovation, Business communication & presentation, Organizational theory & behaviour, business strategy, Business ethics and social responsibility, Business communication and presentation, Organizational theory and behaviour