The Moral Responsibilities of Companies [electronic resource] /
Chapple, C.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover ; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Problem of CorporateResponsibility; 2 The Object of Study: TheNature 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 Accountof Good Judgment; 7 Understanding CollectiveResponsibility; 8 Implications of the EmergenceAccount (I) - Rights andPunishment; 9 Implications of the EmergenceAccount (II) - Individual MoralResponsibility; 10 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Business ethics.
Ethics.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Business Ethics.
Ethics.