Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Social Contract with Business
My concerns are that the article is mostly an , loaded with |original research, mostly a |synthesis of the idea of social contract with business ethics, with references to the well-known term ''social contract'', and a reference to ''enterprise'', but no references to the full term as a term. I base my finding of original research after doing numerous sweeps of newspapers and magazines with few coming up with the exact phrase ''Social contract with business'' in any kind of consistent sense. So I think Banner (who I've disagreed with at points) is spot-on in his analysis here. Although, to be fair, I did find the term being used http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00382662#page-1 in this article, and a http://books.google.com/books?id=lG-MZtqa8GEC&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=%22Social+Contract+with+Business%22&source=bl&ots=TcA3B2dXYo&sig=_9z7pDxt7Lf6ZIqltlUUKEIAK0A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H9UtVMCbD-_gsASC6YHAAw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=%22Social%20Contract%20with%20Business%22&f=false mention here, and a http://www.beitberl.ac.il/centers/ISERC/articles/Documents/When%20social%20issues%20become%20startegic.pdf mention here, but it does not seem like the term has any coherent identity as term-in-use, apart from Jopie Coetzee's book and writings, as if the phrase is used in different senses by different people, vaguely meaning business ethics. Market researcher Daniel Yankelovich used the term http://www.executivesondemand.net/managementsourcing/images/stories/artigos_pdf/estrategia/Exploring_business's_social_contract__An_interview_with_Daniel_Yankelovich.pdf here, but his sense was different from what the current wiki-article is talking about (ie, a "business model"), and senses like http://directsellingnews.com/index.php/view/doing_good_is_good_for_business_the_win_win_of_cause_marketing#.VC3WjPBX9pA here really are talking about something more akin to corporate responsibility or business ethics, similar to http://econ3.upm.edu.my/kelasmaya/sumberkursus/A00215/ACT4193/Mobus%20environmental%203.pdf this mention here. But even these mentions don't appear in the article as references; instead there are hard-to-check book references lacking inline citations -- troubling, considering that the whole article smacks of original research, with references to Coetzee's book. See, if the book references are valid, wouldn't there be a meal-sized portion of easy-to-find inline citations as well? If I search for the phrase "social contract with business" (in quotes) with the following filters, I find nothing in https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Social+Contract+with+Business%22+(site%3Anytimes.com+OR+site%3Ausatoday.com+OR+site%3Aphiladelphiainquirer.com+OR+site%3Atime.com+OR+site%3Amiamiherald.com+OR+site%3Apittsburghpostgazette.com+OR+site%3Achicagotribune.com+OR+site%3Alatimes.com+OR+site%3Asfgate.com+OR+site%3Awsj.com+OR+site%3Amercurynews.com+OR+site%3Awashingtonpost.com+OR+site%3Asuntimes.com+OR+site%3Anj.com+OR+site%3Aboston.com+OR+site%3Anydailynews.com+OR+site%3Adenverpost.com+OR+site%3Anpr.org+OR+site%3Abaltimoresun.com+OR+site%3Acsmonitor.com)&rlz=1CAASUA_enUS604US605&oq=%22Social+Contract+with+Business%22+(site%3Anytimes.com+OR+site%3Ausatoday.com+OR+site%3Aphiladelphiainquirer.com+OR+site%3Atime.com+OR+site%3Amiamiherald.com+OR+site%3Apittsburghpostgazette.com+OR+site%3Achicagotribune.com+OR+site%3Alatimes.com+OR+site%3Asfgate.com+OR+site%3Awsj.com+OR+site%3Amercurynews.com+OR+site%3Awashingtonpost.com+OR+site%3Asuntimes.com+OR+site%3Anj.com+OR+site%3Aboston.com+OR+site%3Anydailynews.com+OR+site%3Adenverpost.com+OR+site%3Anpr.org+OR+site%3Abaltimoresun.com+OR+site%3Acsmonitor.com)&aqs=chrome..69i57.358j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8 major US newspapers, nothing in https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Social+Contract+with+Business%22+(site%3Atheguardian.com+OR+site%3Afrance24.com+OR+site%3Abbc.com+OR+site%3Acnn.com%2Fworld+OR+site%3Achinadaily.com+OR+site%3Acanada.com+OR+site%3Amsnbc.com+OR+site%3Atimesofindia.com+OR+site%3Aiht.com+OR+site%3Atheage.com.au+OR+site%3Aiol.co.za%2Fthe-star+OR+site%3Ajapantimes.co.jp+OR+site%3Ajpost.com+OR+site%3Airishtimes.com+OR+site%3Aeconomist.com+OR+site%3Agulf-times.com)&rlz=1CAASUA_enUS604US605&oq=%22Social+Contract+with+Business%22+(site%3Atheguardian.com+OR+site%3Afrance24.com+OR+site%3Abbc.com+OR+site%3Acnn.com%2Fworld+OR+site%3Achinadaily.com+OR+site%3Acanada.com+OR+site%3Amsnbc.com+OR+site%3Atimesofindia.com+OR+site%3Aiht.com+OR+site%3Atheage.com.au+OR+site%3Aiol.co.za%2Fthe-star+OR+site%3Ajapantimes.co.jp+OR+site%3Ajpost.com+OR+site%3Airishtimes.com+OR+site%3Aeconomist.com+OR+site%3Agulf-times.com)&aqs=chrome..69i57.295j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8 major international news sources, and a sweep of https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Social+Contract+with+Business%22+(site%3Awsj.com+OR+site%3Aeconomist.com+OR+site%3Abusinessinsider.com+OR+site%3Ainvestors.com+OR+site%3Aforbes.com+OR+site%3Abusinessweek.com+OR+site%3Amoney.cnn.com+OR+site%3Afortune.com+OR+site%3Aentrepreneur.com+OR+site%3Afamilybusinessmagazine.com+OR+site%3Aibusinessmag.com+OR+site%3Ahbr.org%2Fmagazine+OR+site%3Abarrons.com+OR+site%3Acrainsnewyork.com+OR+site%3Abizjournals.com+OR+site%3Asportsbusinessdaily.com+OR+site%3Ahartfordbusiness.com)&rlz=1CAASUA_enUS604US605&oq=%22Social+Contract+with+Business%22+(site%3Awsj.com+OR+site%3Aeconomist.com+OR+site%3Abusinessinsider.com+OR+site%3Ainvestors.com+OR+site%3Aforbes.com+OR+site%3Abusinessweek.com+OR+site%3Amoney.cnn.com+OR+site%3Afortune.com+OR+site%3Aentrepreneur.com+OR+site%3Afamilybusinessmagazine.com+OR+site%3Aibusinessmag.com+OR+site%3Ahbr.org%2Fmagazine+OR+site%3Abarrons.com+OR+site%3Acrainsnewyork.com+OR+site%3Abizjournals.com+OR+site%3Asportsbusinessdaily.com+OR+site%3Ahartfordbusiness.com)&aqs=chrome..69i57.318j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8 major business sources did not yield much except two Forbes hits (but I could not find the exact phrase in either Forbes article). And searching using no news filters in the browser bar yields, well, surprise, Jopie Coetzee left and right, suggesting original research. As {{U|Joe Decker}} advised https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Social_Contract_with_Business&diff=611135073&oldid=610179420 here, Wikipedia is not a good place to try to float new ideas
— User:Tomwsulcer, 23:08, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:ESSAY||WP:OR||WP:SYNTH (Wikipedia:Essays)