000887929 000__ 02907nam\a2200481\a\4500 000887929 001__ 887929 000887929 003__ MiAaPQ 000887929 005__ 20211103003910.0 000887929 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000887929 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000887929 008__ 120814s2013\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000887929 010__ $$z 2012032863 000887929 020__ $$z9781107015524 000887929 020__ $$a9781139612197 (electronic bk.) 000887929 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC1099863 000887929 035__ $$a(Au-PeEL)EBL1099863 000887929 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10659325 000887929 035__ $$a(CaONFJC)MIL457018 000887929 035__ $$a(OCoLC)828302658 000887929 040__ $$aMiAaPQ$$cMiAaPQ$$dMiAaPQ 000887929 050_4 $$aHD60$$b.M36465 2013 000887929 08204 $$a174$$223 000887929 1001_ $$aMansell, Samuel F. 000887929 24510 $$aCapitalism, corporations and the social contract:$$ba critique of stakeholder theory /$$cSamuel F. Mansell. 000887929 260__ $$aCambridge :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2013. 000887929 300__ $$axi, 185 p. 000887929 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000887929 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000887929 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000887929 440_0 $$aBusiness, value creation, and society 000887929 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000887929 5058_ $$aMachine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. An introduction to stakeholder theory; 3. The philosophy of stakeholder theory; 4. The corporation as a private association in a market economy; 5. The corporation as a sovereign power; 6. Shareholder theory and its limitations; 7. Conclusion; References. 000887929 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000887929 520__ $$a"In whose interests should a corporation be run? Over the last thirty years the field of 'stakeholder theory' has proposed a distinctive answer: a corporation should be run in the interests of all its primary stakeholders - including employees, customers, suppliers and financiers - without contradicting the ethical principles on which capitalism stands. This book offers a critique of this central claim. It argues that by applying the political concept of a 'social contract' to the corporation, stakeholder theory in fact undermines the principles on which a market economy is based. The argument builds upon an extensive review of the stakeholder literature and an analysis of its philosophical foundations, particularly concerning the social contract tradition of John Rawls and his predecessors. The book concludes by offering a qualified version of Milton Friedman's shareholder theory as a more justifiable account of the purpose of a corporation"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000887929 650_0 $$aSocial responsibility of business. 000887929 650_0 $$aSocial contract. 000887929 650_0 $$aCapitalism$$xMoral and ethical aspects. 000887929 655_0 $$aElectronic books 000887929 852__ $$bebk 000887929 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete $$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1099863$$zOnline Access 000887929 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:887929$$pGLOBAL_SET 000887929 980__ $$aBIB 000887929 980__ $$aEBOOK 000887929 982__ $$aEbook 000887929 983__ $$aOnline