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Overview
The search for an ethical foundation for corporate behavior has been a powerful theme of scholarship in company law since the middle of the last century. In an era of social democracy the search has intensified, fueled by the demise of the new right both in economic and social terms. The author of this path-breaking and provocative work argues that third way politics offers a means of identifying that foundation by emphasizing the need for social cooperation and partnership through shared agendas rather than regulatory pressure. In contrast to many contemporary "globalization" theorists, the author argues that corporations are in fact profoundly concerned with national political and social agendas rather than global ones. The reasons for the demise of the new right are intimately connected with the position of corporations within civil society. Corporations have little choice but to become involved with third way politics and the accompanying social agendas. These ideas are traced through into a blueprint for corporate behavior which looks at Aristotelian ethics as a way of creating a position for the corporation which permits the goal of profit to be placed alongside others, such as community participation.Synopsis
"The search for an ethical foundation for corporate behaviour has been a powerful theme of scholarship in company law since the middle of the last century. In an era of social democracy the search has intensified, fuelled by the demise of the new right both in economic and social terms. The author of this path-breaking and provocative work argues that third way politics offers a means of identifying that foundation by emphasising the need for social co-operation and partnership through shared agendas rather than regulatory pressure." In contrast to many contemporary "globalisation" theorists, the author argues that corporations are in fact profoundly concerned with national political and social agendas rather than global ones. The reasons for the demise of the new right are intimately connected with the position of corporations within civil society. Corporations have little choice but to become involved with third way politics and its accompanying social agendas. These ideas are traced through into a blueprint for corporate behaviour which looks at Aristotelian ethics as a way of creating a position for the corporation which permits the goal of profit to be placed alongside others such as community participation. These goals, it is argued, can be achieved through an ethics of care approach.
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Wheeler (commercial law, Birkbeck College, U. of London) attempts to provide the foundations of a corporate ethics that is based both in Aristotelian virtue ethics and political "Third Way" notions of community. Corporations should act upon the virtues of compassion and care for the needs of others. Apparently, Wheeler expects for them to do this voluntarily. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)