Corporate Responsibility and Political Philosophy

This book offers a historical evaluation of the corporation as a constituent of political society, outlines four distinct political philosophies of corporate social responsibility, and applies these theories to contemporary issues.

Informationen zum Autor Kristian Høyer Toft did his PhD in political philosophy at Aarhus University (2003) and was a visiting scholar in philosophy at Columbia University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Reading. He has published articles about climate justice, human rights and corporate responsibility in international journals, e.g. The Business and Human Rights Journal and Energy Research & Social Science. He held positions as a postdoctoral researcher in bioethics at the University of Copenhagen 2006-07), Assistant and Associate Professor at Aalborg University in applied philosophy (2011-2019), and is currently a guest researcher at the Sustainability Centre at the Copenhagen Business School (2020). Klappentext This book offers a historical evaluation of the corporation as a constituent of political society, outlines four distinct political philosophies of corporate social responsibility, and applies these theories to contemporary issues. Zusammenfassung This book offers a historical evaluation of the corporation as a constituent of political society, outlines four distinct political philosophies of corporate social responsibility, and applies these theories to contemporary issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Corporations as the Missing Link in Political Philosophy Part I. The Corporation in Liberalism and Corporate Moral Agency Chapter 1. The Corporation and Free Markets in Classical Liberalism and its Critics Chapter 2. Excluding the Corporation from the Political: Rawls and Habermas Chapter 3. Corporate Moral Agency and Political Theory of the Firm Part II. Corporate Responsibility and Political Philosophy Chapter 4. Aristotelian Organisations and Corporate Responsibility: Conservatism Chapter 5. Market Liberalism, the Firm and the Market Failures Approach Chapter 6. Republicanism and Corporate Citizenship Theory: First Aspect of the Social Liberal Corporation Chapter 7. Political CSR and the Second Aspect of the Social Liberal Corporation Chapter 8. Debunking Corporate Responsibility Critical Theory and Market Ideology Part III. Applications of Corporate Responsibility Contemporary Issues Chapter 9. Who's Responsible for the Supply Chain? Iris Marion Young's Social Connection Model Chapter 10. Digital and Financial Firms: The Limits of Corporate Responsibility Chapter 11. Sustainability and Climate Change: The Case for Corporate Environmentalism Conclusion ...

Autorentext

Kristian Høyer Toft did his PhD in political philosophy at Aarhus University (2003) and was a visiting scholar in philosophy at Columbia University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Reading. He has published articles about climate justice, human rights and corporate responsibility in international journals, e.g. The Business and Human Rights Journal and Energy Research & Social Science. He held positions as a postdoctoral researcher in bioethics at the University of Copenhagen 2006-07), Assistant and Associate Professor at Aalborg University in applied philosophy (2011-2019), and is currently a guest researcher at the Sustainability Centre at the Copenhagen Business School (2020).

Inhalt

Introduction: Corporations as the Missing Link in Political Philosophy

Part I. The Corporation in Liberalism and Corporate Moral Agency

Chapter 1. The Corporation and Free Markets in Classical Liberalism and its Critics

Chapter 2. Excluding the Corporation from the Political: Rawls and Habermas

Chapter 3. Corporate Moral Agency and Political Theory of the Firm

Part II. Corporate Responsibility and Political Philosophy

Chapter 4. Aristotelian Organisations and Corporate Responsibility: Conservatism

Chapter 5. Market Liberalism, the Firm and the Market Failures Approach

Chapter 6. Republicanism and Corporate Citizenship Theory: First Aspect of the Social Liberal Corporation

Chapter 7. Political CSR and the Second Aspect of the Social Liberal Corporation

Chapter 8. Debunking Corporate Responsibility Critical Theory and Market Ideology

Part III. Applications of Corporate Responsibility Contemporary Issues

Chapter 9. Who's Responsible for the Supply Chain? Iris Marion Young's Social Connection Model

Chapter 10. Digital and Financial Firms: The Limits of Corporate Responsibility

Chapter 11. Sustainability and Climate Change: The Case for Corporate Environmentalism

Conclusion