Ebook: Christian Ethics and Corporate Culture: A Critical View on Corporate Responsibilities

The essays collected in this book discuss the contemporary practice of corporate responsibility by applying the Christian principles of the unity of knowledge and pursuit of truth to the traditional principles of justice, human dignity and the common good, to rediscover a corporate culture that will help transform our economic system and the characteristics required to build an enduring trust in economic relationships. In this volume a select group of management theorists, theologians, legal scholars, economists and ethicists jointly strive ​to give back to the market economy its ethical and political dimensions. They assess the quality of present day corporate social responsibility, discuss the social and environmental costs of production and argue for an agenda that can be used in modern corporations in their effort to align profitability and growth with business ethics.

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The essays collected in this book discuss the contemporary pratice of corporate responsibility by applying the Christian principles of the unity of knowledge and pursuit of truth to the traditional principles of justice, human dignity and the common good, to rediscover a corporate culture that will help transform our economic system and the characteristics required to build an enduring trust in economic relationships. In this volume a select group of management theorists, theologians, legal scholars, economists and ethicists jointly strive ​to give back to the market economy its ethical and political dimensions. They assess the quality of present day corporate social responsibility, discuss the social and environmental costs of production and argue for an agenda that can be used in modern corporations in their effort to align profitability and growth with business ethics.

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The essays collected in this book discuss the contemporary pratice of corporate responsibility by applying the Christian principles of the unity of knowledge and pursuit of truth to the traditional principles of justice, human dignity and the common good, to rediscover a corporate culture that will help transform our economic system and the characteristics required to build an enduring trust in economic relationships. In this volume a select group of management theorists, theologians, legal scholars, economists and ethicists jointly strive ​to give back to the market economy its ethical and political dimensions. They assess the quality of present day corporate social responsibility, discuss the social and environmental costs of production and argue for an agenda that can be used in modern corporations in their effort to align profitability and growth with business ethics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Business in Society: Can Companies Save the World?....Pages 3-8
Setting Up the Dialogue Between CST and CSR: The Challenge of Clashing Theories....Pages 9-21
The Social Vocation of the Firm....Pages 23-44
Nonprofit and Business Sector Collaboration: Towards a New Strategic Approach....Pages 45-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Common Good and Social-Competitive Creativity....Pages 69-79
Maximizing the Shareholder Value....Pages 81-99
Doing Well by Doing Good: Distinguishing the Right from the Good in Theories of Corporate Social Responsibility....Pages 101-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Moral Intuition and Transformative Organizations....Pages 115-129
The Posture of Services....Pages 131-148
When Being a Good Company Isn’t Good Enough: The Malden Mills Case....Pages 149-154
What of Financialisation?....Pages 155-165
Accounting for Just Wages: A Proposal....Pages 167-175
The Framework for CSR Assessment, Measurement, and Reporting....Pages 177-192
Back Matter....Pages 193-194