Overview

"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 emphasizing the need for social co-operation 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 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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Author:   Sally Wheeler (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9781901362633

ISBN 10:   1901362639
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 February 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Towards a new capitalism: the importance of national discourse; social and political context; current corporate practices; an ethical position for corporations. Part 2 Aristotle, virtue ethics and the corporate world: an introduction to Aristotelian philosophy; history - character, duty and Catholicism. Part 3 Virtue ethics for the third millennium: between Aristotle and Bauman - another journey between clashing rocks?; ideas for contemporary virtues; the corporate environment for corporate social intervention; steps towards effective corporate social intervention. Part 4 Conclusion: epilogue - post September 11, 2001.

Reviews

Sally Wheeler's 'Corporations and the Third Way' presents a fresh academic approach to the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR).The sheer number of ideas that Wheeler, a corporate legal scholar, has to offer us is challenging and refreshing, particularly given the fact that law and economics perspectives currently dominate corporate legal scholarship. The multidisciplinary approach to her ideas also results in a vibrancy and depth that a purely legal approach would have lacked.Orysia SemotiukSocial and Legal StudiesMarch 2002

Sally Wheeler's Corporations and the Third Way presents a fresh academic approach to the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The sheer number of ideas that Wheeler, a corporate legal scholar, has to offer us is challenging and refreshing, particularly given the fact that law and economics perspectives currently dominate corporate legal scholarship. The multidisciplinary approach to her ideas also results in a vibrancy and depth that a purely legal approach would have lacked. -- Orysia Semotiuk * Social and Legal Studies *

Sally Wheeler's 'Corporations and the Third Way' presents a fresh academic approach to the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The sheer number of ideas that Wheeler, a corporate legal scholar, has to offer us is challenging and refreshing, particularly given the fact that law and economics perspectives currently dominate corporate legal scholarship. The multidisciplinary approach to her ideas also results in a vibrancy and depth that a purely legal approach would have lacked. Orysia Semotiuk Social and Legal Studies March 2002

Author Information

Sally Wheeler is Professor of Law at Queens University Belfast.

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