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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Singer, Abraham A. (1985-....)
Titre(s) : The form of the firm [Texte électronique] : a normative political theory of the corporation / Abraham A. Singer
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Note(s) : Bibliogr., 13 p. Index
Contemporary discussions of the corporation tend to fall into one of two camps. The
side that dominates much of public discourse is those who conceive of the corporation
as purely economic. According to this view, corporations are "nexuses of contracts"
that have no greater duties than to maximize profits for their shareholders and that
should be given legal and political deference to do so. On the other side are those
who conceive of the corporation in almost entirely political terms. In this view,
corporations are created by government and exercise powers and privileges that are
conceded to it by the state; governments have a responsibility to organize and constrain
corporations such that they act for the benefit of society as a whole. This text offers
a third way that sees the corporation as being both economic and political
La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : XII-296 p.
Sujet(s) : Entreprises -- Aspect politique
Gouvernement d'entreprise
Éthique des affaires
Indice(s) Dewey :
338.701 (23e éd.) = Entreprises - Philosophie et théorie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190698355. - ISBN 0190698357. - ISBN 9780190698362 (erroné). - ISBN 0190698365
(erroné). - ISBN 9780190698348 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45808129g
Notice n° :
FRBNF45808129
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; A framework for a political theory of the corporation ; The economic
theory of corporate efficiency and justice ; The classical theories of the corporation
; Ronald Coase and the difference between markets and firms ; The managerial challenge
to liberalism ; The Chicago School's theory of the corporation ; From market to
firm to market again ; The concept of "norm-governed productivity" ; Corporate justice
within efficiency horizons ; Toward a relational corporate law ; The architecture
of corporate governance and workplace democracy ; Business ethics and efficiency:
the market failures approach ; Business ethics and equality: the concept of "justice
failure" ; Conclusion.
