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Crane and Matten: Business Ethics (International Edition)
Crane and Matten: Business Ethics (International Edition)
Chapter 2
Lecture 2
What is a corporation?
Desired by society
Philanthropic
Responsibilities
Expected by society
Ethical
Responsibilities
Required by society
Legal
Responsibilities
Required by society
Economic
Responsibilities
Source: Carroll (1991)
Shareholders Customers
Firm
Suppliers Employees
Government Competitors
Customers
Shareholde
rs Firm
Suppliers Employees
Civil
society
• Government failure
– Governments incapable? Unwilling?
• Rise of ‘subpolitics’
Focus Philanthropy, focused All areas of CSR Citizenship: social, political and
on projects, limited civil rights
scope
Main Local communities, Broad range of stakeholders Broad range of citizens;
stakehold employees society in general
er group
Moral Reciprocity, i.e. Duty to be responsible and Grounding is not moral, but
grounding ‘putting something avoid harms to society comes from changes in the
back’ political arena
Corporate citizenship