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developments of the culture industry have paved the way for entertainment products to dominate us; and political discourse, in which social media has exacerbated the anti-democratic tendencies Adorno warned of ... and (or as) political philosophy . Business Ethics Quarterly , 20 ( 3 ), 427 - 452 . Heins , V. ( 2007 ). Critical theory and the traps of conspiracy thinking . Philosophy and Social Criticism , 33 ( 7
studies, we show that the effect of corporate activism on unethical behavior is moderated by consumers’ political ideology and mediated by desire for punishment. When the company’s activism stand is ... company's activism stand is [incongruent/ congruent] with the consumer's political ideology, consumers experience [increased/decreased] desire to punish the company, thereby [increasing/decreasing] unethical
This research brings together insights from philosophy, political theory, and consumer research in conceptualizing and empirically examining the social dimension of negative and positive freedom in ... reviewing previous work in philosophy, political theory, and consumer research on the distinctions between positive and negative freedom, with special attention to their manifestation in the retail
corporate-centric perspective, as shown by recent efforts (especially Singer in Bus Ethics Q 25(1):65–92, 2015) to situate corporate conduct within Rawls’ political theory. Although Rawls was largely mute on ... this view, whether a decision is normatively proper depends on the wider business and political context (Martin, 2013) .2 This takes us into the domain of political philosophy and opens the door to
, political and corporate leadership, and depth of community grounding in ethical principles, it is possible. In this editorial essay, we summarize the contributions of each of these papers to this important ... the right policies (Wu et al., 2023) , political leadership (Stajkovic & Stajkovic, 2023) , corporate leadership (Devine et al., 2023) , and depth of community grounding in ethical principles
culture and reform at the organizational level. We consider four overlapping subsystems in which this shift in problem–solution clusters played out—political, regulatory, legal, and consulting—and show that ... ,” which was initially strong and publicly prominent in the political arena, lost attention. Over time it was displaced by a neoliberal managerialist turn, which watered down or abandoned structural
Political insider trading has brought substantial attention to ethical considerations in the academic literature. While the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act prohibits members of ... members of Congress and their staff from leveraging nonpublic information to make investment decisions, political insider trading still prevails. We discuss political ethics and social contract theory to re
This article examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the lens of political ontology. We contend that CSR is not only a discursive mean of legitimization but an inherently ontological ... studies on political philosophy . Science, Technology, and Human Values , 16 ( 1 ), 3 - 19 . Latour , B. ( 2005 ). Re-assembling the social: An introduction to ActorNetwork Theory . Oxford University Press
women entrepreneurs’ (vis-à-vis men entrepreneurs’) access to bank finance. Specifically, we theorize how women’s formal (their nations’ political ideologies) and informal (women’s empowerment) social ... entrepreneurs' loan applications. Women entrepreneurs also pay higher interest rates on loans than men entrepreneurs. Further, in societies dominated by a conservative (rather than a liberal) political ideology
Michael Walzer is one of the most distinguished political philosophers and social critics of this century. His ideas have had great import and influence in political philosophy and political ... Walzer's work provides an important conceptual canvas for business ethics scholars that has not been adequately explored. Scholars in business ethics often borrow from political theory and philosophy to
understand concrete cases of reporting wrongdoing in terms of abstract political philosophy. This paper uses a discussion between Berlin and Skinner about what negative freedom is, as a theoretical framework ... consequentialist philosophers debate over how wide or narrow that ‘area of non-interference’ should be—Berlin mentions Bentham and Mill but we could argue that much of political philosophy is a continuation of such
objections, and I leverage recent work on the nature of feasibility within political philosophy to offer a new challenge. I argue that feasibility offers a constraint on which markets can be permissibly ... relevant to when and how we should pursue market solutions. Feasibility as an object of study has only recently gained popularity within political philosophy. This article serves to introduce the work done
, while pointing out that the existing ethical frameworks foisted on Machiavelli’s texts do not do justice to the political philosopher’s worldview, which are complex insights into ideas of leadership, we ... tenets of Christian political philosophy (Skinner, 1978), both Discourses (Machiavelli, (1531) 1998) and The Prince (Machiavelli, (1532, 2005)) explicitly challenge the application of Christian morality in
Building on literature in political CSR and corporate political activity (CPA) as well as responsible innovation and responsible lobbying, we introduce a framework to assess the legitimacy status of ... framework to assess the legitimacy status of corporate political activity. We focus on the fact that companies frequently face sharp regulatory backlash after penetrating markets with their innovations. In
This paper extends Being-centered and spiritual leadership theory using non-self from the Buddhist philosophy to further our understanding of how inner life functions as the source of spiritual ... (Case & Gosling, 2010a, b) that fails to engage (Lips-Wiersma & Mills, 2014; Mabey, 2013) and acknowledge the historical and political context of SL (e.g., Nash, 2003) . For instance, most studies on
Web of Science database and included 2510 publications. Results showed that the development of D&I literature had increased exponentially since the 1960s, mainly due to different political and societal ... corporate boards or political functions (Clayton & Zetterberg, 2018; Dobson et al., 2017) . The start of the global financial crisis lowered trust in the status quo, so research on the effects of board
Political contestability is an important issue in the ethical analysis of corporate political activity (hereafter CPA). Though previous studies have proposed analytical frameworks for creating
. Under the strong influence of the scientific philosophy of positivism as reflected in the works of early neoclassical economists and as epitomized by Lionel Robbins, utility comparisons were subsequently ... . Goodin , R. ( 1995 ). Utilitarianism as a public philosophy . Cambridge University Press. Goodwin , C. ( 2016 ). Economics and psychology: Why the great divide? History of Political Economy , 48 ( suppl
Extant literature on Political CSR and the role of governments in the governance of business conduct tends to neglect key implications of the political-institutional macro-context for public ... Political Philosophy , 18 ( 1 ), 64 - 100 . Marshall , M. G. , & Elzinga-Marshall , G. C. ( 2017 ). Global report 2017: Conflict , governance, and state fragility. Vienna, USA. Marshall , M. G. , Gurr , T. R
from two distinctions in the business responsibility scholarship: the assumed role of the organization (responsibility to the firm/market; responsibility to the broader socio-political-economic ... , psychology, feminist studies, and political science (Wilcox et al., 2021) . This research, coupled with the rise of gender-based violence (GBV) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic (Wood et al., 2022
