Corporate moral legitimacy and the legitimacy of morals: A critique of Palazzo/Scherer's communicative framework

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-38

  Willke, Helmut ^a   Willke, Gerhard ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Fachhochschule fur Kunsttherapie Nurtingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate legitimacy; Corporate social responsibility; Deliberative democracy; Functional differentiation; Global governance; Globalization; Legitimacy of morals; Politicized corporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749138445     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9478-1     Document Type: Review

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