A Political Account of Corporate Moral Responsibility

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-246

  Dubbink, Wim ^a   Smith, Jeffery ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrator of duty; Business ethics; Corporate moral responsibility; Corporations; Kantian moral philosophy; Limits of law; Moral responsibility; Punishment and blame; Self government

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954671434     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-010-9235-x     Document Type: Article

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