The Firm as a "Community of Persons": A Pillar of Humanistic Business Ethos

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-101

  Melé, Domènec ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Business as a community; Business enterprise; Business ethos; Catholic Social Teaching; Corporation; Firm; Personalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856589809     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1051-2     Document Type: Article

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