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Moral agency in charities and business corporations : exploring the constraints of law and regulation
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dc.contributor.author | Burt, Eleanor | |
dc.contributor.author | Mansell, Samuel Francis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-20T17:30:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-20T17:30:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-09-30 | |
dc.identifier | 251617212 | |
dc.identifier | 63e6accb-5ee5-4540-9423-6b8af6a4b15e | |
dc.identifier | 85038623311 | |
dc.identifier | 000485005600004 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Burt , E & Mansell , S F 2019 , ' Moral agency in charities and business corporations : exploring the constraints of law and regulation ' , Journal of Business Ethics , vol. 159 , no. 1 , pp. 59-73 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3750-9 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-4544 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-0478-516X/work/59464854 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3154-951X/work/82788630 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/12364 | |
dc.description.abstract | For centuries in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, charities have been widely regarded as admirable and virtuous organisations. Business corporations, by contrast, have been characterised in the popular imagination as entities that lack a capacity for moral judgement. Drawing on the philosophical literature on the moral agency of organisations, we examine how the law shapes the ability of charities and business corporations headquartered in England to exercise moral agency. Paradoxically, we find that charities are legally constrained in exercising moral agency in ways in which business corporations are not. Implications for charities and business corporations are then explored. | |
dc.format.extent | 15 | |
dc.format.extent | 846441 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Business Ethics | en |
dc.subject | Charity law and regulation | en |
dc.subject | Company law | en |
dc.subject | Corporate moral agency | en |
dc.subject | HD28 Management. Industrial Management | en |
dc.subject | BJ Ethics | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | BDC | en |
dc.subject | R2C | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD28 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BJ | en |
dc.title | Moral agency in charities and business corporations : exploring the constraints of law and regulation | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Management | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10551-017-3750-9 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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