03387nam a22005175i 4500 978-3-031-54314-2 DE-He213 20251030112055.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240523s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031543142 978-3-031-54314-2 10.1007/978-3-031-54314-2 doi BJ1-1725 HPQ bicssc PHI005000 bisacsh QDTQ thema Mussell, Helen. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 77290 Ontology, Relational Ethics, and Corporations [electronic resource] / by Helen Mussell. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XI, 171 p. 2 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Introduction and Methodological Framework -- 2. Corporate Social Responsibility: Locating Contention and Scepticism -- 3. Socially Responsible Investment: New Challenges or Same Old Mindset? -- 4. The Fiduciary: The Overarching Contentious Concept. This book offers a unique exploration and analysis of social responsibility and associated ethical concepts used by business and financial organizations. Mussell lays out the argument that a realist analysis of social responsibility reveals caring relations underpinning this ethical behavior. The combination of a realist social ontology with contemporary relational care ethics provides the theoretical framework needed to successfully explore the ethics of social responsibility. She then applies this realist caring relations argument to three specific contexts in which social responsibility is explicitly evident - including corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investment, and the legal concept of the fiduciary. By tracing the historical development of each concept – including how economic methodology has influenced interpretations and practice – a complex picture emerges, showing how ethics, economic theory, and political theory intersect. This is an insightful work of philosophically informed contemporary political economy, analyzing the evolution and connection of key ethical concepts widely used by organizations. Helen Mussell is a Lecturer in Organizational Studies at Cardiff University, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, UK. Ethics. 58934 Business ethics. 58372 Social sciences Philosophy. 60803 Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 66410 Business Ethics. 58372 Social Philosophy. 66963 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031543135 Printed edition: 9783031543159 Printed edition: 9783031543166 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54314-2 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 60063 60063