I'm Jeff Trexler, Wilson Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University, where I study law and personal identity. It's good to be here at JustMeans. Uncivil Society is a blog I maintain about values, design and corporate identity, with a particular focus on social enterprise. The Blingdom of God is where I write about spirituality and material culture....
Defusing the corporate time bomb
A recent post on the JustMeans LinkedIn group points to Charles Handy's lecture on the role of the corporate business model in exploding capitalism. He concludes that the corporation needs a moral center.
Which is all well and good, but the most important question is left unresolved: what is the basis for corporate morality? There is no shortage of urgent pleas for a moral center for the corporation, but until we can devise a reason for the this that goes beyond well-worn but unconvincing prudential arguments, such pleas will go unheeded--or worse, will result in even more destructive laws.
For my thoughts on this issue, keep reading . . .
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Michael Loveless 12pm May 04 I agree, typically there must be a financial reason supporting a moral center. Additionally, the financial benefit is not always easily meas...
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