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Rethinking the Responsibility of International Corporations: A Response to Donaldson

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In "The language of International Corporate Ethics," Tom Donaldson largues that ethical languages focusing on avoidance of harm to human beings; on rights/duties: and on rules spelled out in a social contract are better for characterizing international corporate responsibility than languages promoting virtue; the mastering of the self; or the maximization of human welfare. While some of what Donaldson says about the strengths and weaknesses of individual theories is quite plausible and relatively noncontroversial, Donaldson does not, in my judgment, establish that the three theories he favors are indeed better equipped to cope with problems of corporate responsibility than the three he dismisses. I will focus upon four major problems with his analysis.

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  • Koehn, Daryl, 1993. "Rethinking the Responsibility of International Corporations: A Response to Donaldson," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(2), pages 177-184, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:3:y:1993:i:02:p:177-184_00
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