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The Social Role of the Firm: The Aristotelian Acting Person Approach

In: Leadership through the Classics

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  • Javier Aranzadi

    (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

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In this paper, I am adopting the point of view of the first person as a generator of positive actions. It presents human’s freedom in the search for excellence in action. Aristotelian ethics is structured in a system of goods, norms and virtues that is configured by means of individual action in the institutions of a particular culture. In this view, the firm’s role as a social institution is presented, whereby its social responsibility is to encourage the ability of individuals to create new ends and means of action in the reality around them. Good entrepreneurial practice (eupraxia) occupies a central position, defining the paradigm that each society and culture sets as the model of economic life.

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  • Javier Aranzadi, 2012. "The Social Role of the Firm: The Aristotelian Acting Person Approach," Springer Books, in: Gregory P. Prastacos & Fuming Wang & Klas Eric Soderquist (ed.), Leadership through the Classics, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 221-236, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-32445-1_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32445-1_15
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