1. Role of business in society
... Corporate ethics and the role of business in society is under public scrutiny perhaps more than ever before in modern history, particularly in the USA. Currently there are three predominate views on the purpose of business; the classic or stockholder approach already mentioned, the stakeholder approach, and the social contract approach. Each of these can be considered an evolutionary step ... expenditures that lowered the company's profits - at a cost to company shareholders - but did not threaten the firm's economic viability. Would a company manager who subscribed to Friedman's extrem...
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