In defense of sharks moral issues in hostile liquidating takeovers
In this essay we defend the view that from a purely rule-utilitarian perspective there is no sound argument favoring the immorality of hostile liquidating buyouts. All arguments favoring such a view are seriously flawed. Moreover, there are some good argument favoring the view that such buyouts may...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1991
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1991, Volume: 10, Issue: 7, Pages: 471-484 |
Further subjects: | B
Moral Issue
B Sound Argument B Good Argument B Defend B Economic Growth |
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Summary: | In this essay we defend the view that from a purely rule-utilitarian perspective there is no sound argument favoring the immorality of hostile liquidating buyouts. All arguments favoring such a view are seriously flawed. Moreover, there are some good argument favoring the view that such buyouts may be morally obligatory from the rule-utilitarian perspective. We also defend the view that most of the “shark repellents” in the market are immoral. If we are right in our arguments there is no justification, moral or otherwise, for any form of legislation that would constrain the practice of hostile liquidating buyouts. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00383346 |