RT Article
T1 Business Ethics and the Management of Non-Profit Institutions
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 17
IS 9
SP 1073
OP 1081
A1 Bouckaert, Luk
A2 Vandenhove, Jan
LA English
YR 1998
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785610856
AB The core of business ethics literature is based upon the stakeholder theory of the firm. The normative function of this theory is to internalise the concept of social responsibility into the definition of the firm (the firm as a social contract) and into the managerial practice (participative management, social and ethical audit). But why should we introduce this business ethics approach into the field of the non-profit sector, which by its origin and mission has already a strong social dimension? Is there a genuine dilemma of social responsibility in non-profjt institutions? The first part of the paper will give a more theoretical answer to this question. The second part will illustrate the relevance of the business ethics approach by presenting an empirical application of the stakeholer theory in the Belgian-Flemish non-profit sector.
K1 Normative Function
K1 Social Responsibility
K1 Business Ethic
K1 Managerial Practice
K1 Economic Growth
DO 10.1023/A:1006071416514