Does Milton Friedman Support a Vigorous Business Ethics?

This paper explores the level of obligation called for by Milton Friedman’s classic essay “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Profits.” Several scholars have argued that Friedman asserts that businesses have no or minimal social duties beyond compliance with the law. This paper arg...

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Main Author: Cosans, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2009
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 391-399
Further subjects:B stockholder theory
B Stakeholder Theory
B ethics of business
B John Stuart Mill
B Duty
B negative externality
B Profits
B Society
B Liberty
B Milton Friedman
B Freedom
B respect for law
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