Corporations and citizenship / edited by Greg Urban.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Urban, Greg, 1949-

Series:

Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance.

Corporations--Sociological aspects.

Corporations.

Corporations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Corporation law.

Public interest.

Physical Description:

vi, 384 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Why For-Profit Corporations and Citizenship? / Greg Urban Urban, Greg 1

Part I Are For-Profit Corporations in the Public Interest?

Chapter 2 Corporate Power and the Public Good / Lynn Sharp Paine Paine, Lynn Sharp 31

Chapter 3 How Big Business Targets Children / Joel Bakan Bakan, Joel 47

Chapter 4 Corporate Social Purpose and the Task of Management / Jeffery Smith Smith, Jeffery 57

Chapter 5 Corporate Purpose and Social Responsibility / Jeffrey L. Sturchio Sturchio, Jeffrey L., Louis Galambos Galambos, Louis 74

Chapter 6 Education by Corporation: The Merits and Perils of For-Profit Higher Education for a Democratic Citizenry / Amy J. Sepinwall Sepinwall, Amy J. 88

Chapter 7 Enron and the Legacy of Corporate Discourse / Rosalie Genova Genova, Rosalie 107

Chapter 8 Saving TEPCO: Debt, Credit, and the "End" of Finance in Post-Fukushima Japan / Hirokazu Miyazaki Miyazaki, Hirokazu 127

Part II Does Government Regulation of Corporations Promote Well-Being in a Democratic Society?

Chapter 9 The Rise and Embedding of the Corporation: Considerations for American Democracy and Citizenship / Walter Licht Licht, Walter 143

Chapter 10 Citizens of the Corporation? Workplace Democracy in a Post-Union Era / Cynthia Estlund Estlund, Cynthia 165

Chapter 11 Politics and Corporate Governance: What Explains Policy Outcomes? / Peter Gourevitch Gourevitch, Peter 183

Chapter 12 The Nature and Futility of "Regulation by Assimilation" / Jonathan R. Macey Macey, Jonathan R. 199

Chapter 13 Multinational Corporations as Regulators and Central Planners: Implications for Citizens' Voice / Kathanna Pistor Pistor, Kathanna 232

Chapter 14 Ethnicity, Inc.: On the Affective Economy of Belonging / Jean Comaroff Comaroff, Jean, John Comaroff Comaroff, John 249

Chapter 15 Corporate Nostalgia? Managerial Capitalism from a Contemporary Perspective / Karen Ho Ho, Karen 267

Chapter 16 Can For-Profit Corporations Be Good Citizens? Perspectives from Four Business Leaders / Nien-hê Hsieh Hsieh, Nien-hê 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812246025

0812246020

OCLC:

860943800