Management and Corporate Responsibility

1.5 units

Our goal is to help managers incorporate corporate social responsibility demands into their actions within their firms. Assuming that no managers wish to work at a socially irresponsible company, this requires us to understand precisely what these socially responsible demands entail and how they might run counter to taking actions that increase value for the firm's owners and make the manager. We will take care to rigorously define these socially responsible demands and subject them to philosophical and economic examination so that we can assess and implement them. This inquiry would also require us to understand the public relations and political implications of the outsiders' perceptions about the social responsibility of the actions of the firm and its managers, with an eye toward improving these perceptions and reducing political costs.