9780197586860-0197586864-The Form of the Firm: A Normative Political Theory of the Corporation

The Form of the Firm: A Normative Political Theory of the Corporation

ISBN-13: 9780197586860
ISBN-10: 0197586864
Edition: Reprint
Author: Abraham A. Singer
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 312 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780197586860
ISBN-10: 0197586864
Edition: Reprint
Author: Abraham A. Singer
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 312 pages

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The Form of the Firm: A Normative Political Theory of the Corporation (ISBN-13: 9780197586860 and ISBN-10: 0197586864), written by authors Abraham A. Singer, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Business Ethics (Management & Leadership, Infrastructure, Processes & Infrastructure, Commercial, Business Law, Business Culture) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Form of the Firm: A Normative Political Theory of the Corporation (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Business Ethics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.62.

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The Form of the Firm unveils the nature of the corporation as it exists in modern liberal societies.

What are we to make of the power that corporations wield over people in modern society? Is such power legitimate? Many think so. To many businessmen and economists, as well as the general public, firms are purely private and economic entities, justified in using all legal means to maximize profit.

In The Form of the Firm, Abraham Singer contends that such a view rests on a theoretical foundation that, while quite subtle, is deeply flawed. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, corporations are not natural outgrowths of the free market. Instead, Singer invites us to see corporations as political
institutions that correct market inefficiencies through mechanisms normally associated with government -hierarchy, power, and state-sanctioned authority. Corporations exist primarily to increase economic efficiency, but they do this in ways that distinguish them from the markets in which they
operate. Corporations serve economic ends, but through political means. Because of this, Singer argues that they also must be structured and obliged to uphold the social and political values that enable their existence and smooth-running in the first place: individual autonomy, moral and social
equality, and democratic norms and institutions.

A profound and timely rethinking of what a corporation actually is and how power within it ought to be structured and exercised, The Form of the Firm will reshape our understanding of political theory, corporate governance, corporate law, and business ethics.

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