What is the Purpose of Business - Business Matters 2021

Описание: In this conversation, Acton's Dr. Samuel Gregg is joined by Amelia Miazad, founding director of the Business in Society Institute at Berkley Law, and Will Anderson, senior director for policy at the Business Roundtable, as they present three different views on the purpose of business.

Moderated by Dr. James Otteson, professor of business ethics at the University of Notre Dame, this discussion provides alternating perspectives on topics like stakeholder capitalism: the idea that corporations should orientate themselves to serve all their stakeholders (customers, employees, partners), not just shareholders.

In addition, all three speakers provide valuable insight into a question that undergirds all discussion on business ethics: what is the purpose of business in the first place?

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This direction recognizes the benefits of a limited government, but also the beneficent consequences of a free market. It embraces an objective framework of moral values, but also recognizes and appreciates the subjective nature of economic value. It views justice as a duty of all to give the one his due but, more importantly, as an individual obligation to serve the common good and not just his own needs and wants.
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