Global Rules and Private Actors - Towards a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance
Global Rules and Private Actors - Towards a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance
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全球规则与私人行为者——跨国公司在全球治理中扮演新角色
DOI：
10.5840/beq200616446
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发表时间：
2006
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通讯作者：
Dorothée Baumann
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作者：
A. Scherer;G. Palazzo;Dorothée Baumann
我们讨论跨国公司（TNC）在发展全球治理、为全球经济建立规则和监管框架方面应发挥的作用。核心问题是跨国公司是否应该提供全球规则并保障个人公民权利，还是应该专注于利润最大化。首先，我们描述全球化进程中出现的影响公共规则与私营企业之间关系的问题。接下来我们考虑经济和管理理论与企业社会责任的关系。我们认为，工具性利益相关者理论以及商业和社会研究只能部分解决全球治理问题，而最近的企业公民和共和商业道德概念提供了理论上和实践上有用的新鲜见解。然而，即使这些也需要进一步发展，特别是在公司政治活动的合法性方面。
We discuss the role that transnational corporations (TNCs) should play in developing global governance, creating a framework of rules and regulations for the global economy. The central issue is whether TNCs should provide global rules and guarantee individual citizenship rights, or instead focus on maximizing profits. First, we describe the problems arising from the globalization process that affect the relationship between public rules and private firms. Next we consider the position of economic and management theories in relation to the social responsibility of the firm. We argue that instrumental stakeholder theory and business and society research can only partially solve the global governance issue, and that more recent concepts of corporate citizenship and republican business ethics deliver theoretically and practically helpful, fresh insights. However, even these need further development, especially with regard to the legitimacy of corporate political activity.