Making and Unmaking the Pessimist's Account
Making and Unmaking the Pessimist's Account
This chapter briefly details why the skeptic's and pessimist's account of recent reforms is, unfortunately, most plausible. Compliance and law abidance under the banner of business ethics are all too often illusory. Media reports of indicted white-collar criminals and white-shoe corporations are scripted morality plays with distinctly good and bad guys, images of corporate souls that are canned, superficial, or simply incredible. They are offered with all the best of intentions, with all the right moral rhetoric, by well-intended and well-informed champions of corporate citizenship. One is left asking: Who dares oppose ethical business practices and governance reforms necessary to ensure fair markets? Who opposes markets that are perceived to be legitimate?
Keywords: business ethics, compliance, white-collar crimes, corporate citizenship, business practices, governance
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