Ordinary Jurisprudence and the Democratic Firm: A Response to David Ellerman

David Ellerman has proposed an argument for the democratic firm based on a principle of ordinary jurisprudence, the principle of responsibility. The responsibility principle says that people are to be held legally responsible for the results of their intentional deliberate actions. Ellerman contends...

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Main Author: Zundel, Alan F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2002
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-56
Further subjects:B inalienable rights
B responsibility principle
B Property Rights
B democratic firm
B corporate ownership
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