Conscience and Dividends: Churches and the Multinationals.

Autor/in	Oden, Thomas C.
Institution	Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC.
Titel	Conscience and Dividends: Churches and the Multinationals.
Quelle	(1985), (186 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-89633-090-7
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Accountability; Activism; Business Responsibility; Church Responsibility; Civil Liberties; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Investment; Political Attitudes; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Over the past 20 years there has been agreement in religious circles that the church's economic power and ties with the corporate world entail a moral responsibility. Church leaders within the corporate-responsibility (CR) movement have taken one of two approaches to corporations and their activities. The reformist approach assumes the market and the corporation to be legitimate, though error-prone, institutions. Its goal is to make economic enterprise more beneficial for more persons. The other approach is "immediatist" in tone and hostile to both free enterprise and corporations. Its advocates call for an "alternative economic system" which almost always means centralized socialist planning. By the early seventies, this more revolutionary approach was dominant, and the movement was characterized by a confrontational approach to corporations. The recent entry of conservative religious groups into public policy debates and the increasing hostility of mainstream church members to radicalism in denominational social-action agencies have influenced the character of the CR movement. Today it is more inclined to work within the system. A notable example of the effectiveness of the reformist approach is the Sullivan Principles. The document concludes with a number of guidelines for church involvement in social issues. Appendixes include a list of organizations making up the CR movement's secondary network, a list of CR leaders, three denominational statements, a sample shareholders' resolution, exerpts from the Jessup Report and other reports, and a list of corporate responsiblity challenges. Notes, a bibliography, and an index of names conclude the document. (BZ)
Anmerkungen	University Press of America, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706 ($9.00 pbk--ISBN-0-89633-090-7; $19.75 hardcover--ISBN-0-89633-089-3).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC