THE PLACE OF MORALITY IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: FROM KANT’S PERSPECTIVE
| dc.contributor.author | MUHATIA, IGNATIUS | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-16T08:47:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-16T08:47:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-11-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Looking at most economies, corporations have replaced family production as a means of human sustenance. They to portray themselves as full and good citizens caring for society through Corporate Social Responsibility activities. However, a critical review of documented cases on international businesses arena shows that this may be a marketing strategy. The activities themselves and the means of implementation contradict with other practices of the corporation. Corporations are not just legal bodies, but also moral agents, responsible for praise or blame for their acts. Their activities therefore ought to be morally good. We argue that to the extent that these actions are driven by other motives other than performance of the good in itself, and do not respect the freedoms and uphold respect and dignity of the person, as required under Kantian Categorical Imperatives, they are unethical. Otherwise, CSR as an act of benevolence from duty is morally good. Furthermore, moral good and making profits for the company are not mutually exclusive, since they can be achieved simultaneously. The Categorical Imperative formulation of “kingdom of ends” recognizes that there are many stakeholders, and every member should treat the others as ends and not means. Thus, an initiative that meets interests of more than one category of stakeholders at the same time is not necessarily against acting from duty. Therefore, this study research on looking at how moral values can be inculcated in corporations’ corporate social responsibility activities. This is done by specifically looking at Kant’s moral theory, and how the Categorical Imperatives formulated by him can shape CSR. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/1408 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Tangaza University College | en_US |
| dc.subject | IGNATIUS | en_US |
| dc.title | THE PLACE OF MORALITY IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: FROM KANT’S PERSPECTIVE | en_US |
| dc.type | Long Essay | en_US |