Hegel’s Moral Corporation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction: Hegel’s Philosophy of Corporations

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 1-24

3. Modern Corporations and Hegel’s Ethical Corporation

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 25-47

4. The Morality of Management Studies

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 49-72

5. Corporations and Hegel’s Ethical Institutions

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 73-97

6. The Morality of Corporate Relationships

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 99-123

7. Corporate Governance and Sittlichkeit

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 125-149

8. Corporate Governance Rationality and Morality

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 151-174

9. Corporations and Sittlichkeit

   • Thomas Klikauer

   Pages 175-199

10. Conclusion: The Moral Corporation

    • Thomas Klikauer

    Pages 201-225

11. Back Matter

    Pages 227-302

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Hegel's Moral Corporation is about two versions of a corporation, one business oriented and dedicated to shareholder-value and profit-maximisation and one dedicated to moral life, Sittlichkeit, in Hegelian terms.

• Shareholder Value
• Profit Maximisation
• Ethical Corporation
• Morality
• Corporate Relationships
• business
• corporate governance
• Governance
• management

“In his book, Hegel’s Moral Corporation, Thomas Klikauer contrasts Hegel’s corporations with modern ones. … Another aim of the book is to introduce Hegel’s social and political philosophy to managers and management students … . for students and scholars of management, Hegel’s Moral Corporation provides a good introduction to Hegel’s conception of Civil Society in general and his idea of corporations in particular.” (Onur Erdal Kökerer, Marx and Philosophy Reviews, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, December, 2016)

“Klikauer’s project is important, as he may be the first scholar to have given sustained attention to the relevance of Hegelian ethics to business ethics. … Klikauer’s book is important reading for all concerned with seeing an expansion of business ethics, in both theory and practice, as it presents us with a compelling vision for a truly ethical and economically viable corporation.” (Sybol Anderson, Journal of Business Ethics, November, 2016)

• University of Western Sydney, Australia

  Thomas Klikauer

Thomas Klikauer is Senior Lecturer of Human Resources and Management at University of Western Sydney, Australia. His research interests include ethics at work and management, and his publications include Management at Work, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and Management Communication: Communicative Ethics and Action (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

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