{"product_id":"everyones-business-what-companies-owe-society-9780226819839","title":"Everyone's Business: What Companies Owe Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness is political. What are the ethics of it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Businesses are political actors. They not only fund political campaigns, take stances on social issues, and wave the flags of identity groups - they also affect politics in their everyday hiring and investment decisions. As a highly polarized public demands political alignment from the powerful businesses they deal with, what's a company to do? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Amit Ron and Abraham Singer show that the unavoidably political role of companies in modern life is both the fundamental problem and inescapable fact of business ethics: corporate power makes business ethics necessary, and business ethics must strive to mitigate corporate power. Because of its economic and social influence, Ron and Singer forcefully argue that modern business's primary social responsibility is to democracy. Businesses must work to avoid wielding their power in ways that undermine key democratic practices like elections, public debate, and social movements. Pragmatic and urgent, \u003ci\u003eEveryone's Business\u003c\/i\u003e offers an essential new framework for how we pursue profit--and democracy--in our increasingly divided world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmit Ron \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of political science at Arizona State University. \u003cb\u003eAbraham Singer \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of business at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Form of the Firm: A Normative Political Theory of the Corporation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916180853010,"sku":"9780226819839","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_519dfac2-bc25-48fb-a92d-3f30729c6938.jpg?v=1738842758","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/everyones-business-what-companies-owe-society-9780226819839","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}