Moral Philosophy

 

 

Moral Philosophy was developed much before any business ethics or CSR

ideas.

 

 

• Ancient Moral Philosophy (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc.)

 

• Medieval Moral Philosophy (Thomas Aquinas, etc.)

 

• Utilitarianism (Jeremy Bentham, J. St. Mill)

 

• Deontology (I. Kant, J. Rawls, etc.)

 

• Modern Frameworks (Pragmatic Ethics, Postmodern Ethics, etc.)

 

 

Storchevoy M. A. Corporate Social Responsibility. 2013

Topic 1. Introduction to CSR

 

A Short History of the Field

1890-1920s: First Business Schools

 

• 1898 – a course on “ Commercial Ethics ” in Haas Business School at

California University

 

 

• 1915 – a large retailer provided the grant to Haas Business School for research on the topic of “ Moral of Trade ”

 

 

• 1926 – one of the first books: The Ethics of Business: A Study of Current

Standards by Edgar Heermance

 

 

Storchevoy M. A. Corporate Social Responsibility. 2013

Topic 1. Introduction to CSR

 

A Short History of the Field

Social changes in 1950s

 

• Main factor is the growth of large corporations and tremendous increase of their power. Some transnational corporations became financially larger than some states where they operated.

 

• Hazardous production (chemical, etc.)

 

• Growth of social activism (anti-consumerism, environmentalism, human rights etc.)

 

Storchevoy M. A. Corporate Social Responsibility. 2013

Topic 1. Introduction to CSR