The Divine Right of Capital Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy |
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Author:
| Kelly, Marjorie |
ISBN: | 978-1-60994-194-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
Publisher: | Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | AUD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Wealth inequality, corporate welfare, and industrial pollution are symptoms-the fevers and chills of the economy. The underlying illness, says Business Ethics magazine founder Marjorie Kelly, is shareholder primacy: the corporate drive to make profits for shareholders, no matter who pays the cost.In The Divine Right of Capital, Kelly argues that focusing on the interests of stockholders to the exclusion of everyone else's interests is a form of discrimination based on property or...
More DescriptionWealth inequality, corporate welfare, and industrial pollution are symptoms-the fevers and chills of the economy. The underlying illness, says Business Ethics magazine founder Marjorie Kelly, is shareholder primacy: the corporate drive to make profits for shareholders, no matter who pays the cost.In The Divine Right of Capital, Kelly argues that focusing on the interests of stockholders to the exclusion of everyone else's interests is a form of discrimination based on property or wealth. She shows how this bias is held by our institutional structures, much as they once held biases against blacks and women.