Corporate Social Responsibility: A Virtuous Manager

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Companies are an integral part of society by providing services as well as economic opportunities. In today’s world, companies are under heavy scrutiny to do their part for society. This often reflects a company’s character as well as the virtues and principles they wish to impart on the public as well as their own employees. This is an immense responsibility and if we are to analyze a company’s activities outside the boardroom, it is important we regard a company as a single entity just as we would analyze a normal person. Outside the boardroom, the best way to get to this conclusion is by looking at its actions through the eyes of a virtuous manager. Hence as we would expect from a virtuous person, we would also expect from a company that, “responsibility is to conduct the business in accordance with their desires… The key point is that, in his capacity as a corporate executive, the manager is the agent of the individuals who own the corporations” and that he would be the link between the boardroom and the employees and consumers. Aristotle’s ethic has renowned common sense for the most part, founded as it is on the moral judgments of the man who was generally looked upon as a good and virtuous man. The manager here, an Aristotelian would use these teachings of common sense to decipher his proposed actions as being wrong. Similarly one can say that the path to achieve success in business invariably follows the path of common sense. His actions may achieve a good goal but the means of achieving these actions may come at a risk of losing his character. He finds himself in a tough situation because of the insider information he possesses. On one hand, he is loyal towards the company and on the other hand he feels the itch to fight for the fair treatment of his fellow employees. A utilitarian will view the company’s execution of its plans as being the right

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