Participating in the Common Good of the Firm

Journal of Business Ethics · 2013 · Volume 113 · Issue 4

Abstract

In a previous essay (Sison and Fontrodona2012), we defined the common good of the firm as collaborative work, insofar as it provides, first, an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, virtues, and meaning (work aspraxis), and second, inasmuch as it produces goods and services to satisfy society’s needs and wants (work aspoiesis). We would now like to focus on the participatory aspect of this common good. To do so, we will have to identify the different members of the firm as a community, drawing from corporate citizenship literature and stakeholder theory. Afterward, we will explore both the manner and the intensity of these different members’ participation and its impact on the firm’s common good.

Keywords

Common good, Theory of the firm, Aristotle, Work, Catholic social teaching, Stakeholders, Virtue ethics

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