Moral Issues and Multinational Corporations

Abstract

Part 1 Corporate moral accountability: corporate moral agency the Hobbesean situation the obligation to seek profits corporate moral initiative. Part 2 Structure of response: the alternatives primary and secondary wants the obligations of corporations and of people within them. Part 3 Corporate size and power: the dangers of corporate leviathans the benefits of multinationals present conditions. Part 4 Cultural and economic diversity: cultural and ideological differences diverse economic conditions sketch of possible responses. Part 5 Corporate mobility: the mobility of products evasion of control the mobility of resources. Part 6 Political manipulation: the role of corporations in weapons transfers the case of Panama the role of governments. Part 7 South Africa: the moral wrong of apartheid the role of corporations in South Africa the case for corporate withdrawal from South Africa. Conclusion: current barriers to moral accountability prospects for the near future a mature moral order.

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