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Viewpoint: Questions on the theme of “global responsibility”

Yvon Pesqueux (Yvon Pesqueux is Professor at CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers), Head of the Chair “Développement des Systèmes d’Organisation” since 1 January 2000. He has a PhD in Economics, University of Paris 1 Panthéon‐Sorbonne (1975). His former positions were: Associate Professor at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1987, Economist (Ministry of Finances), Associate Professor at HEC (France) from 1988 to 2000. His special interests are focused on the relations between management, philosophy and ethics. Main courses taught: Business and Society, Organization Behavior. Books: La Nouvelle Comptabilité des Coûts, PUF, Paris, 1995, Contrôle de Gestion, Dunod, Paris, 1998, Mercure et Minerve: Perspectives Philosophiques sur l’Entreprise, Ellipses, Paris, 1999 (with Alain Saudan, Bernard Ramanantsoa, Jean Claude Tournand), Le Gouvernement de l’Entreprise comme Idéologie, Ellipses, Paris, 2000, Organisations: Modèles et Représentations, PUF, Paris, 2002, Ethique des Affaires – Responsabilité Sociale et Management par les Valeurs, Editions d’Organisation, Paris, 2002 (with Yvan Biefnot). Tel: 33‐(0)1 40 27 21 63. Fax: 33‐(0)1 40 27 26 55. E‐mail: pesqueux@cnam.fr Website: www.cnam.fr/depts/te/dso)

Corporate Governance

ISSN: 1472-0701

Article publication date: 1 September 2003

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Abstract

The “global responsibility” theme is today in the same state of affairs as the “sustainability” theme, devised by the UNO, was in the 1990s. From a meaningless compromise situation, it has gradually acquired some sense, due to the interest shown by the actors, whether these belong to the political scene, non‐governmental organizations, enterprises, etc. Insofar as the “global responsibility” theme contains the word “responsibility”, it is necessary to propose an understanding of it, with reference to the various areas supporting it (its use in law, in philosophy) before underlining the development of the theme of responsible enterprise and the search for an underlying concept. This text ends on an analysis of the ideological function of the “global responsibility” theme.

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Pesqueux, Y. (2003), "Viewpoint: Questions on the theme of “global responsibility”", Corporate Governance, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 21-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/14720700310483424

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