TY  - CHAP
AB  - In this study we consider the role of business management in delivering good in society, from the perspective of the philosophical work of Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Alfred North Whitehead. We find that Whitehead's process explanations of the nature of experience and consciousness articulate meaningfully with Smith's idea of ‘self-love’ and Marx's conceptualisation of ‘rich-experience’. As a result, we argue that business practice must reconnect with society in a more appropriate understanding of a good as something beyond a mere economic entity. Using principles of process thought, we make recommendations as to how this might be achieved in daily management practice.
VL  - 8
SN  - 978-1-78052-989-9, 978-1-78052-988-2/1529-2096
DO  - 10.1108/S1529-2096(2012)0000008010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-2096(2012)0000008010
AU  - Neesham Cristina
AU  - Dibben Mark
ED  - Michael Schwartz
ED  - Howard Harris
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - The Social Value of Business: Lessons from Political Economy and Process Philosophy
T2  - Applied Ethics: Remembering Patrick Primeaux
T3  - Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 63
EP  - 83
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -